Yasmin Belo-Osagie
{{short description|Nigerian entrepreneur}}
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Yasmin Belo-Osagie is co-founder of She Leads Africa, which she co-founded with Afua Osei.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/981c19ba-a4db-11e6-8898-79a99e2a4de6|title=African start-up helps and inspires young female entrepreneurs|last=Green|first=Matthew|date=2016-11-27|work=The Financial Times|access-date=2016-11-27}}{{cite news |last1=Prisco |first1=Jacopo |title=The power duo making your startup dreams come true |url=https://edition-m.cnn.com/2015/08/21/africa/she-leads-africa-business-women/ |access-date=12 July 2018 |agency=CNN |date=21 August 2015}} She is the daughter of Nigerian billionaire Hakeem Belo-Osagie and lawyer Myma Belo-Osagie.{{cite news |last1=Foo |first1=Megan |title=Inspirational Woman Interview: Yasmin Belo-Osagie |url=https://inspirationalwomenseries.org/2016/09/09/inspirational-woman-interview-yasmin-belo-osagie-january-30-2015/amp/ |access-date=12 July 2018 |publisher=Inspirational Woman |date=30 January 2015}}
Early life and education
Belo-Osagie was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but grew up in Nigeria. She was a boarder in England before proceeding to Princeton where she graduated cum laude in History (major) and Finance (minor) in 2011. She attended Le Cordon Bleu (a hospitality education institution) in Paris and London.{{cite news |last1=Forbes Woman Africa |title=Who Are The Women To look Up To? |url=https://www.forbesafrica.com/woman/2015/02/01/who-are-the-women-to-look-up-to/ |access-date=12 July 2018 |agency=Forbes Africa |date=1 February 2015}}{{cite news |last1=CNBC Africa |title=African women are creating Africa's next billionaires |url=https://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/west-africa/2015/03/09/yasmin-belo-osagie-billionaires-africa/ |access-date=12 July 2018 |agency=CNBC Africa |date=9 March 2015}}
She studied at Harvard Law School and at Stanford Graduate School of Business, graduating with a JD/MBA in 2019.{{cite news |last1=Bakare |first1=Tonye |title=Yasmin and Afua: Empowering young women in Africa |url=https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/yasmin-belo-osagie-and-afua-osei/amp/ |access-date=12 July 2018 |publisher=The Guardian (online) |date=12 March 2016}}
Career
After she graduated from Princeton, Belo-Osagie worked with McKinsey & Company as a business analyst till 2013.{{Cite web|last=TechHerNG|date=2016-12-14|title=Yasmin Belo-Osagie; Co-founder at She Leads Africa|url=https://techherng.com/yasmin-belo-osagie-co-founder-leads-africa/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=TECHHER|language=en-US}} While at McKinsey & Company, she met Afua Osei with whom she co-founded She Leads Africa.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Kandia |title=How One Question Fostered Business Opportunities for Budding Female Entrepreneurs in Africa |url=http://www.blackenterprise.com/how-one-question-fostered-business-opportunities-budding-female-entrepreneurs-africa/ |access-date=12 July 2018 |publisher=Black Enterprise |date=21 January 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Alanah |first1=Joseph |title=She Leads Africa: Co-Founder Yasmin Belo-Osagie on Black Female Entrepreneurship |url=https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5764b449e4b034ff3eef6cf7/amp |access-date=12 July 2018 |publisher=Huffington Post |date=20 June 2016}}
She also had a short working career at the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong after her culinary education in Le Cordon Bleu.
Personal life
She is the daughter of Hakeem Belo-Osagie and Myma Belo-Osagie{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
Awards and recognition
In 2017, Belo-Osagie was listed among the Quartz Africa Innovators.{{cite news |last1=Quartz Staff |title=ENABLING AFRICA'S PROMISE: Quartz Africa Innovators 2017 |url=https://qz.com/973199/quartz-africa-innovators-2017/#3 |access-date=9 July 2018 |publisher=Quartz Africa |date=5 May 2017}} She was also listed on the Religious and Humanitarian category of the 2017 Most Influential People of African Descent.{{cite news |last1=BN |title=Making a Change by Empowering Women! Yasmin Belo-Osagie is our #BellaNaijaWCW this Week |url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2017/05/making-a-change-by-empowering-women-yasmin-belo-osagie-is-our-bellanaijawcw-this-week/ |access-date=12 July 2018 |publisher=Bellanaija.com |date=3 May 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Anonymous |title=Most Influential Persons of African Descent" 2017 List Released |url=https://saynigeria.com/influential-persons-african-descent-2017-list-released/ |access-date=12 July 2018 |publisher=Say Nigeria |date=18 April 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Anonymous |title=Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) unveils 2017 Global List |url=https://www.mipad.org/classof2017 |access-date=12 July 2018 |publisher=mipad.org |date=25 March 2017}}
She was listed among The 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa by Forbes in 2014.{{cite news |last1=Nsehe |first1=Mfonobong |title=The 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa 2014 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2014/12/04/the-20-youngest-power-women-in-africa-2014/#2168639030b0 |access-date=11 July 2018 |work=Forbes |date=4 December 2014}}
In December 2016, She Leads Africa was invited to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange{{Cite web|url=https://livestream.com/NYSE/SheLeadsAfrica/videos/143931311|title=Live Feed - from She Leads Africa Rings the NYSE Closing Bell|website=Livestream|access-date=12 July 2018}} as the first African start-up to do so and Belo-Osagie rang the closing bell to join other Africans like Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan and Nkosazana Zuma as those to have rung the closing bell of the NYSE.{{cite news|title=She Leads Africa to ring closing bell at New York Stock Exchange |url=https://www.guardian.ng/news/she-leads-africa-to-ring-closing-bell-at-new-york-stock-exchange/amp |access-date=11 July 2018 |publisher=Guardian Nigeria (online) |date=13 December 2016}}
External links
- [https://sheleadsafrica.org/ She Leads Africa]
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