The opportunity gap for women in Africa is #Solvable. Hafsat Abiola-Costello describes how connecting women entrepreneurs in Africa together creates economic growth and gender equity on the continent.
Hafsat Abiola-Costello is the President and CEO of Women in Africa, which works to economically empower women across the continent. She served as a member of the Ogun State cabinet where she helped poor pregnant women access health care and worked high youth unemployment. Through her non-profit, the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), she has worked to promote a groundswell of exemplary women leaders and build pathways to public service for them.