Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli

**Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli** (// ⓘ; doga 22 March  yuumd 1975)yaa Nigeri ned sẽn tʋmd tʋʋmde, sẽn yaa Afrɩka tẽnga siglgã siglgã taoor soab la b sẽn tʋmd ne b mensã rɩɩb wɛɛngẽ, la b sẽn maand tʋʋmde, la b tʋmd ne b taabã. Sẽn sɩng ne yʋʋmd 2024 soabã, a yaa One Campaign taoor soaba.

## Pipi viim la bangr
A Nwuneli rogame yʋʋmd 1975 tʋʋlg rasem 22 wã, Nizeri wã Inivɛrsi Tʋʋmda Bĩngr zĩigẽ, Enugu, Nizeri, n dog Nigeri wã Farmakolozi profesɛɛr a Paul Obuekwe Okonkwo la Amerik tẽnga kibay profesɛɛr a Rina Okonkwo.

A ba wã sẽn yit Awka, Anambra la a ma sẽn yit New York wã, b yãa taab Kornɛl karẽn-biis roogẽ yʋʋmd 1965. A roagdbã ra yaa karen-saam-dãmb. B zãmsda karen-biis la b kõ-b sagls sẽn na yɩl n paas Nigeri karen-biisa. A Nwuneli yeela sɛbã pʋgẽ tɩ b sẽn wa n yeel-a woto wã, a yeelame: "Mam yaa bi-ribl a nu sʋka a tãab soaba. Mam roagdbã [....] sɩngame n zãms maam ne m saam-bi-pogsã tɩ b nong b tẽng n tʋmd ne b taabã hal tɩ pa dɩɩb ye.... yʋʋm nins sẽn yaa likã, sẽn da yaa General Sani Abacha yʋʋmã, tɩ karen-saam-dãmb wʋsg zoe n yi tẽngã, m roagdbã ra pa tõog n bas-b ye, n pa paam yaood ye. Baa ne zu-loees kãensã, d sã n wa wa tɩ be d zakẽ, d ra maanda bũmb wʋsg n kõt nebã; d sã n kẽng kamb-bõonegẽ la bũmb a taab sẽn sõngd neb tɩ b wa paam sõngr yĩnga, d ra segd n kẽnda be".

Yʋʋmd 1997 wã, a kẽnga Harvard Business School (HBS). A sẽn da be be wã, a paama a Harvey Fellowship la National Black MBA Association Graduate Scholarship, tɩ b fãa wilg a sẽn tõog n bãng bũmb ninsã. A sẽn be Harvard wã wã, a sẽn yaa karen-bi-poakã poore, a lugla Afrɩka tigis-kãsems ning sẽn maand yʋʋmd fãa wã, a yaa karen-biigã taoor soab ning sẽn geta Afirik tigis-klubã yelle, a yaa Afrɩka Amerika karen-biis sull ning sẽn get b yellã, la a yaa kiris-neb sull ning sẽn geta b yellã. A paama a MBA yʋʋm 24 yʋʋm 1999.

## Tuuma
A Ndidi karẽn-biisa sɩngame a sẽn da be Pennsilvani wã wã, a sẽn da wa n yaa ra-kãsems karen-bi-biisẽ karen-biis n tʋmd ne McKinsey & Company wã. Yʋʋmd 1995 wã, b kõ-a-la tʋʋmd wakat fãa McKinsey wã pʋgẽ, tɩ yaa sakda yel-bũndã yel-bʋgd sẽn tʋmd Chicago, Illinois. A ra tʋmdda a McKinsey sɛbã pʋgẽ, Johannesburg, Afirik Kibar soolmẽ wã. A sẽn da tʋmd ne a McKinsey yʋʋmd 1997 wã kɩtame tɩ b tõog n zãad polisã tʋʋm zĩis 25 sẽn be Afirik Kibar Poo wã pʋgẽ, la b paas b sẽn da kʋʋd kʋɩl-wẽnsã la b boog b tʋʋm-wẽnsã.

### A tuuma  Nigeria
Yʋʋmd 1999 wã, a Ndidi tʋma Ford Foundation taoor soab tʋʋmd pʋgẽ, sẽn tikd taoor n get Nigeria tẽn-kãsems nins sẽn get b yell n boond tɩ COWAN la FADU. Yʋʋmd kãng bala, a lebg n kẽe McKinsey n tʋm ne kamb sẽn sõngd b kɛlgdbã, n sõngd kamb sẽn tʋmd teedã la Amerika wã raab dãmb wʋsg. Yʋʋmd 2000 wã, a basa a tʋʋmdã McKinsey la a lebg n wa Nîgérie n lebg FATE Foundation (a sẽn sigl Nigérien ned sẽn yaa zak soab, a Fola Adeola). A sẽn sõs ne HBS Africane America Alumni Association t'a wilg tɩ b na n kẽnga pʋg-sadb sʋka, a yeela woto: "Nigeri tara neb wʋsg sẽn tar tʋʋm tʋʋm dũniyã gill zugu, la yaa toog tɩ b paam ligd, kom-bɩɩs la bɩʋʋb ye. [...] Mam tẽedame tɩ pagb sẽn na n tõog n sɩng b tʋʋmã la b bɩɩs b tʋʋmã yaa tɩlae ne Nigeri wã bɩʋʋbo, la pagb zãmsgo yaa toog wʋsgo".

Yʋʋmd 2002 wã, a lugla sigls a yiib sẽn pa tar yõod n yɩɩd, sẽn yaa LEAP (Leadership, Effectiveness, Accountability, Professionalism) Africa la Ndu Ike Akunuba (NIA), Igbo gom-biis sẽn tolg n lebg n lebg n wa Angletẽ wã n yeel tɩ vɩɩm, pãng la arzɛk. NIA sẽn get bũmb ning fãa wã yaa pagbã sẽn na n paam pãng n sõng nin-buiidã tɩ b vɩɩmd vɩɩmã sẽn tar yõod ne b sũy fãa. LEAP Africa yaa sull sẽn get taoor lʋɩtbã yell n tʋmd ne b sẽn pa baood ligd ye. LEAP kõta zãmsg taoor lʋɩtb tʋʋm wɛɛngẽ, vɩɩm manesmã wɛɛngẽ la tẽngre. A sẽn yaa siglgã luglg soaba, b bool-a lame t'a gom ONU Komisɛɛr ning sẽn get b sẽn get b vɩɩmã yelle, dũni gill goosneer sullã la a Clinton Global Initiative wã.

LEAP tʋmda ne a Ford Foundation, a Citi Foundation, a World Bank, a United States Government, a UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, a ALI (Aspen Institute's Africa Leadership Initiative), a Nokia, la a International Youth Foundation. A Ndidi yaa LEAP Africa sigand la taoor soaba yʋʋm 2002-2007 la a ket n yaa taoor lʋɩtb sull ning sẽn tʋmd ne a tʋʋmdã.

A Ndidi sẽn datã yaa tɩ b lebg Afirik Wɛtgã rɩɩb tɩ b lebg sãnem paalga, n kẽesd b toog siglgã siglgã pʋgẽ, la b manegd a siglgã.

Yʋʋmd 2024 kiuug rasem 23 wã, a Nwuneli ra bee bi-bees nins sẽn bool tɩ b wa wãb-a wã sʋka, sẽn yaa Etazĩni tẽnga taoor soab a Joe Biden sẽn da wa n na n kõ a Willem Ruto waoogr yʋʋmd 2024 wã.

## Tuuma ataaba

### Corporate boards
A Nwuneli yaa b taoor dãmb sẽn be LEAP Africa, AACE Foods, Godrej Group, DSM Sustainability Advisory Board, AGRA, and Nigerian Breweries Plc.

Yʋʋmd 2023 soabã pʋgẽ, b yãka a Nwuneli t'a yɩ Stanbic IBTC taoor soaba

### Non-profit organizations
Sẽn deng rẽ, a Nwuneli zĩnda APF, GAIN - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GBA) la Fairfax Africa taoor lʋɩtb sullẽ, la a zĩnda dũni gill yɛl siglgã taoor lʋɩtbã taoor lʋɩtba taoor lʋɩtgã taoor lʋɩtgrã taoor lʋɩtg sull sull sull pʋgẽ yʋʋmd 2011 n tãag yʋʋmd 2014.

Yʋʋmd 2019 soabã pʋgẽ, Rockefeller Fondã yãka a Nwuneli t'a lebg a taoor soaba.

Yʋʋmd 2021 soabã pʋgẽ, b yãka a Nwuneli t'a yɩ Nigeria Ekonomik Koɛɛg sull taoor soaba.

## Kuuni

* Alumni Achievement Award from Harvard Business School, 2021
* Named amongst Schwab Foundation's Social Innovators, 2020
* Honoree of the Global Fund for Women during their 25th Anniversary Celebration in San Francisco, 2013
* Winner of the Harvard Business School Nigeria Business Club 2013 Leading Social Entrepreneur Award
* Forbes: 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa, 2011
* Excellence Award from Anambra State, 2011
* Selected for Harvard Business School's Africa Business Club's Excellence Award, 2007
* Selected as Young Manager of the Year by THISDAY Newspapers, 2005
* Received a National Honor – Member of the Federal Republic – from the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on December 16, 2004
* Selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Davos; 2004
* Selected as a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland; 2002

## Author la research

* Author, Food Entrepreneurs in Africa: Scaling Resilient Agriculture Businesses (routledge.com), 2021
* Author, Social Innovation In Africa: A practical guide for scaling impact - 1s (routledge.com), 2016
* Author, *Working for God in the Marketplace*, 2005

## Seb a sen gulse

* Author, Food Entrepreneurs in Africa: Scaling Resilient Agriculture Businesses, 2021
* Author, Social Innovation in Africa; 2016 
* Editor, Passing the Baton, LEAP Africa; 2011
* Lead Author, Building a Culture of Ethics: A Practical Guide for African Leaders in the Public, Private and Nonprofits Sectors, LEAP Africa; 2009
* Editor, Rage for Change: A Practical Guide for African youth who Desire to Make a Difference, LEAP Africa; 2008
* Editor/Co-Author, Get on Board: A Practical Guide to Establishing & Sustaining High-Impact Boards of Directors, Farafina; 2007
* Lead Author, Defying the Odds: Case Studies of Nigerian Companies that have Survived Generations, LEAP Africa, 2006
* Articles on leadership, management and ethics: Under the Tree of Talking (Funded by the British Council), Journal of Convergence, Farafina, Business Day, the Guardian and Business in Africa Magazine; 2003-2007

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