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Simi Nwogugu on Building the Next Generation of African Women Leaders

What does a leadership pipeline for 10 million African girls actually look like? For ALIWA Class VI Fellow (Nkyinkyim) Simi Nwogugu, it starts not with theory but with a simple question: what problem do you see in your community, and how can you solve it profitably?
In a recent Forbes feature, Simi lays out an ambitious but grounded vision, entrepreneurship training rooted in real life, layered with advocacy skills, and sustained through alumni networks that follow girls from school into their careers and beyond.
For Simi, the goal is very attainable – “we will definitely reach 10 million before 2050,” she shares, “but by 2050, they will be leaders within their communities creating change.”  In her framing, the first phase is scale.
Read the full article here.