# Wofai Samuel

Wofai Samuel (/wəʊfaɪə/ 18 September 1990) is a Nigerian communications executive and acting director-general of the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce.

## Early life and education

Samuel was born in Calabar, Cross River State, where she attended the Federal Government Girls College and the University of Calabar in 2012 where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology and environmental biology.

## Career

In 2019, Samuel served as Head of Oil & Gas Communications for the Foreign Investment Network. In 2021, she was the Editor of Africa Energy & Infrastructure Magazine.
In 2021, Samuel was director of communication and external affairs to the UK-Liberia Chamber of Commerce.
In August 2022, she joined the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce as director of communication, government relations and advocacy, and later became acting director-general.
In May 2023, she was part of a delegation from the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce who took part in meetings in the United States to diversify Nigerian-American trade goals. She toured the White House and the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., the Maryland State House and the State of Virginia.
In March 2024, Samuel implemented an inbound trade mission to Nigeria for the Government of Illinois, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and was subsequently interviewed on Voice of America (Africa) and Center for International Private Enterprise in Washington DC.
Samuel is a member the World Agriculture Forum Council, member of the Advisory Boards of Cetacea Online University, an unaccredited university in Delaware, and the American Council on Management and Information Technology.

### Public speaking

Samuel has chaired several summits and conferences. In 2017, she was invited to chair the Belarus-Africa Summit in Minsk. In 2018, she was invited to chair the sub-Saharan Africa oil, energy and infrastructure summit in Nairobi, African-Export Import Bank's launch of Project Preparation facility in Johannesburg in 2018 and the West Africa Trade and Investment Conference.
She has been featured on subjects of national and international interest.

### Non-governmental engagements

On 24 December 2020, Samuel was elected for a one-year term as the fourth communications chair for the Young African Leaders Initiative, YALI RLC West Africa (Nigeria Alumni). She was then sworn in as publicity secretary for the United States Government Exchange Alumni Association on 1 October 2021 and served until March 2024. Samuel moderated the YALI RLC West Africa Homecoming Conference in Lomé, Togo in December 2022 and in Accra, Ghana in 2023.
In March 2024, Samuel was invited to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)'s YALI Legacy Localization Design Charette in Kigali, Rwanda, and was subsequently chosen to represent West Africa alumni on the YALI LL roadmap advisory group.
In November 2024, she was invited to USAID's YALI EXPO & Trade Show in Cape Town, South Africa.
She is a member of ForbesBLK - a global community for Black professionals, and a member of ACE Global Leaders of Excellence Network.

## Recognitions

In 2024, 9to5 Chick ranked Samuel among the top 100 career women in Africa.