Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (// ^ⓘ; doga 22 March yuumd 1975)yaa Nigeri ned sẽn tʋmd tʋʋmde, sẽn yaa Afrɩka tẽnga siglgã siglgã taoor soab la b sẽn tʋmd ne b mensã rɩɩb wɛɛngẽ, la b sẽn maand tʋʋmde, la b tʋmd ne b taabã.^[1] Sẽn sɩng ne yʋʋmd 2024 soabã, a yaa One Campaign taoor soaba.^[2]

Pipi viim la bangr

A Nwuneli rogame yʋʋmd 1975 tʋʋlg rasem 22 wã, Nizeri wã Inivɛrsi Tʋʋmda Bĩngr zĩigẽ, Enugu, Nizeri, n dog Nigeri wã Farmakolozi profesɛɛr a Paul Obuekwe Okonkwo la Amerik tẽnga kibay profesɛɛr a Rina Okonkwo.^[3]

A ba wã sẽn yit Awka, Anambra la a ma sẽn yit New York wã, b yãa taab Kornɛl karẽn-biis roogẽ yʋʋmd 1965.^[4] A roagdbã ra yaa karen-saam-dãmb. B zãmsda karen-biis la b kõ-b sagls sẽn na yɩl n paas Nigeri karen-biisa. A Nwuneli yeela sɛbã pʋgẽ tɩ b sẽn wa n yeel-a woto wã, a yeelame: "Mam yaa bi-ribl a nu sʋka a tãab soaba. Mam roagdbã [....] sɩngame n zãms maam ne m saam-bi-pogsã tɩ b nong b tẽng n tʋmd ne b taabã hal tɩ pa dɩɩb ye.... yʋʋm nins sẽn yaa likã, sẽn da yaa General Sani Abacha yʋʋmã, tɩ karen-saam-dãmb wʋsg zoe n yi tẽngã, m roagdbã ra pa tõog n bas-b ye, n pa paam yaood ye. Baa ne zu-loees kãensã, d sã n wa wa tɩ be d zakẽ, d ra maanda bũmb wʋsg n kõt nebã; d sã n kẽng kamb-bõonegẽ la bũmb a taab sẽn sõngd neb tɩ b wa paam sõngr yĩnga, d ra segd n kẽnda be".^[5]

Yʋʋmd 1997 wã, a kẽnga Harvard Business School (HBS). A sẽn da be be wã, a paama a Harvey Fellowship la National Black MBA Association Graduate Scholarship,^[6] tɩ b fãa wilg a sẽn tõog n bãng bũmb ninsã. A sẽn be Harvard wã wã, a sẽn yaa karen-bi-poakã poore, a lugla Afrɩka tigis-kãsems ning sẽn maand yʋʋmd fãa wã, a yaa karen-biigã taoor soab ning sẽn geta Afirik tigis-klubã yelle,^[7]^[8] a yaa Afrɩka Amerika karen-biis sull ning sẽn get b yellã,^[9] la a yaa kiris-neb sull ning sẽn geta b yellã.^[10] A paama a MBA yʋʋm 24 yʋʋm 1999.^[11]

Tuuma

A Ndidi karẽn-biisa sɩngame a sẽn da be Pennsilvani wã wã, a sẽn da wa n yaa ra-kãsems karen-bi-biisẽ karen-biis n tʋmd ne McKinsey & Company wã. Yʋʋmd 1995 wã, b kõ-a-la tʋʋmd wakat fãa McKinsey wã pʋgẽ, tɩ yaa sakda yel-bũndã yel-bʋgd sẽn tʋmd Chicago, Illinois. A ra tʋmdda a McKinsey sɛbã pʋgẽ, Johannesburg, Afirik Kibar soolmẽ wã.^[12] A sẽn da tʋmd ne a McKinsey yʋʋmd 1997 wã kɩtame tɩ b tõog n zãad polisã tʋʋm zĩis 25 sẽn be Afirik Kibar Poo wã pʋgẽ, la b paas b sẽn da kʋʋd kʋɩl-wẽnsã la b boog b tʋʋm-wẽnsã.^[13]

A tuuma Nigeria

Yʋʋmd 1999 wã, a Ndidi tʋma Ford Foundation taoor soab tʋʋmd pʋgẽ, sẽn tikd taoor n get Nigeria tẽn-kãsems nins sẽn get b yell n boond tɩ COWAN la FADU.^[14] Yʋʋmd kãng bala, a lebg n kẽe McKinsey n tʋm ne kamb sẽn sõngd b kɛlgdbã, n sõngd kamb sẽn tʋmd teedã la Amerika wã raab dãmb wʋsg. Yʋʋmd 2000 wã, a basa a tʋʋmdã McKinsey la a lebg n wa Nîgérie n lebg FATE Foundation (a sẽn sigl Nigérien ned sẽn yaa zak soab, a Fola Adeola).^[15] A sẽn sõs ne HBS Africane America Alumni Association t'a wilg tɩ b na n kẽnga pʋg-sadb sʋka, a yeela woto: "Nigeri tara neb wʋsg sẽn tar tʋʋm tʋʋm dũniyã gill zugu, la yaa toog tɩ b paam ligd, kom-bɩɩs la bɩʋʋb ye. [...] Mam tẽedame tɩ pagb sẽn na n tõog n sɩng b tʋʋmã la b bɩɩs b tʋʋmã yaa tɩlae ne Nigeri wã bɩʋʋbo, la pagb zãmsgo yaa toog wʋsgo".^[16]

Yʋʋmd 2002 wã, a lugla sigls a yiib sẽn pa tar yõod n yɩɩd, sẽn yaa LEAP (Leadership, Effectiveness, Accountability, Professionalism) Africa la Ndu Ike Akunuba (NIA), Igbo gom-biis sẽn tolg n lebg n lebg n wa Angletẽ wã n yeel tɩ vɩɩm, pãng la arzɛk. NIA sẽn get bũmb ning fãa wã yaa pagbã sẽn na n paam pãng n sõng nin-buiidã tɩ b vɩɩmd vɩɩmã sẽn tar yõod ne b sũy fãa. LEAP Africa yaa sull sẽn get taoor lʋɩtbã yell n tʋmd ne b sẽn pa baood ligd ye. LEAP kõta zãmsg taoor lʋɩtb tʋʋm wɛɛngẽ, vɩɩm manesmã wɛɛngẽ la tẽngre. A sẽn yaa siglgã luglg soaba, b bool-a lame t'a gom ONU Komisɛɛr ning sẽn get b sẽn get b vɩɩmã yelle,^[17] dũni gill goosneer sullã la a Clinton Global Initiative wã.

LEAP tʋmda ne a Ford Foundation, a Citi Foundation, a World Bank, a United States Government, a UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, a ALI (Aspen Institute's Africa Leadership Initiative), a Nokia, la a International Youth Foundation. A Ndidi yaa LEAP Africa sigand la taoor soaba yʋʋm 2002-2007 la a ket n yaa taoor lʋɩtb sull ning sẽn tʋmd ne a tʋʋmdã.^[18]

A Ndidi sẽn datã yaa tɩ b lebg Afirik Wɛtgã rɩɩb tɩ b lebg sãnem paalga, n kẽesd b toog siglgã siglgã pʋgẽ, la b manegd a siglgã.^[19]

Yʋʋmd 2024 kiuug rasem 23 wã, a Nwuneli ra bee bi-bees nins sẽn bool tɩ b wa wãb-a wã sʋka, sẽn yaa Etazĩni tẽnga taoor soab a Joe Biden sẽn da wa n na n kõ a Willem Ruto waoogr yʋʋmd 2024 wã.^[20]

Tuuma ataaba

Corporate boards

A Nwuneli yaa b taoor dãmb sẽn be LEAP Africa, AACE Foods, Godrej Group, DSM Sustainability Advisory Board, AGRA, and Nigerian Breweries Plc.

Yʋʋmd 2023 soabã pʋgẽ, b yãka a Nwuneli t'a yɩ Stanbic IBTC taoor soaba

Non-profit organizations

Sẽn deng rẽ, a Nwuneli zĩnda APF, GAIN - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GBA) la Fairfax Africa taoor lʋɩtb sullẽ, la a zĩnda dũni gill yɛl siglgã taoor lʋɩtbã taoor lʋɩtba taoor lʋɩtgã taoor lʋɩtgrã taoor lʋɩtg sull sull sull pʋgẽ yʋʋmd 2011 n tãag yʋʋmd 2014.

Yʋʋmd 2019 soabã pʋgẽ, Rockefeller Fondã yãka a Nwuneli t'a lebg a taoor soaba.

Yʋʋmd 2021 soabã pʋgẽ, b yãka a Nwuneli t'a yɩ Nigeria Ekonomik Koɛɛg sull taoor soaba.^[21]

Kuuni

Alumni Achievement Award from Harvard Business School, 2021
Named amongst Schwab Foundation's Social Innovators, 2020
Honoree of the Global Fund for Women during their 25th Anniversary Celebration in San Francisco, 2013
Winner of the Harvard Business School Nigeria Business Club 2013 Leading Social Entrepreneur Award
Forbes: 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa, 2011
Excellence Award from Anambra State, 2011
Selected for Harvard Business School's Africa Business Club's Excellence Award, 2007
Selected as Young Manager of the Year by THISDAY Newspapers, 2005
Received a National Honor – Member of the Federal Republic – from the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on December 16, 2004
Selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Davos; 2004
Selected as a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland; 2002^[22]

Author la research

Author, Food Entrepreneurs in Africa: Scaling Resilient Agriculture Businesses (routledge.com), 2021
Author, Social Innovation In Africa: A practical guide for scaling impact - 1s (routledge.com), 2016
Author, Working for God in the Marketplace, 2005^[23]

Seb a sen gulse

Author, Food Entrepreneurs in Africa: Scaling Resilient Agriculture Businesses, 2021
Author, Social Innovation in Africa; 2016
Editor, Passing the Baton, LEAP Africa; 2011
Lead Author, Building a Culture of Ethics: A Practical Guide for African Leaders in the Public, Private and Nonprofits Sectors, LEAP Africa; 2009
Editor, Rage for Change: A Practical Guide for African youth who Desire to Make a Difference, LEAP Africa; 2008
Editor/Co-Author, Get on Board: A Practical Guide to Establishing & Sustaining High-Impact Boards of Directors, Farafina; 2007
Lead Author, Defying the Odds: Case Studies of Nigerian Companies that have Survived Generations, LEAP Africa, 2006^[24]
Articles on leadership, management and ethics: Under the Tree of Talking (Funded by the British Council), Journal of Convergence, Farafina, Business Day, the Guardian and Business in Africa Magazine; 2003-2007

Sebtiise

neda
Sex or gender	female
Country of citizenship	Nigeria
Date of birth	22 Tuulg kiuugu 1975
Zĩ-ninga o roge	Enugu
Native language	Igbo
Languages spoken, written or signed	English, Igbo, Nigerian Pidgin
Occupation	writer
Educated at	The Wharton School, Harvard Business School

[1] ttps://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/profile/ndidi-okonkwo-nwuneli/

[2] ttp://www.one.org/us/press/one-campaign-announces-ndidi-okonkwo-nwuneli-as-new-ceo/

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150402185158/http://unn.edu.ng/profile/prof-okonkwo-paul-obiekwe

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150304100800/http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/a-serial-entrepreneur/

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150304100800/http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/a-serial-entrepreneur/

[6] ttp://msfdn.org/harveyfellows/fellows/list-of-fellows/

[7] ttp://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=873&lang=en

[8] ttp://www.africabusinessconference.com/#home

[9] ttp://www.proshareng.com/news/25344/NB-Appoints-Ndidi--Nwuneli-as-Director-

[10] ttp://www.hbsabc.com/#about

[11] ttp://www.proshareng.com/news/25344/NB-Appoints-Ndidi--Nwuneli-as-Director-

[12] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/25/world/apartheid-s-feared-police-prove-inept-and-corrupt.html

[13] ttp://www.mckinsey.com/careers/our_people_and_values/alumni-a_community_for_life/ndidi

[14] ttp://www.inter-reseaux.org/IMG/pdf/GDS51_English_light.pdf

[15] ttp://www.notap.gov.ng/content/fate-foundation-partners-notap-innovation-promotion

[16] ttp://hbsaaa.net/ndidi-nwuneli.php

[17] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20160110151910/http://www.mynewswatchtimesng.com/ndidi-nwuneli-nigerias-pride-entrepreneurship-development/

[18] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150220114912/http://www.leapafrica.org/index.php/partners-and-donors

[19] ttps://news.globallandscapesforum.org/52400/ndidi-nwuneli-is-turning-west-africas-food-into-its-new-gold/

[20] ttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/us/politics/full-guest-list-biden-state-dinner-kenya.html

[21] ttps://nesgroup.org/blog/Official-Press-Release:-NESG-Appoints-New-Board-Directors

[22] ttp://www.tanconf.org/africa/tancon2014/s_ndidi_n.php

[23] ttps://www.laternabooks.com/index3.php?v=6490&c=41

[24] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150220115008/http://www.leapafrica.org/index.php/explore/resource-centre/research/defying-the-odds

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