Awarding winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been scheduled to grace The Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) annual conference for the year 2022 as the keynote speaker.
WIMBIZ Executive Director (ED), Hansatu Adegbite revealed this in a statement while announcing details of the 21st Annual Conference scheduled to hold in hold in-person and online from the 3rd to 4th November 2022.
She also spelt out President/Founder of Salice Demuren Foundation, GTBank’s first female Chairman as well as the first female Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Osaretin Demuren as being the Chairperson of the conference while former President of the Nigerian Senate, HE (Dr) Abubakar Bukola Saraki, C.O.N, Hon. Commissioner of the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Cecilia Bolaji Dada, and others as special guests that will grace the occasion.
According to the statement, the theme of this year’s conference is captioned; “Firing Forward: The Future in Focus”. It will hold at Eko Hotels & Suites in Lagos, Nigeria, with digital streaming platforms available for its virtual audience.
Throwing more light on the upcoming event, Hansatu Adegbite, disclosed that WIMBIZ has developed valuable partnerships over the years and is currently operating with a leaner structure as a result of the era of the leadership transition of the organisation.
“Partners such as sponsors, donors, media partners, stakeholders as well as WIMBIZ Associates, and Life Members are critical to the continued vision attainment of the organization”.
She said over the last 20 years, key learnings from past conferences on diverse gender-focused initiatives, cutting across business, economy, social sector, politics, and equal opportunities have helped in inspiring more women to attain leadership positions as well as build key partnerships.
“Which is why as always, this year’s speakers have been carefully selected based on asset-enhancing strategies they have to share with the delegates for collective nation-building, while the theme aptly speaks to a new era with a fired-up mission,” she added.
In addition to keynote presentations, delegates will participate in WIMBIZ’s signature debate, deep dives, plenary sessions, and afterparty.
She disclosed that registration is ongoing on the WIMBIZ’s conference website consistently on its social media platforms.
About WIMBIZ
The WIMBIZ Annual Conference is the leading gathering of female business owners, private sector professionals, public sector leaders, and social sector practitioners worldwide.
Over 15,000 women have been delegates at the conference since 2002. Past speakers include Her Excellency, the wife of Nigeria’s Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo; Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, SAN and Africa’s first Nobel Prize for Literature recipient, Wole Soyinka.
