• Source: Aisha Babangida

Aisha Babangida is a humanitarian leader and the chairperson of the Better Life Program for the African Rural Woman. She is the first child of the Former Nigerian Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. Aisha is also the founder of Tasnim Foundation, a charity organisation that provides scholarship to young girls in rural areas with the view of encouraging the girl child education.




Early life and education


Aisha was born in Nigeria to Nigerian born parents. She has had her education at the Wharton Business School, Insead, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Cambridge Judge Business School and Webster University Geneva, Switzerland.




Career


In 2009 Aisha took over the leadership of the Better Life Program for the African Rural Woman after the demise of her mother. In addition to the Better Life Program for the African Rural Woman, Aisha is also the founder of Women Enterprise Alliance (WenA) as well as the founder of Egwafin Micro Finance Bank in Nigeria. She had also worked with numerous nonprofit organizations.
Aisha advocates for women's rights and empowerment by providing them with resources that can help transform their lives. She is a humanitarian leader with a passion for working within philanthropy and helping the underserved community of Nigeria.
In 2016, Aisha founded the Egwafin MicroFinance Bank which helps those in Nigeria get the access they need to funding and financing that they may not have had access to otherwise. In 2018, she founded the Women Enterprise Alliance ( WenA), a platform that helps entrepreneurs through investing in profitable early stage companies, small & medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria and across Africa.




Honors


Gold Medal Award from the prestigious Crans Montana Forum Brussels
Womens Champion and Youth Mentor Award
Speaker at the World Humanitarian Forum on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment




Online Publications


Mobile Money becomes available in Nigeria
Technology should enhance communication skills
Building Business Acumen Through Emotional Intelligence




References






External links


Women Enterprise Alliance (WenA) website
Egwafin MicroFinance Bank website
Better Life Programme for Rural Women website

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• Muhammadu Buhari
• Daftar tokoh Nigeria
• Aisha Babangida
• Ibrahim Babangida
• Better Life Program for the African Rural Woman
• Aisha (given name)
• Maryam Babangida
• Aisha Pamela Sadauki
• Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed
• Muhammadu Buhari
• First Lady of Nigeria
• Murtala Muhammed