Social Conscience

By: Africa Business Radio
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  • Summary

  • Africa is rising they say, but Africa must rise with its people; There is no Africa without its people... how then do we harness Africa's wealth in people... through Social Change and Development.
    Social Conscience with 'Nasa commits to Aspiration 6 of the Africa Agenda 2063 and the Global Development Goals.
    We advocate social change and development that will inspire the transformation that keeps Africa rising.
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  • Societal Ills Plaguing the Girl Child: Cultural Norms that serve as Enablers

    Societal Ills Plaguing the Girl Child: Cultural Norms that serve as Enablers
    May 8 2021
    Apart from sexual gratification itself, sexual violence against women is often a result of unequal power equations, both real and perceived between men and women, and is also strongly influenced by cultural factors and values. Sexual violence is likely to occur more commonly in cultures that foster beliefs of perceived male superiority and social and cultural inferiority of women. Kalra, G. & Bhugra, D. (2013) Indian Journal of Psychiatry

    In many societies, women, as well as men, regard marriage as entailing the obligation on women to be sexually available virtually without limit. Even outside of marriage, women may have extremely few legitimate options to refuse sexual advances. World Health Organization, First World Report on Violence and Health (2002).

    To share her views and insights on the “Societal Ills Plaguing the Girl Child: Cultural Norms that serve as Enablers”.

    SCwN Conversations hosted Ini Abimbola -Vice President/Founding Member, Association of Sustainability Professionals of Nigeria (ASPN); Convener, Africa CEO Roundtable & Conference on Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility. She is also the Country & Regional Lead (Sub-Saharan Africa) for The CSR Company, a global CSR Network of organizations spanning South East Asia, Europe, the Middle East & Africa.

    Ini also served as the pioneer Executive Director, Defence for Children International – Nigeria Section. She was also a Consultant with the Women, Gender and Development Directorate of the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as well as the African Centre for Gender & Development within the UN Economic Commission, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

    She is a 2008 Draper Hills Fellow on Democracy, Development & Rule of Law at Stanford University California and an alumnus of the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program.
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    1 hr
  • VFD Group #ChoosetoChallenge The Marketplace Lens

    VFD Group #ChoosetoChallenge The Marketplace Lens
    Mar 22 2021
    The Council on Foreign Relations and the McKinsey Global Institute indicated that Nigeria’s gross domestic product could grow by 23% by 2025 if women participated in the economy to the same extent as men.” However, limited access to finance remains a major challenge that prevents women from fully participating in the economy.
    Some of the recommendations made to a financial institution in Nigeria to challenge this narrative include: Simplifying and streamlining the loan application process, Provision of single-digit interest rates for loans given to women entrepreneurs, Facilitate capacity building workshops to ensure women entrepreneurs understand how to apply for loans to start or upscale a business.
    Exploring how VFD is Choosing To Challenge gender barriers from a marketplace lens, Theresa Ezeh of VFD Group sat with me to share the Group’s philosophy and approach.
    Theresa Ezeh (Tessy) is the Managing Director of Everdon Bureau de Change. She holds an MBA from the London School of Business and Finance, a Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Management from Stratford Academy, United Kingdom, and a B.Sc. in Management Information System, from Covenant University, Nigeria. Before becoming the Managing Director of Everdon BDC, Tessie was Head of the VFD Group Treasury Unit.
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • VFD Group #ChoosetoChallenge The Workplace Lens

    VFD Group #ChoosetoChallenge The Workplace Lens
    Mar 15 2021
    The International Women’s Day campaign theme was #ChooseToChallenge – set on the premise that "We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world. From challenge comes change, so let's all choose to challenge”.
    SCwN partnered with VFD Group – a proprietary investment company that focuses on building positive and socially conscious ecosystems while creating innovative solutions that are accessible to everyday Nigerian citizens and entrepreneurs.
    Sharing their VFD Group workplace lens of the #ChooseToChallenge theme, I had on the show with me, these two amazing ladies -
    Tosin Dabiri is a senior executive at VFD Group serving as Head, Institutional Funding, and Investors Relations at VFD Group Plc. Prior to VFD, Tosin worked as Head, Alternative Funding Desk, and Investor Relations at Purple Capital Partners and in different roles at Guaranty Trust Bank.
    Abiola Adeeko is a junior member of staff working with the Sales and Marketing team at VFD Microfinance Bank, a member of the VFD Group.
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    1 hr and 2 mins

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