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Amanda Obidike

FMIIM
Founder
STEMi Makers of Africa
Country or state 
Nigeria
Available to 
Europe,
Middle East, Africa
City 
Lagos
Fee 
Languages 
English,
French,
...
Volunteer
Yes
Timezone 
Africa/Lagos

Personal Details

Bio

Amanda Obidike is an accomplished non-profit leader and Data Scientist with 10 years experience in directing social enterprises, start-ups and complex organizations in Africa, Europe and MENA Nations. She is the General Manager of the Sir Emeka Okwuosa Foundation. Her role at SEOF combines her passion for social innovation, youth development, reform in education curriculum, technology, and building new programs. She holds a Masters in Business Management from IBMI, Berlin and Certification in Economic policy making from IE Business School, Spain.

A member of the Chatham house, the world's leading policy institute and the British Academy of Management. Recently, she became a Techwomen Awardee, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). In 2021, she became a Global 20 Goldman Sachs Fellowship Winner and emerged Winner in the UK’s foremost award, the FDM EveryWoman in Technology, Tech For Good Category. In 2020, she was given the Technology Rising Star Award by WOC, Michigan for successfully championing diversity in technology and innovation for the girl child. She has also been celebrated by Forbes Science as an African changing the culture fabric for young talents to embrace opportunities in Science and Technology.

Amanda has led Strategy Development and Execution, Humanitarian responses and has served as the African Union (AU) CESASTEM Cluster for driving Educator reforms, policies and instructional pedagogy in STEM across 21 African countries. She serves as a Mentor in the New York Academy of Science and Cherie Blair Foundation, Global thinkers for Women where she lends her voice and knowledge to serve as a role model to girls in Africa. She also currently serves on the Leadership Board of the Nigerian Global Affairs Council, STEMi Makers of Africa, Innovation Village, Kenya and as a Trustee at the MAI Foundation for Women Empowerment and Advocacy Center.

Current position (1)

Founder

STEMi Makers of Africa

Degrees (1)
PhD in International Business
Selinus University of Science
2021 to 2022

Presentations

Presentations (1)
Democratizing Data: Women in Data Science, 2021

Panel discussion on 'The Democratization of Data'

Moderator: Margot Gerritsen, Professor at Stanford University,
Panelists:
-Mary Gray, Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and Associate Professor, The School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University
-Zhamak Dehghani, Director of Next Tech Incubation, Thoughtworks
-Amanda Obidike, Executive Director, STEMi Makers Africa

Learn more:
Website: widsconference.org
Linkedin: Women in Data Science (WiDS) at Stanford University
Twitter: @WiDS_Worldwide
Facebook: @WiDSWorldwide
Instagram: @wids_worldwide

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The Future of Artificial Intelligence: How we can Harness the Future
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Is Nigeria doing enough to get young girls into ICT?

Books & Articles (1)

Amanda Obidike Amanda Obidike The case for investing in out-of-school learning as a core strategy in improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education

Expertise (13)

Education
Skills & Trades
Government
Technology
Leadership
STEM education Child and Youth Development Fourth Industrial Revolution Economic Empowerment African Women Empowerment Big Data and A.I. in Businesses business in africa Advanced Technology
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