What are the benefits of supporting women and more specifically what can an economy achieve if they give women the tools they need to grow financially?

Dr. Markie explores innovative initiatives that have been undertaken to help women in other developing countries. She also shares her with my ideas and plans on how we can not only implement but expand these empowerment initiatives in Nigeria.

Dr. Markie has a goal of empowering 1 million women by 2026 with her stated solutions and believes we can achieve this because anything is possible if we work together. Dr. (Mrs) Markie Idowu is the Managing Director/CEO of Xpress Payment
Solutions Limited, a leading financial technology (fintech) company in Nigeria,

She was recently crowned Best Fintech Female CEO at the Nigerian Fintech Awards, and has over 33 years’ experience in Banking and IT, 28 of which was
spent in the banking industry working for banks such as GTBank, Fidelity and Polaris Bank where she left as Executive Director (ED), Retail and Lagos Commercial Banking.

She has served on the board of several companies including Skye Bank (now Polaris Bank), MainOne Cable Company, Equity Assurance, IHS, NIBSS (representing Polaris Bank MD), Mainstreet Brokers Limited, Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN), etc. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]

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