Nkiru Balonwu

**Nkiru Balonwu** yar kasuwa ne kuma yar gwagwarmaya da ke zaune a Legas, Nijeriya.  Nkiru an san ta da tsayayyun ra'ayoyi game da mata a matsayin maganin matsalolin Afirka  kuma ita ce kafa da kuma shugabar kungiyar matan Afirka a kan kungiyar, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta, kungiyar mata masu zaman kansu ta Afirka da ke mai da hankali kan ciyar da labarai don inganta al'amuran mata. da 'yan matan gadon Afirka.  Ita ce kuma mai kafa da kuma manajan aboki na RDF Strategies, wani kamfani na ba da shawara wanda ke ba da shawarwari kan dabarun sadarwa da hadin gwiwar masu ruwa da tsaki.  A cikin 2016, a lokacin da take jagorancin Spinlet, Balonwu ya fito a cikin YNaija a matsayin ɗayan "Mata 100 da ke Mostarfafawa a Nijeriya".  A watan Oktoba 2019, Balonwu ya sami lambar yabo ta 2020 Powerlist International   ta Powerlist UK. Itace wacce ke ganin saka mata a gaba zai kawo matsololin africa

## Rayuwar kai da yanayin rayuwa
Balonwu diya ce ga wasu lauyoyi biyu wadanda suka kware a canjin zamantakewa da adalci. 

## Ilimi
Balonwu ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a fannin shari'a a Jami'ar Manchester .  Ta yi digiri na biyu a Jami'ar London College (UCL) kuma ta yi Digirin Digiri daga Jami'ar California, Berkeley.

## Ayyuka
Balonwu ta yi aiki a fannoni da dama da suka haɗa da doka, fasaha da sadarwa.

Ta yi aiki a matsayin malama a tsangayar koyar da shari'a, Jami'ar Legas . 

A cikin 2014, Balonwu ta zama Shugaba na Spinlet, farkon waƙar yawo da dandamali rarraba dijital a yankin Saharar Afirka. A lokacin da take matsayin Shugaba, Spinlet ta zama Manajan Rikodi na Duniya na Duniya (ISRC) na farko a Nijeriya.  

A cikin 2017, Balonwu ta kafa Matan Afirka a kan Kwamitin wanda ya ƙaddamar da ƙasashen duniya a Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York, a ranar 26 Satumba 2019 yayin Majalisar duringinkin Duniya (UNGA), da nufin “ba da murya ga matan Afirka da canza yadda ake fahimtar su ”.

## Shugabanci da nadi
A cikin shekarar 2018, an nada Balonwu a matsayin mai ba da shawara daga babbar jam’iyyar adawa ta Najeriya, domin ta sanya mata a lokacin yakin neman zaben Shugaban kasa na 2019 na tsohon mataimakin shugaban kasa kuma dan takarar adawa Atiku Abubakar. 

An nadata mashawarcin Balonwu na RDF don inganta manufar Legas ga Duniya (L2W), yaƙin neman zaɓe a cikin 2018 a cikin shekara ta 2018 da Gwamnatin Jihar Legas ta yi don fitar da saka jari daga ƙetare zuwa jihar.

## Kyaututtuka da nasarori
A ranar 25 ga Oktoba Oktoba 2019, Balonwu ta karɓi kyautar Powerlist 2020 International.  Jerin lambar yabo bakake mafi kyaun kyautuka ya kunshi mutum 100 daga cikin bakar fata mafi tasiri a Burtaniya.  Balonwu ita ce wacce aka karrama da lambar yabo ta kasa da kasa, "wanda aka ba mutumin da yake zaune a wajen Burtaniya, wanda ake ganin ya bambanta kansu a matsayin mai kawo canji, mai kirkire-kirkire, mai kwazo da kuma mutum mai matukar tasiri" wajen karrama aikinta a Matan Afirka a Jirgin. 

A watan Maris na 2016, wallafe-wallafen kafofin watsa labarai, YNaija, tare da hadin gwiwar kungiyar Leading Ladies Africa sun zabi Balonwu a cikin Mata 100 masu matukar birgewa a Najeriya, wani fitowar shekara-shekara da ke dauke da "matan da ke yin tasiri ga duniya da al'ummominsu da gangan ta hanyar karfi da karfin tunaninsu. da nasara. " Balonwu ta sami karramawa ne saboda aikinta a Spinlet a cikin "Juyin juya hali [yadda yake] yadda ake raba da kuma rarraba abubuwan kiɗa". 

A cikin 2010, Balonwu ta kasance mai karɓar ofungiyar Yankin Foundasa, wanda ke ba da kyauta wanda ke mai da hankali kan "inganta rayuwar mata da 'yan mata a cikin gida da kuma duniya baki ɗaya ta hanyar ba da abokantaka ga mata waɗanda da gaske za su kawo canji a duniya." Balonwu ta lashe kyautar ne a karkashin Dokar da Kimiyyar Zamani da kuma takaddar doka bisa nazarin damar da masana'antar fina-finan Afirka, "Nollywood" ke bayarwa ga mata a matsayin wata hanyar bunkasa tattalin arziki.

## Jawabin jama'a da sharhin kafofin watsa labarai
Balonwu ta kasance a dandamali daban-daban akan batutuwan da suka hada da daidaiton jinsi, fasaha, kirkire-kirkire da kuma kasuwanci. 

A kan podcast a16z, wanda aka fara daga asusun VC Andreessen Horowitz, tare da manyan bakin da suka gabata wadanda suka hada da dan wasan NBA Andre Iguodala da Oprah Winfrey,  Balonwu ya yi magana kan fasaha a Afirka.  Makarantar Kasuwancin Havard ta Dynamic Women in Business Conference a cikin 2018 ta nuna Nkiru Balonwu a matsayin 'mata a kan allon kwamiti'. 

A Rediyon Faransa Internationale (RFI) wani gidan rediyon jama'a na Faransa tare da masu sauraro miliyan 35.6 a duniya, Balonwu ya yi magana kan yadda za a fi dacewa da matan Afirka. 

An lissafa ta a matsayin mai ba da shawara a Cibiyar kafawa, mafi girma mafi saurin farawa a duniya.  

### Labarai da aka buga
Balonwu ya yi rubuce-rubuce ga kafafen yada labarai daban-daban ciki har da Sahara Reporters, TechCabal da Al Jazeera Turanci.

* "Matan Afirka A Matsayin Masu Amfani: Mabudin Buɗe Bunkasar Afirka"; Fabrairu 2020  
* "Yabon matan Afirka yana da mahimmanci ga kasuwancin Afirka"; Disamba 2019 
* “Me yasa ba # MeToo ba? Ta yaya zantuka ke hana ci gaban matan Afirka ”; Oktoba 2019 
* "Cin zarafin mata - Ka manta da #Metoo, Muna Bukatar #Youtoo don Tsayawa tare da Mata"; Yuli 2019 
* "Babban Daraktan Google Ya Kafa Sabbin Alamar Sadarwa na Zamani: Darasi ga Shugabannin Afirka" 'Fabrairu 2019 
* “MTN vs. Gwamnati: Shin Sadarwar Sadarwa ce ke cutar da Tattalin Arzikin Najeriya? ” ; Oktoba 2018 
* “Brexit, ziyarar Macron: Damar da sabbin kawance ga Najeriya”; Yuli 2018 
* "Mata a cikin kara: Lokaci don sake yin la'akari da hanyarmu?" ; Mayu 2018 
* "Maza a matsayin Kawaye: Matsawa don Cigaba da Daidata Matsayin Aiki a Afirka"; Maris 2018 
* "Sanya Muryoyin Matan Afirka Gaba Daya"; Janairu 2018, Ranar Kasuwanci

## Manazarta