Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor is a Nigerian technology expert and entrepreneur who is currently serving as Google's Country Manager in Nigeria. In August 2011, she was listed in Forbes "20 Youngest Power Women in Africa". Mrs. Ehimuan completed her B.Eng. degree in Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State with a first-class honors.

She proceeded to obtain a postgraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Juliet has an MBA in strategy, entrepreneurship and organisational behavior from London Business School. Ehimuan's contributions to technology and entrepreneurship has won her several awards and recognition:

• She is a Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society.
• She is a recipient of the London Business School Global Women’s Scholarship. She also received two scholarly awards – Selwyn College Scholar and Malaysian Commonwealth Scholar at the University of Cambridge.
• In 2012, she won the "IT Personality of the Year" at the 2012 National Information Technology Merit Award.
• She received the Microsoft “Ship-IT” award for successfully launching the new MSN online subscription business in the UK, Spain, Italy, and Germany.
• She is also a pioneer member of the Academic Computer Network for Developing Countries sponsored by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy in 1995. This resulted in a Campus-wide area network at OAU, Ile-Ife.

Her Work:
Her career path in technology started in 1995 as a Performance Monitoring and Quality Assurance Supervisor at the Shell Petroleum Development Company until 1997 when she left the firm.

She then joined Microsoft UK as a Program Manager and worked for 6 years overseeing projects for MSN subsidiaries in Europe, Middle East, and Africa. She was also a Business Process Manager for MSN International.

Upon leaving Microsoft in 2005, she started a firm called Strategic Insight Consulting Ltd. Strategic Insight was focused on providing collaborative programmes that connect African Business leaders and Professionals with their global counterparts. She later became the General Manager of Chams Plc's Strategic Business Units.

In April 2011, she was appointed Google’s Country Manager for Nigeria. She is responsible for leading series of innovative products and services aimed at building the online ecosystem in Nigeria through a three-pronged strategy. These include – (1) driving initiatives around Internet access to make the internet more available and affordable to the Nigerian user (2) facilitating local content development and (3) building capacity.

Under Juliet’s leadership, Google Nigeria launched a nationwide program called Get Nigerian Businesses Online. The program provides free and easy tools that any business owner could use to create a website in a couple of hours, and also get listed on Google Maps. Google Nigeria currently runs a Digital Business Manager (DBM) programme. This programme leverages Google’s third-party model to grow the digital ecosystem by supporting businesses in their online journey.

Why TechHer Loves Her
As a woman in technology herself, Mrs. Chiazor believes there is room for women to do more in the Nigerian tech space. She believes women can benefit from more support, knowledge sharing communities and access to resources. Remember, #TechHer is also hinged on learning, support and collaboration.

Lola Masha is the country manager of OLX Nigeria. OLX is the leading online classified player in the country. Masha joined OLX Nigeria in February 2014 with the goal of building a world-class, trusted and secure online classifieds business that stands out from its competition.

She holds a Ph.D in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to this time, she has a Bsc in Chemical Engineering from University of Virginia. She also holds a Certificate in Management Technology, from University of California, Berkley.

Masha is an outstanding individual with expertise in business development, entrepreneurship, operational transformation, strategy and product development, across numerous industries including technology and consulting.  
‎She has significant international experience and has worked with brands like Google and McKinsey Consulting.

 Her Work:

• • Lola is currently the Country Manager, OLX Nigeria. She oversees the overall business success across all functions, including technology.
  • Lola Masha was the product partnership associate with Google from September 2013- January 2014. She drove partnership across Europe and Africa for Google Search and new strategic Google products.
  • Lola changed the E-commerce face of OLX while the company experienced immense profit and growth under her management.

 Why TechHer Loves Her

Lola, in spite of her educational background in engineering with a passion for technology, made her venture into technology related field. She has been of immense significance to OLX.

About Her:

Honey Ogundeyi is a well-known Management Consultant with a decade old experience in Internet, Telecoms, Brand Management and Business Consulting. She is also skilful in web commerce, online and mobile advertising.

Honey is the Founder and CEO of Fashpa; an exceptional online retail store that provides customers with trendy fashion and accessories in Nigeria and beyond. She hails from a family of entrepreneurs and graduated with a B.Sc. in Public Policy from the University of Birmingham in 2004.

Honey started Fashpa because of a number of reasons. She was unable to buy a pair of shoes because it was unnecessarily exorbitant. Therefore there is a need to ensure the accessibility and affordability of quality clothing to help Nigerians and other Africans stay in touch with their culture via fashion.

Before Fashpa, Honey Ogundeyi carved a niche for herself with the various places she worked and the career she built in all the different countries she's lived in!

Her Work:

• Between 2004 – 2006, she worked in Heirs Alliance; an associate of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Lagos State, Nigeria.
• From 2006 – 2009, she worked as Senior Analyst at McKinsey and Company, Brussels, Belgium. She was involved in handling complex and high profile projects and providing solutions to clients.
• From March 2009 –August 2010, she was a Senior Business Consultant at Ericsson, Lagos State.
• While at Ericsson, she worked as the Brand Capability Manger in Stockholm, Sweden.
• Still at Ericsson, between 2011 – 2012, she served as Head of Brand Management Region, Sub Saharan, Africa where she led a new brand strategy rollout plan for Ericsson in Sub Saharan Africa.
• From February 2012 – March 2012, she was the Industry Manager of Google, Lagos State. She worked with the Country Manager to develop Google’s marketplace and also proffered advertising solutions to clients from different business sectors.
•  Since November 2013, she's been at Fashpa.com.

Aside her many achievements, Honey Ogundeyi has been recognized and honoured by prominent international/national non-profit outfits for the excellent role she has been playing in using technological platforms to inspire today’s women in Africa.

Start-ups greats are still awed by her ability to fuse trendy fashion with technology in Nigeria. Fashpa, has also become a popular clothing line and fashion lifestyle brand that is sought by customers in Africa and beyond.

• In 2014, she became a Junior Achievement Ambassador (I am JAN); economic education non-profit that motivates aspiring business leaders.
• In June 2014, she was among the guest speakers at the Africa Rising Summit in London where she extensively spoke on the untapped opportunities that exist in Online Retailing in Africa. She was also named among the top ten emerging women entrepreneurs to watch in Africa by Forbes.
• In 2015, she was named in a list of 100 most inspiring Nigerian women by Ynaija.com.
• Honey Ogundeyi advices start-ups by writing inspiring articles in her blog that is essential for Nigerian women to thrive in business.

Why TechHer Loves Her:

Honey Ogundeyi is driven by the desire to make an impact. The lesson for women is that we can leverage on technology as an enabler both for starting and promoting great concepts. We will never know until we try!

Honey Ogundeyi belongs to the ‘Never Give Up’ school of thought, and has always written about women starting small. She believes that everything great starts small. She says Fashpa started in her bedroom before she got an office. This trendy fashion brand is a testament of her problem solving skills.

Honey Ogundeyi once said “...I think what is interesting about developing online platforms is that you can’t just apply what happens in Europe and America to this market. So you have to adapt it and make it relevant to our Nigerian and African customer.”

How are you adapting technology to suit your market/community/audience today?

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