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Toyosi Akerele Ogunsiji..................@toyosirise

In 2011, Akerele was described by Michelle Obama as one of her personal inspirations before she embarked on her tour of South Africa I watched it...., where she also attended the Young African Women Leaders Forum and Akerele was the only Nigerian present. Akerele has been actively involved in national and international projects on the need to provide a platform for youth inclusion in policy formulation and implementation. She is the winner of numerous awards including Europe’s 2012 Crans Montana Forum New Leader of Tomorrow, 2012 This Day Awards for Nigeria’s Women of Distinction, 2011 Young Entrepreneur of Success Digest Entrepreneurial Awards
and many more. She is a law graduate from the University of Jos, Nigeria and University of New Hampshire in the US, her RISE summits and seminars have attracted huge crowds across Nigeria. On what keeps her going, Akerele told NAW: “Because I’m a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say ‘she doesn’t have what it takes’. They will say women don’t have what it takes’. My name is Toyosi Akerele, a proud woman from Africa, and I represent the undying, refreshing vigour and excellence of the Real Nigerian Woman, authentic and unstoppable in every way!”

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