We have seven successful leading ladies across academia, industry and business.
Kemi Adesola
Kemi Adesola resides in Edinburgh Scotland with her family. She loves reading and believes in the
transforming power of books. A graduate of the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife Nigeria,
with various diplomas in pastoral and therapeutic counselling from Glasgow Caledonian University. She
worked in Journalism, marketing, and the education sector in Nigeria before relocating to the United
Kingdom.
As a trained life coach, counsellor, and social action expert, she is also passionate about mentoring
young men and women to pursue a purpose driven-life .
She is also passionate about missions to the poor and the needy and this desire has made her to be
involved in charitable fundraising like the annual Macmillan cancer fundraising and sending unused
items to Africa for distribution to the poor.
She founded a charitable organisation named Abigael Scotland with a vision to support the less
privileged in Africa and this charity is still supporting those who are in need.
She can be contacted on IG@Officialkemiadesola
Isang Obot
Isang Obot is a makeup entrepreneur, neuroscientist, associate director, and now an author!
She is a mentor at Africa Careers Network (ACN) and the Female Entrepreneurship Support Programme, where she mentors young and brilliant minds.
She also sits on the Board of Trustees at Headway NorthWest London Charity organisation.
Isang bagged a B.Sc and M.Sc in Biomedical Sciences, Cognitive Neuroscience and recently Neuroanatomy respectively.
For her, makeup has been a passion that generated into a business empire @divinehouseofmakeup which she founded and manages.
Interestingly, her desire to see others win, and particularly her interest in young ones/school leavers prompted her release of her first book, “The Imperfect Runway To Glory”.
The book emphasises that there is no “one route” to success and thus life is to be embraced fully, with success a school that is not often taught or studied.
Isang self-published and launched in April, 2021.
Immanuella Duke
Immanuella Duke is a technology consulting analyst at Accenture UK. She has a background in Computer Science and holds a Master’s degree in Applied Machine Learning from the prestigious Cargenie Mellon University. She’s a ‘tech girl’ and has experience working on data science/data architecture projects across the commerce, finance and manufacturing industries.
In recent times, she has specialized in helping businesses migrate their data and infrastructure to the cloud in order to help them save costs, scale their businesses easily and meet the most pressing needs of their customers. Some of the organizations she has worked with include Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, USA, Commercial International Bank Egypt and World Bank Organization, USA.
She is also passionate about social impact and giving back to her community. She worked with Tech Era, a social enterprise committed to helping people with disabilities gain access to technology. Some of her work here included teaching students at the School of the Blind to gain basic technology skills.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading and writing Christian literature. She has a blog where she publishes her writings.
Eloho Efemuai
Eloho Efemuai is an ordained pastor, worship leader, brand visibility coach, speaker, author and radio broadcaster who inspires creatives, and women of faith to stop doubting their potentials, show up consistently on social media so in other to grow their influence & impact, so they can generate leads for their business, brand or ministry, turn their followers into customers, build a community of engaged fans and succeed and live a fulfilled life.
She runs Scotland’s Numebr One Online Christian Radio station Heartsong Live in Edinburgh. You can find her broadcasting words of inspiration every Monday to Thursday morning from 6:30am.
Eloho is married to Jude and together they have 3 children.
As a John Maxwell Certified coach her desire is to add value to the lives of those, she encounters particularly women who struggle with a lack of confidence and low self-esteem, helping them break out of stereotypes to become the women they were designed to be.
Ola Olaleye
Ola Olaleye is the Authenticity Coach with a passion to see people discover and embrace their unique identity.
She is the president and founder of The Esther’s Company (TEC) – nominee Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2021. Ola is also the lead consultant at MaxiMind Consults Limited (a coaching and mentoring outfit).
Ola’s TEC Community Initiative supports the black community in Scotland through empowerment and employability workshops.
She sits on the board of Adelphe Community Initiative, OK Foundation and Homefront Matters. She is a leader in the Black community in Scotland and in her home church. A member of Black Excellence Network Scotland and Black Alliance Scotland.
Ola Olaleye is the host of WordZone a weekly social media show.
Ola Olaleye has authored 3 books – InsideOut, Authentic and Unbroken.
Ola lives with her family in Glasgow Scotland.
Ozioma Paul
Ozioma is pursuing a Ph.D. in Business and Management with a focus on optimisation and decision sciences at Alliance Manchester Business School. She works part time at the University of Oxford as a Systems and Data Analyst at the Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab). Prior to this, she holds a master’s degree in Information Technology from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor’s in computer science from the University of Lagos.
In between studying, Ozioma has worked in three global professional services firms, KPMG, Deloitte, and Ernst & Young across several industries and teams, using technology to optimise and improve systems. Before resuming at the GO lab, her roles have spanned across research assistant, technical support for both hardware and software, technology consultant, and more recently, short stints as a data analyst at an African FinTech, Asaak and the World Bank Group.
When she is not gathering insights from data or conducting research, she is either sewing, writing, or dancing. She also has a special love for Nigerian jollof rice and electric guitars.
Elona Boateng
Elona Boateng is a budding administrative professional, an educator and entrepreneur. She is the Co-founder and CEO of Homebase Foodstuff, a mobile foodstuff market that provides a convenient and stress-fress shopping experience for busy corporate workers and students. Elona is passionate about making impact in the lives of people. She does this in different ways: through her business solutions, community development projects, mentorship and volunteer activities. She has worked as a mentor and tutor on several community- based projects. While pursuing her undergraduate education, she served as a mentor with The Mentors Network, a student-led program that empowers students in rural community schools through personal storytelling, mentorship and scholarship opportunities to unleash their talents. She also worked with BASICS, an international NGO that uses education as a tool to empower communities to end
cycles of illiteracy, poverty, hunger, and child labour. Elona co-founded the campus chapter of She’s the First, an international NGO that works fights gender inequality through girl child education. She is currently a
mentor with the Young Achievers Foundation, an NGO that provides a platform and scholarship opportunities for low-income high school students to pursue higher education.
Outside of work, Elona enjoys serving at church, staying fit and inspiring those around her.