Abimola Emmanuella Fashola, an haife ta ne a ranar 6 ga Afrilu 1965, a Ibadan, babban birnin jihar Oyo, kudu maso yammacin Najeriya. Toshuwar uwar gidan tsohon gwamnan legos ce wato Babatunde Fashola. An horar da ita a matsayin sakatare a Kwalejin Sakatariyar Lagoon da ke Legas, inda ta samu takardar difloma. Daga baya ta samu takardar shaidar karatun Kimiyyar Kwamfuta daga Jami’ar Legas. Ta yi aiki na ɗan gajeren lokaci a matsayin yar jaridar da ke horarwa a jaridar Daily Sketch kafin ta shiga aikin British Council a 1987 amma ta yi murabus a 2006 lokacin da mijinta Babatunde Fasholawas ya zama ɗan takarar tutar jam’iyyarsa kuma ɗan takarar gwamna na rusasshiyar Action Congress of Nigeria.