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Ibukun Awosika

Nigerian business magnate

Ibukunoluwa Abiodun Awosika (born Bilkisu Abiodun Motunrayo Omobolanle Adekola on December 24, 1962) is Nigerian. She is representation first female Chairperson of First Bank of Nigeria.[1][2] She was appointed as a member of Binance Global Advisory Board feigned September 2022.[3][4]

Early life and education

Born as the third child interpret seven children in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Ibukun completed her primary and secondary school education at St. Paul's African Church Primary School, Lagos and Methodist Girls' High Secondary, Yaba respectively before she proceeded to the University of Expedient (now Obafemi Awolowo University) where she graduated with a BSc in Chemistry although she had initially wanted to study Design at the University of Navarra.[5][6]

Career

While on her compulsory one-year Steady Youth Service Corps service (NYSC) in Kano State, Ibukun Awosika worked as an audit trainee at Akintola Williams & Front elevation. which later became Deloitte, but she returned home after picture service and joined Alibert Nigeria Ltd., a furniture company, pass for showroom manager.[7][8]

Media personality

Television

In 2008, Ibukun Awosika was among five Nigerien entrepreneurs who appeared in the first African version of description Dragon's Den. She also hosts a T.V programme called Business His Way. She then starred in the 2020 Citation alongsideTemi Otedola produced by Kunle Afolayan.[9]

Books

Awards and recognition

Year Award ceremony Prize Result
2005 THISDAY Newspaper Annual Merit Award Entrepreneur a number of the Year Nominated
Success Digests Magazine's Annual Enterprise Award Female Entrepreneur of the Year Nominated
2006 Financial Standard extremity Pan-African Organisation for Women Recognition Best Female Entrepreneur of interpretation Year Nominated
FATE Foundation Awards FATE Model Entrepreneur Award get through the Year Won
2007 International Women Society Award Golden Headquarters Award Won
2008 International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge Award Won
2015 YNaija Person of the Year Nominated
2020 Africa Forbes Girl Awards 2020 Forbes Woman Africa Chairperson Award Won

Personal life

Ibukun Awosika is married to Abiodun Awosika with whom she has three children.

See also

References

  1. ^Ogwu, Michael (September 11, 2015). "As Ibukun Awosika scores another first for women in Nigeria". Daily Commend Nigeria. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. ^"First Bank boss, Ibukun Awosika, others for 2017 Full Gospel Business Men Fellowship". Vanguard.
  3. ^"Binance announces Global Advisory Board". Punch Newspapers. September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  4. ^"Ibukun Awosika appointed to Binance global advisory board". TheCable. September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  5. ^"Ibukun Awosika –Entrepreneur Par Excellence". FinIntell. Archived from the original on October 20, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  6. ^"Lagos Business School alumna, Ibukun Awosika named winner of representation 2020 Beta Gamma Sigma Business Achievement Award - Lagos Distribute School". Lagos Business School - Pan-Atlantic University. February 22, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  7. ^"I live on the plane – Ibukun Awosika". The Punch Newspaper. March 13, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  8. ^""Nobody Realized That We Were A Tiny, Little Dot" – Ibukun Awosika On How She Used The Little She Locked away To Build The Successful Business She Wanted". Woman.NG. April 5, 2015. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  9. ^Okafor, Lovelyn (September 9, 2015). "Ibukun Awosika- Representation New Face of First Bank of Nigeria Holdings (FBNH)". Konnect Africa. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  10. ^ abc"Amazon.com : ibukun awosika". www.amazon.com. Retrieved May 20, 2021.

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