Born: Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi was born June 11, 1963
Nationality: British-Nigerian
Occupation: feminist activist, writer and policy advocate and social entrepreneur.
Project: Bisi co-founded the African Women’s Development Fund, (AWDF), the first pan-African grant-making organisation.
She has many years of experience as a gender specialist, social entrepreneur, policy advocate, and social change philanthropy practitioner. She co-founded the African Women’s Development Fund, (AWDF) – the first Africa-wide grant-making fund, and served as the first Executive Director from 2001-2010. AWDF has played a key role in the promotion of feminist movement building in Africa.
She is currently Principal Partner, Amandla Consulting, specializing in leadership development for women, and she runs an online community calledAbovewhispers.com.
She is a UN Women Nigeria Senior…
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