Meet Our Speakers
Olu Awolowo
CEO, Distrifoods Nigeria.
2015: Youwin3 Awardee.
2016: OxfamEDC Alumnus.
2018: #Top10, The Nourish Nigeria Challenge by GAIN/WFP/FATE/DSM.
2018: Alumnus FATE Foundation.
2020: GAIN KFMW Awardee
17years + experience in Food and Nutrition Business (FMCGs Sector) in Nigeria
Distinguished Entrepreneur) Nutripreneur.
Deputy Chairman: Nigerian Association of Small-Scale Industrialists’, NASSI, Plateau State Chapter.
Seun Sangoleye
Seun Sangoleye is an experienced Nutrition Educator and manufacturer of packaging, 100% natural Infant meals and snacks made from grains, fruits & vegetables called Baby Grubz Nigeria ®, a social enterprise based in Lagos Nigeria with operations in Ghana and the United Kingdom.
Seun has published eBooks on child nutrition and provides online mentoring to over 350,000 Nigerian Mothers across her social media platforms.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Lagos State University; Programming for Infant and Young Child Feeding at Cornell NutritionWorks in conjunction with UNICEF and Business and Entrepreneurship Training from Clark Atlanta University, Georgia, USA, and Social Sector Management from Pan Atlantic University, Lagos.
To the glory of God, she has been the recipient of many awards and grants; some of which includes:
2016 Mandela Washington Fellow, DC, USA
2016 Nominee, The Future Awards Africa Business
2016, Global Youth Entrepreneur Award, YE! Stockholm, Sweden
2017 Winner, Affordable Nutrition competition winner, 2nd place
2017 GAIA African Women in Research and Development AWARD, Competition winner 3rd place
2018 AMREF Social Innovation Fellowship, Winner
2018 SCALEUP Agribusiness Accelerator, Winner
2019 African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative Alum
2019 NutriPitch Nourish Nigeria Accelerator, Winner
2020 Global SUN Pitch Nutrition competition winner
2020 African Development Bank competition winner
2021 African Women Trading Globally, Australian Embassy
2021 Nourishing Africa Entrepreneur Support Program
Seun lives in Lagos, is married to Wale, and is a mother of 3 amazing children.
