Alakija Folorunsho – Nominated for Woman of Steel (Female Trailblazer) Award at the MOI Awards 2025
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Folorunsho Alakija is one of Africa’s most powerful businesswomen, celebrated for her success in oil, fashion, and philanthropy. Rising from modest beginnings, she built a career in fashion before making a groundbreaking entry into Nigeria’s oil industry, where she became the vice-chair of Famfa Oil Limited, a company with one of the most lucrative oil
- Published in Woman of Steel (Female Trailblazer Award)
Folorunsho Alakija — Nominated for the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Folorunsho Alakija is a prominent businesswoman and philanthropist whose bold vision propelled her from the fashion industry to the top of Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Her journey began with a career in banking before she launched a fashion label, Supreme Stitches, in 1996. Her greatest achievement came in 1993, when she applied for and
- Published in Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership