Nkem Okocha is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and activist who founded Mamamoni,[1] a FinTech social enterprise that empowers[buzzword] poor rural and urban slum women with free vocational skills and mobile loans.[2][3]
Nkem Okocha | |
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Born | Lagos, Nigeria |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Education | Lagos State University |
Occupation | Social entrepreneur/activist |
Known for | Empowering women with financial aid |
She is the 2016 winner of the LEAP Africa Social Innovators Programme (SIP) by Union Bank of Nigeria.[4]
Okocha was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. She started her tertiary education at Auchi Polytechnic and later proceeded to Lagos State University where she earned a bachelor's degree in banking and finance[5][6] and received a certificate in entrepreneurship from the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme.[7] She also has a certificate in business and entrepreneurship from Northwestern University.[8]
Inspired by her widowed mum's struggle to feed and educate the family, she founded Mamamoni,[9][10] a social enterprise that is addressing community transformation by empowering women to carry on small businesses.[11][12]
Since 2013, she has impacted and empowered over 4,000 women in several rural/urban slum communities and given out over 100 micro-loans.[13] Before starting her company, she worked as a customer service representative for Intercontinental Bank, now Access Bank plc. She went further to become the managing director at Novine Koncept Ventures[14] before starting Mamamoni.[15]