Irene Ochem is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF), a not-for-profit and pan-African women empowerment organization that works to promote and support women's enterprises and innovations across Africa.
Irene is an expert in entrepreneurship, commerce, and innovation. Irene is passionate about helping women-owned businesses to become more competitive and to expand their markets. Throughout Irene’s career, she has directly trained and supported 2,000+ female-owned startups across different African countries through curated enterprise development and entrepreneurship capacity building programs.
Irene’s interest is focused on gender economic equity and social inclusion. She has 25+ years of experience spanning the geographies of Africa and Europe. Her work at the strategic leadership of AWIEF is focused on driving female entrepreneurship and promoting women-owned enterprises and innovations across the African continent.
Irene is internationally recognised for her impactful work and has received numerous awards for feats. She has been featured on prestigious national and international media platforms including CNN, BBC, SABC (South Africa), Channel Africa (South Africa), and Channels TV (Nigeria), cementing her position as one of the greatest leaders in women’s empowerment in the corporate world.
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In this weekly show, our hosts Pierlite ANZ CEO Gustav Arianto and Elite Words Founder and Managing Director Natalie Dawson meet with leaders from across Australia and around the world. With one goal in mind: to give back to small to medium businesses across Australia.
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Irene Ochem: https://www.linkedin.com/in/irene-ochem