Glo at 2019 WIMBIZ conference, promotes women empowerment

Globacom delegate, Eyitayo Okandeji, Chairman, Board of Trustees, WIMBIZ, Funmi Roberts, Chairman, Sterling Bank, Asue Ighodalo, Globacom delegate, Justina Abdulateef, First Bank Chairman, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, and Globacom delegate, Marie Macfoy, at the 2019 edition of WIMBIZ conference at Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos on Thursday.

Globacom was one of the major sponsors of this year’s edition of the annual conference of the Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ).

The conference had hundreds of women from all walks of life in attendance. Among them were high flying career women delegates from first-class companies, including Nigeria’s second largest telecom company, Globacom.

In a statement issued from its head office in Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday, Globacom said women empowerment is necessary for the emancipation of the family unit from subsistence level of living. The company said it was committed to supporting initiatives aimed at improving the lot of women on all fronts, including at the workplace.

“When you empower a woman, you improve the overall wellbeing of the family unit, as a woman plays a pivotal role in the stability of a home”, the company said in the statement.

The company said it was delighted to be a major sponsor of WIMBIZ 2019 with the theme ‘Shaping the Future: Strategising to Win’ because it was convinced the platform would offer Nigerian women the needed platform to brainstorm on strategies needed to unleash the latent ability in them to make something great of their future.

In her welcome address at the opening ceremony of the conference at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday, the Chairperson, WIMBIZ Executive Council, Olubunmi Aboderin-Talabi, said WIMBIZ is a non-profit organisation formed to be a platform for professional women in careers or running their own businesses.

She expressed confidence that the conference would not only give participants the inspiration they needed to gather their strength and forge ahead, but also the requisite techniques.

The conference was chaired by Justice Rose Ukeje, Federal Court Chief Judge between 2001 and 2008, and was graced by women from all walks of life, including the First Lady of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi and the Founder and CEO of Africa Leadership Group, Mr. Fred Swaniker.

Also in attendance were captains of industry, Chairmen, CEOs and top directors of blue chip companies, entrepreneurs and other categories of professionals.

Chairman, Board of Trustees, WIMBIZ, Funmi Roberts; Chairman, Sterling Bank, Asue Ighodalo; Globacom delegates, Justina Abdulateef and Marie Macfoy, at the 2019 edition of WIMBIZ conference at Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos on Thursday.

Accomplished entrepreneur, Chief Obafemi Olopade; Globacom delegate, Eyitayo Okandeji; Chairman, Board of Trustees, WIMBIZ, Funmi Roberts; Chairman, Sterling Bank, Asue Ighodalo and Globacom delegate, Justina Abdulateef at the 2019 edition of WIMBIZ at Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos on Thursday.

L-R Grace Bernard-Okosun,Eyitayo Okandeji, Yetunde Jimo, Justina Abdulateef and Marie Mcfoy, all Globacom delegates at the 2019 edition of WIMBIZ at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos on Thursday.