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She Leads Africa brings its SheHive professional bootcamp to Abuja

By Online Editor
19 February 2016   |   2:19 pm
She Leads Africa will bring the She Hive, its innovative professional bootcamp, to Abuja in March 17-20. The bootcamp is designed to help professionals and entrepreneurs develop their career and business skills, join a community of leaders, and network with mentors and investors. Confirmed speakers include Hon. Minister. Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance; Zouera Youssofou…

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She Leads Africa will bring the She Hive, its innovative professional bootcamp, to Abuja in March 17-20. The bootcamp is designed to help professionals and entrepreneurs develop their career and business skills, join a community of leaders, and network with mentors and investors.

Confirmed speakers include Hon. Minister. Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance; Zouera Youssofou CEO, Dangote Foundation; Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State; Eyitope Kola-Oyeniyan; Group Head, International Banking, FBN and Asue Ighodalo, Founder of Banwo & Ighodalo.

Other speakers are Hadiza Bala Usman, Founder, Bring Bank Our Girls Movement; Dr. Zainab Bagudu, Founder, Medicaid Cancer Foundation & First Lady, Kebbi State; Dr. Hilda Titiloye (Founder Skin 101 clinic and Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien, Founder, Growing Businesses Foundation.

Speaking about #SheHiveAbuja, She Leads Africa co-founder Afua Osei said: “We designed #SheHiveAbuja to give our community members, or #MotherlandMoguls as we call them, 360-degree support in their lives as professional women. They will be able to learn hard skills such as:

  • Negotiating
  • Marketing especially social media marketing
  • Creating a pitch deck
  • Pitching to investors
  • Rising up the corporate ladder
  • Building a career in finance
  • Business development
  • Networking
  • Goal setting

However, we also have sessions that cover lifestyle issues such as our Health & Wellness session, designed to teach attendees how to stay mentally and physically healthy as they develop their careers. We even have a professional Style and Beauty Night to cover fashion and makeup in the workplace. This session will be hosted by Adama Indimi in partnership with Fashpa, Jide of St.Ola and Skin 101, Abuja.”

Attendees of SheHiveAbuja will even enjoy discounted services from partner organizations including:
Cervical screening and breast cancer kits courtesy of Medicaid Cancer Foundation (Founded by Dr. Zainab Bagudu, First Lady Kebbi State).
Skin care treatments courtesy of Skin 101, Abuja
#SheHiveAbuja is part of the SheHive Tour which will take the bootcamp to 7 cities in 2016. Previous editions have been held in Lagos (September 2015 – video here) and Accra (January 2016 – photos here). Former participants have described it as a life changing experience. One participant described how implementing a marketing trick she learnt at SheHiveAccra helped her close a sales lead the very next day.

Tickets for SheHiveAccra are quickly selling out and so interested participants are encouraged to secure their spots as soon as possible. Tickets range from N7,500 for a day pass to N15,000 for a weekend pass to N80,000 for an all-access pass that includes access to all weekend session plus an additional 2 day of training with SLA’s co-founders in a small and intimate setting. To purchase tickets, please use this link.

More information about #SheHiveAbuja can be found at sheleadsafrica.org. Companies looking to partner with She Leads Africa can reach out by contacting info (at) sheleadsafrica.org.

#SheHiveAbuja is supported by African Courrier Express (ACE), Chicken Republic, Wilson’s Lemonade, EbonyLifeTV, The Guardian Newspapers, Pulse.NG and YNaija!

She Leads Africa is a social enterprise dedicated to supporting young African women and their journey towards professional success. The organisation has been featured on CNN, CNBC Africa, Black Enterprise and Fox Business and has more than 30,000 members across Africa.

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