Ifeoma Uddoh

Ifeoma Uddoh

Ifeoma Uddoh is a social entrepreneur and founder of Shecluded, a fintech credit company aimed at women in Africa. Ifeoma Uddoh helps create financial inclusion for female entrepreneurs by pioneering the first of many gender-based creative financing platforms. Through the platform, credit facilities, business and wealth advisory services are provided for women. The aim of this enterprise remains to equip more women financially, and put more money and power in their hands.

Founded in April 2019, Ifeoma has through Shecluded,  pioneered a strong community of over 20,000 female entrepreneurs to gain in-depth financial knowledge, independence and sustainability. She has also solved business financing problems by equipping over 20,000 women worldwide through the provision of business financing and advisory services.

Previously, she was Chief Operating Officer at Sasware, (March 2015 to December 2018) where she provided strategic leadership and direction to promote an environment of collaboration and cooperation among the tech startup community. She also provided knowledge sharing and mentoring for invested companies. Ifeoma was also Program Director at Slimtrader Inc (September 2012 to 2015) where she led high-level strategic planning for business operations, capacity building and company sustainability in Nigeria. She also established a customer-centric culture of communication, collaboration, & accountability resulting in top tier performance and rave industry reviews. 

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Ifeoma’s early career was in Strategy Consulting, Analytics and Seed Funding at notable companies such as PwC, Iroko Partners Limited and Wilko. Briefly, she interned in the banking space at Skye Bank and Diamond Bank.

Ifeoma holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Industrial Mathematics from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri and a Master of Science in Management Science and Operations Research.

In December 2019 Ifeoma was one of five female entrepreneurs to emerge as winners of a UK-Nigeria Tech Hub competition sponsored by the British High Commission in Lagos, where winners received sponsorship to travel to the United Kingdom for January 2020 UK-Africa Investment Summit. Shecluded was also one of thirteen companies selected for the NASDAQ Milestone Makers (Spring 2021) which was focused on reducing inequalities.

We recognize Ifeoma Uddoh for making financing possible for female entrepreneurs in Africa. We are so proud.