Guardian Woman Festival 2025

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00:00Welcome to the Guardian Women Festival, where we'll be celebrating women who mean business.

00:18Join us for a day of empowering workshops and invaluable networking opportunities.

00:23You'll be hearing from inspiring leaders, industry experts, those who are shaping the

00:28future of business.

00:31Term women mean business, I would see that as a woman who is focused and who is determined.

00:36And any woman that is focused and determined, there's absolutely nothing that cannot achieve

00:41as long as she's put her mind to it, and I'm that woman.

00:44Women in my industry have been around for a while, and most of them are already fully

00:48grounded in the industry.

00:50There are many women who are producers, directors, not just actresses, but you know, they also

00:56have casting managers as well, and they're all women.

01:01It's been a very positive light.

01:02I mean business to close the care gap here in Nigeria, especially because I truly believe

01:08that care is the engine to catalyze in our economy when we can provide that care infrastructure

01:15that families need, whether it's providing affordable child care.

01:1958% of women MSMEs in Africa and in Nigeria are owned by women.

01:23Term mean business for me means changing the narrative that women are nano and micro

01:28businesses to women are small, medium, and even large businesses.

01:32This year's International Women's Day invites us to challenge ourselves as women in the

01:37way that we show up and in the way that we create change in our society.

01:41If I think about other women in coaching, my greatest insight, advice, or counsel is

01:48to become data-driven.

01:49We have homegrown data and homegrown wisdom in Nigeria and across the continent of Africa

01:55in the way that we understand African women and the unique needs that they have, even

02:00African institutions.

02:04Connect with like-minded women and expand your network.

02:09Don't miss this opportunity to expand your network, grow, and be inspired.

02:16And you already know that Friday, the 14th of March, 2025, is the biggest women's event

02:24ever.

02:25It is the Guardian Women Festival, and we have seven Wonder Women Awards.

02:31And the theme of the festival is Women in Business!