Congratulations to Odunayo Eweniyi on the Forbes Woman Africa Technology and Innovation Award
Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Piggybank has been awarded the Forbes Woman Africa Technology & Innovation award. The award was presented during the 7th Forbes Woman Africa Leading Women Summit and Awards which was held virtually from March 8 to 9, coinciding with International Women’s Day.
Other winners of the 2022 Forbes Woman Africa Awards include
- Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Founder of Umlambo Foundation (The Forbes Woman Africa Lifetime Achievement Award)
- Amanda Nomnqa, Founder of SheIsBrave (The Forbes Woman Africa Young Achievers Award)
- Dr Helena Ndume, Head of Ophthalmology at Windhoek Hospital (The Forbes Woman Africa Social Impact Award)
- Dr Claire Karekezi, Chair of the African Women in Neurosurgery – – AWIN ( The Forbes Woman Africa Academic Excellence Award)
- Tatjana Schoenmaker, World Record Holder and Olympic Gold Medallist (The Forbes Woman Africa Sports Award)
- Angélique Kidjo, Singer ( The Forbes Woman Africa Entertainer Award)
- Joana Gyan Cudjoe, CEO, Golden Empire Legacy (The Forbes Woman Africa Businesswoman Award)
The title, theme and agenda for the 2022 summit – Resetting Everything, The New Face of Leadership reflected the times, trends and topics leading the pandemic recovery in Africa and the world.
The summit also focused on the new leadership mindset, the diversity and the playbook needed for every aspect of life, work, art, business and money as well as the new metaverse expected to level the playing field for the female workforce.
Odun Eweniyi’s past accolades include being named Time100 2021 Next list, Vogue’s 12 Women Leaders of 2020, one of 100 Most Inspiring Women in Nigeria 2019 by Leading Ladies Africa and one of 50 Most Visible Women in Tech by Tech Cabal in 2019 amongst many others.
Congratulations to Odunayo Eweniyi and other recipients of the Forbes Woman Africa Awards.