On the occasion of Yale University's 23rd president Peter Salovey’s visit to Nigeria, Yale University in partnership with Mujeres por Africa Foundation and Banco Santander will host an innovative Women’s Leadership Forum in Lagos, Nigeria on January 18th, 2020.
Program Focus:
The leadership forum will serve as a catalyst for brokering mentoring relationships between one generation of African leaders and the next.
The forum will also serve as a platform for leveraging the power the networks for greater impact.
The moderated dialogues will serve to create open and honest conversations about prevailing challenges and the concrete actions necessary to disrupt existing paradigms constraining women’s access to leadership.
Sessions
Session 1: My Journey to Leadership Personal Testimonials
Moderated by :
Ms. Stephanie Busari, Bureau Head CNN Nigeria
Ms. Olabosipo Bassey Sawyer, Finance Transformation Project Lead, Diageo; Yale MBA '07
Session 2: Women Leading For Impact – Towards Achieving the SDGs
Confirmed Speakers:
Ms. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Nigeria Senior Special Assistant to The President of Nigeria on SDGs
Ms. Maria Kiwanuka, Former Minister of Finance, Uganda
Ms. Nana Oye Lithur, Human Rights Lawyer and Campaigner, and former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ghana
Ms. Obiageli Ezekwesili, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Presidential Candidate 2019 election and Former Vice President for the World Bank's Africa Region
Ms. Ramatoulaye Diallo, Minister of Culture, Mali
Ms. Remi Sonaiya, Independent Researcher/Consultant, Obafemi Awolowo University
