Damilola Odufuwa and Odunayo Eweniyi Among Vogue’s 12 Women Leaders Who Changed the World List in 2020

Damilola Odufuwa and Odunayo Eweniyi  on Vogue’s 12 Women Leaders Who Changed the World List in 2020

More power to young women in Nigeria as Vogue recently announced Damilola Odufuwa, and Odunayo Eweniyi as two of its 12 Women Leaders Who Changed the World in 2020 alongside powerful women such as New Zealand’s Prime minister Jacinda Ardern, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Vice-President-Elect, Kamala Harris. They both share the number 3 spot on the list. Damilola is currently the Head of PR for Africa at Binance and Odunayo is the Co-founder of Piggyvest.

Both Damilola Odufuwa and Odunayo Eweniyi made the list for their women’s group – “Feminist Coalition” formed with 11 other women with the aim of improving the rights of Nigerian women. The group is well known for providing support for the #EndSARS protest in Nigeria.

According to Vogue,

“The Feminist Coalition regards itself not as a political organization. But as a community-building enterprise and women’s rights advocacy group. Using their sophisticated skills in technology and social media, they were able to disseminate real-time information, which raised awareness and funds for the peaceful protests. Rather than a top-down leadership model, Odufuwa, Eweniyi, and their colleagues are democratizing.”

Damilola has a bachelor’s degree in Financial Economics and an MSc in International Finance and Economic Development from the University of Kent, Canterbury. She began her career working on MTV Shuga. Since then, Damilola has worked as an editor-in-chief and producer for local and global media publications such as CNN, Konbini and Zikoko. She is also the co-founder of Wine & Whine – an online community for Nigerian women where she tackles issues ranging from sexual abuse to financial literacy. In recognition of her work, Damilola was listed as one of the ‘100 Most Inspiring Women in Nigeria in 2018’ by Leading Ladies Africa and is a 2019 honoree of OkayAfrica’s ‘Okay 100 Women’.

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Odunayo Eweniyi holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and she is currently undergoing her master’s degree in Finance at the SOAS University of London. She is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Piggyvest, an innovative online savings platform in Africa. Odunayo has received several awards and recognitions for her work. In 2019, she was part of the Forbes Africa 30 under 30 in Technology, one of 30 Quartz Africa Innovators, named SME Entrepreneur of the Year in West Africa by The Asian Banker’s Wealth and Society, and was also the youngest on Forbes Africa list of 20 New Wealth Creators in Africa. In the same year, Odunayo also made the list of Business Day’s Spark 2019 Women to Watch. Odunayo was additionally named among the 100 most inspiring women in Nigeria, 2019 by Leading Ladies Africa.