Ikorodu, Lagos State
Alakija
Folorunsho
- Married
• 1976-1984: Alakija starts her career as an executive secretary at Sijuade Enterprises, Lagos, Nigeria.
• 1984-1991: She ventures into the fashion industry and founds Supreme Stitches, a highly successful fashion label catering to Nigeria’s elite.
• 1991-Present: Alakija secures an Oil Prospecting License (OPL) which later becomes OML 127, a lucrative oil block in Nigeria. She founds Famfa Limited, the oil exploration company.
• 1993: Famfa Oil Limited discovers oil in commercial quantities in its Agbami field, one of the largest deepwater discoveries in Nigeria.
• 2000s: Alakija becomes one of the wealthiest women in Africa due to her investments in oil.
• 2014: She is appointed Vice-Chairman of the National Heritage Council and Endowment for the Arts by the Nigerian government.
• 2015: Alakija launches the Rose of Sharon Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on alleviating poverty and empowering widows and orphans in Nigeria.
• 2016: She is appointed as Chancellor of Osun State University, Nigeria.
After completing her primary education, Alakija attended Muslim High School in Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria. She then returned to England for her secretarial studies at Pitman’s Central College, London.
• Chief Executive Matron – “African Young Entrepreneurs” (AYE)
• Ambassador- “Junior Chambers International” (JCI)
• Member-Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council Advisory Board
• Member – Harvard University, Center of African Studies Advisory Board
• Member – Harvard University Global Advisory Council.
• 2012: Forbes names Alakija the richest black woman in the world, surpassing Oprah Winfrey.
• 2020: Alakija receives the Forbes Africa Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to entrepreneurship and philanthropy.
• 2021: She was recognized as one of Africa’s most influential women by Forbes Africa.
Fashion: The African Connection 2001
Alone with God 2023
Folorunsho Alakija Speaks 1,2
Growing with the hand that gives rose
His name is
Scriptures for husbands
Scriptures for parents
Scriptures for wives
The cry of widows and orphans
Alakija’s first company was a fashion label whose customers included the wife of former Nigerian president Ibrahim Babangida.
The Nigerian government awarded Alakija’s company an oil prospecting license in 1993, which was later converted to an oil mining lease.
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