Biographical overview
impact of the US$100m TEF Entrepreneurship programme beyond its initial target to empower 10,000 entrepreneurs. The resulting strategic partnerships with governments, development finance institutions, multilaterals and private organisations led to a record-breaking selection of 3,050 entrepreneurs in 2019. As CEO, Ifeyinwa is responsible for the overall development and implementation of the Foundation’s initiatives, overseeing its day-to-day operations including the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, TEFConnect – the digital networking platform for African entrepreneurs, monitoring and evaluation, research, and alumni engagement. She also steers the Foundation’s positioning, partnership and engagement with the wider development ecosystem as TEF launches into its next stage of scale, expanded impact, and intelligent mining of its proprietary data on African entrepreneurship. Ifeyinwa is a proven leader with business vision and the ability to bring people together, leveraging her insights and global perspective as the Foundation executes its strategy to transform Africa through entrepreneurship while delivering value for Africa and Africans through the thousands of entrepreneurs it has already empowered and the many more thousands to come.
Biographical record
- Surname
- UGOCHUKWU
- First Name
- Ifeyinwa
- Gender
- Female
- Profession
- Legal Practitioner
- Working Experience
- third Chief Executive Officer of The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy,
management consultant for the Enterprise Development Centre at the Pan-Atlantic University.
Board of Women Empowerment and Children Relief in Africa. - Schools Attended with Dates
- SCHOOLS ATTENDED WITH DATES: University of Wales, UK, 1999; Nigerian Law School, Lagos , 2002; Integral Africa Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, 2015.
- Educational Qualification
- EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
LLB; BL; PG - Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications
- MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:
- Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nigeria. - Present Appointment
- Chief Executive Officer, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), April 2019 - Present ; Advisory Board Member, Vigilante Heart Charitable Society, Aug 2006 – Present;
- Previous Appointments
- - Legal Practitioner, Chief Rotimi Williams Chambers (FRA LAW), 2000 – 2003;
- Company Secretary, Romi Oil and Gas Ltd, 2003 – 2006;
- Managing Director/Co-Founder, Sleek Nigeria, 2006 – 2014;
- Management Consultant, Enterprise Development Centre, Pan-Atlantic University, 2015-;
- Member, Board of Women Empowerment and Children Relief in Africa Effort (A Cape Town-based non-profit organisation focused on enhancing the economic welfare of women), Sept 2016-;
- Director of Partnerships & Evaluations, Tony Elumelu Foundation, 2017. - Have you ever been a member of any political party?
- N/A
- Creative Work/Major Exhibitions
- PUBLICATIONS:
ARTICLES:
- Word Of The Week: Integrity
By Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, November 21, 2018
- Unlocking Innovation Solutions for the SDGs - Tokyo International Conference on African Development
By Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, August 29, 2019
- Women In Digital Power
By Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, September 25, 2019 - Other Relevant Information
- TWITTER:
@IfeyinwaUgo
https://www.tonyelumelufoundation.org/articles/ifeyinwa-ugochukwu
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