Faridah Hamzat

Faridah is a Social entrepreneur. She is a Business /Management consultant and Facilitator with Specialization in Business Process Design & Improvement, Structure, Financial Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence and Leadership, with almost two decades experience in the Financial Industry working with SMEs with a passion for Financial Inclusion. She is currently the Lead Consultant at TNV Consults Limited. She is also co-founder of the Association of Northern Women Entrepreneurs, nonprofit empowering Women by reducing poverty and gender inequalities through entrepreneurial training, mentoring, access to finance, and market. Faridah holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Economics and is also a certified entrepreneurial manager by the Enterprise Development Centre – Pan Atlantic University. Faridah is a certified Management Consultant (CMC), a certified BDSP Associate (SMEDAN), a member of the chartered institute of Bankers (CIBN), She is an AWEC Fellow, Acumen West Africa 2021 Fellow, Vital Voices Grow Fellow and also a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants. Faridah believes investing in Women and Youth is critical for the economic development of Nigeria, Africa and the world at large. There is a need to invest in Women and Youth through their education, wealth, social status and job opportunities to fight poverty and injustice.  When Women are economically empowered, they reinvest back into their families and the communities, providing a multiplier effect that spurs economic growth and create societies that are more peaceful.