Meet Our Panelists
Mummy and Finances
Becoming a Saving Savant in uncertain times
Bolanle Williams-Olley is the chief financial officer and part-owner at Mancini Duffy, a technology-first design firm, where she oversees the firm’s financial and operational performance. With a strong background in financial analysis and strategic initiatives, Bolanle thrives on building relationships between finance and management teams to ensure the overall financial success of projects and her firm. She holds a Master’s in Education & Social Policy from NYU, Master’s in Applied Mathematics and Bachelor’ in Mathematics from City University of New York, Hunter College. She is passionate about service and is the founder of four impact organizations: SheBuildsMoney, SheBuildsWaves, SheBuildsLives and REACH Nigeria.
Seun Runsewe is the Founder of Biamo Money - a new niche digital banks for mothers in Nigeria that is putting the knowledge and the tools in the hands of Nigerian mothers to make ideal money choices for themselves and their families. Outside building software products that drive financial inclusion in Nigeria, she launched Biamo in 2018, a mommy gear brand for new and expecting mothers, something that was not previously present in the Nigerian market. She also has just been commissioned by Covenant University, the leading university in Nigeria to run workshops in Product Management and Cybersecurity to acquaint more young people with work in technology. Seun cares deeply about building people and building products that enable aspirations.
In print, online, on screen, and in person, Arese is leading the charge in guiding young Africans as they start their journey to financial literacy. The success of her first book ‘The Smart Money Woman’ led her to a wildly successful Pan-African book tour and spawned ‘The Smart Money Woman’ television series, of which she is Executive Producer. She is also the co-executive producer and host of BusinessDay's The Bridge, a contributor to multiple publications, a sought-after speaker on the continent and serves on several boards including for House of Tara, the Nigeria Higher Education Foundation as a non-executive director and is an associate member of WIMBIZ.
Blessing Adesiyan is the Founder of Mother Honestly, a platform that is reimagining how women build better careers and happier homes. Prior to founding MH, she spent 15+ years in Fortune 100 companies such as Microsoft, HP, PepsiCo, DuPont, and BASF where she built operational excellence framework across the United States, Europe, Middle East, and Asia. Blessing is a trusted expert in work-life solutions for working parents and has helped transform the role of mothers in the workplace and home, engaging over 300,000 ambitious women through the Mother Honestly platform, podcast and conferences. Her passion to call women to their truest and limitless potential in motherhood, addressing challenges and crafting sustainable solutions, while combining work and life helps women, their family and their employers achieve long-term success.
Mummy and Taking the Leap
Bossing up After Babies
Busola Dakolo (@busoladakolo) is a Nigerian professional photographer and content creator. An alumna of the New York Film Academy, Busola is the CEO of Busola Dakolo Images, a photography studio, where she specializes in personal branding and social impact. Busola has 3 amazing kids.
Temi Akinsanya is the Founder of TMA Brand Consulting. Working with brands such as Lancôme, Access Bank, FCMB and many more, TMA partners with individuals and businesses to realize ideas and implement effective marketing strategies to grow their personal and professional brands. Prior to founding TMA, she had held Fortune 500 company management roles in marketing, advertising, and branding where she provided analysis, solutions, and general marketing and branding expertise to help companies successfully reach their target audience.
Barr. Adanma Amaha-Okorafor (@adanmaoflynn) is a Mum of 4, and a Lawyer turned Nutrition & Lifestyle Advocate who transitioned from a legal career to an entrepreneur- and is successfully building multi-million naira businesses from her home. She is the founder and CEO of LYNN, a wellness & lifestyle conglomerate headquartered in Abuja which houses. LYNN WHOLEFOODS - a nutrition & lifestyle company for adults, and Nigeria's 1st ever 'wholefoods' cold-pressed juice brand; LYNN WHOLE KIDS - a nutrition and lifestyle brand that advocates for and provides healthier alternatives for children; and LYNN NATURALS - a natural hair and beauty lounge.
Kachi Tila-Adesina is a mum to two awesome boys 3.5 years and one year old. She’s a dual-qualified corporate lawyer with more than 9 years experience across a wide range of sectors. She currently works as a solicitor in London advising on matters in the technology space. She’s passionate about work-life integration and the possibility of having a successful career, home life and exploring other interests. She is the founder of The UpWomen (@theupwomen) — a digital platform and membership community empowering and providing the resources for ambitious women to move up in work and life. She holds a first class degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and an LL.M from the University of Cambridge. She enjoys sharing practical life lessons and does this via blog |(www.growwithkachi) and instagram (@growwithkachi).
Mummy and The Wait
Bolatito Bez-Idakula is a Light-Bearer; passionately and intentionally helping those who are overwhelmed by negative emotions to find emotional healing. She is particularly focused on maternal mental health with the aim of ensuring that women value their mental and emotional well-being whilst fulfilling their roles as Mothers. She is a trained counsellor, writer and maternal mental health advocate. Her first book titled “Royalty”, details her life experiences exploring her personal walk of faith, identity and emotional healing.
Dr. Nini C. Iyizoba is a Medical doctor, an advocate for women's health and an Entrepreneur. Dr. Nini is passionate about the wellbeing of all, and through her professional and personal experiences, she empowers people through educating them about their health. Nini is also a Health and Wellness Contributor for The Guardian Newspaper and also the CEO of REVIV INTEGRATIVE HEALTH, A Health and Wellness Company dedicated to ensuring people are educated and aware about the benefits of Preventive Medicine and Healthy Lifestyle. From her personal journey, she developed a passion for Empowering and Encouraging those that deal with Fertility Challenges and so she started Dr Nini’s Women's Health Awareness Foundation. She has held several speaking arrangements and events to help increase Fertility Health Awareness and Endometriosis awareness in Nigeria. She is Certified in Health Coaching for couples seeking to Achieve Optimal Preconception Health through her company FERTYL LIFE BY DR NINI.
Ibitimi is an engineer turned strategist & reputation advisor. A graduate of Imperial College London (M.Eng in Electrical Electronics Engineering), she pivoted from managing the construction of wells off the coast of the Niger Delta to managing the reputation of one of the biggest companies in the world. When she isn’t dancing, or trampolining with her husband, or playing with her soon to be one year old son, Ebitimi can be found taking pilates & yoga stances, trying out different cuisines, and most times using her phone to capture boomerang shots!
Nnezi is a lawyer with over 13 (thirteen) years post-qualification experience in active legal practice including litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution and corporate commercial legal practice. She graduated from the University of Nigeria Enugu in 2006 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2007. She holds a master’s degree in Financial Services Law from the University of London, UK. She is a CEDR accredited Mediator, an Arbitrator, a certified Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) practitioner, a faculty member at the Enugu State Multi Door Courthouse (ESMDC) and a Notary public of Nigeria. She is an enlisted Neutral with the Enugu State Multi Door Courthouse (ESMDC), an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, (CIArb) UK. As well as an Associate member of the Nigerian Institute of Management. Nnezi is a Partner in the law firm of Obra Legal, in charge of the Lagos practice area. She is also the Director of the firm’s affiliate foundation, Obra Foundation.
Mummy and Modern Parenting
Four Mums, Four Perspectives, One Goal.
Maria Okanrende is a journalist at the UK’s largest news publisher, Reach PLC. She is also a presenter. After graduating from Goldsmiths, University of London with a degree in English Literature, she went on to intern at the BBC, before working as a production assistant at Capital Xtra. She spent 7 years co-hosting the most popular morning show in Nigeria - the Morning Rush at the Beat 99.9 FM. She has since gone on to work with MTV Africa, as well as other influential brands as a presenter and social media influencer. Maria continues to strive for equal opportunities in the media industry and report on the untold stories of a new generation.
Bukky George-Taylor is a Strategic Communications & Special Events Expert, Public Speaker and an Entrepreneurial Coach with experience in working in both Corporate America and Canada. In 2007, at the age of 25, she founded ‘The Bobby Taylor Company’ in Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada; a certified Public Relations Company. In 2017, the company evolved to become a prominent household African Strategic Communications agency now known as “Robert Taylor Media”. In 2020, she also became a Director of one of Nigeria’s first digital publications “The Lagos Today Newspaper” which covers stories, sights and happenings around one of Africa’s most prominent cities, Lagos (Nigeria).www.thelagostoday.com.
Anita Okoye is a social activist, serial entrepreneur, author and mother of three, who is extremely well versed in what is required to oversee the building of a successful startup and its mission. In April 2016, she publicly quit her job as a Business Developer for an Oil &Gas company in Nigeria to become a full time entrepreneur and Mom. During her time out of work she has lent her name and time to worthy causes like the Cashew Apple Project (CAP), which is focused on contributing to the change of the world’s perception of Africa.
Osemhen's background as an engineer taught her to obsess about finding solutions to tough problems. And so when she had her first child, she spent months figuring out hacks to make her life as a working mother easier. She started the Blazers & Baby blog to share those hacks with other women; it eventually evolved into Nigeria's first peer-mentoring community for working mothers. Lagos born and bred, she's currently in Oxford with her sons, as she completes an MBA at Saïd Business School where she's the 2020 Oxford-Adara Foundation Scholar focusing on impact investing, energy transition, business turnarounds, innovation strategy and digital transformation.
WE ARE GOING DIGITAL!
The Mummy Summit Digital is an online conference that empowers, connects and serves African Mothers.
Its premier physical event was slated to take place in April 2020, but could not take place because of Covid-19 restrictions. As a result, The Mummy Summit pivoted to Mummy Summit Digital in June and received an incredible reception not only in Nigeria, but all over the world.
Mummy Summit Digital 2020 was a runaway success. With four engaging panels featuring some of the most influential Nigerian Millennial Mothers- Mummy Summit Digital had over 1200+ attendees from 14 different countries, making it the biggest Digital Conference for Mothers in Africa.
Mummy Summit Digital topics range from entrepreneurship and finances, to health and wellness- all with the goal of exploring the lives and needs of the African Millennial Mother- and this year promises to be even bigger and more exciting than last year.
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