Nkem Okocha

Nkem Okocha is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and activist who founded Mamamoni,^[1] a FinTech social enterprise that supports poor rural and urban slum women with free vocational skills and mobile loans.^[2][3]

Nkem Okocha
Born	Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Education	Lagos State University
Occupation	Social entrepreneur/activist
Known for	Empowering women with financial aid

She is the 2016 winner of the LEAP Africa Social Innovators Programme (SIP) by Union Bank of Nigeria.^[4]

Early life and education

Okocha was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. She started her tertiary education at Auchi Polytechnic and later proceeded to Lagos State University where she earned a bachelor's degree in banking and finance^[5][6] and received a certificate in entrepreneurship from the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme.^[7] She also has a certificate in business and entrepreneurship from Northwestern University.^[8]

Career

Inspired by her widowed mum's struggle to feed and educate the family, she founded Mamamoni,^[9][10] a social enterprise that is addressing community transformation by helping women to carry on small businesses.^[11][12]

Since 2013, she has supported over 4,000 women in several rural/urban slum communities and given out over 100 micro-loans.^[13] Before starting her company, she worked as a customer service representative for Intercontinental Bank, now Access Bank plc. She went further to become the managing director at Novine Koncept Ventures^[14] before starting Mamamoni.^[15]