Empowering Women. Growing Leaders. Creating Impact.
Growing Women. Building Leaders. Shaping Tomorrow.
A community of mentors and mentees rooted in resilience equipping young African women with the guidance, networks, and opportunities to build careers, businesses, and lives of purpose.
1,110+
Participants reached
600+
Girls mentored
Multiple
Cohorts & sessions
Rooted in strength. Reaching for tomorrow.
Founded in March 2021, Baobab Women Network exists to empower and develop young African women through mentorship, knowledge sharing, professional development, and meaningful connections.
We bring together women from diverse fields united by a shared commitment to growth, and a belief that no one should have to build alone.
“Like the baobab tree, we build strong foundations today for generations of women to thrive tomorrow.”
The baobab represents strength, resilience, community, and growth, values that live at the heart of every mentorship, every cohort, and every connection we make.
Our Mission
To empower young African women with the knowledge, mentorship, networks, and opportunities they need to build successful careers, businesses, and meaningful lives.
Our Vision
To build a generation of confident, skilled, and purpose-driven African women who are equipped to lead, innovate, create opportunities, and make lasting contributions to their communities and industries.
Led by women who've walked the path.
Not motivational posters. Real women who've built real careers and show up, again and again, so you don't have to figure it all out alone.
Professors & Academics
The ones who still get excited about a good question, bringing real rigor and grounding to every session.
Business Leaders
Executives who've sat where you're sitting, and will tell you honestly, what actually moves a career forward.
Tech Founders & Professionals
Builders and engineers who'll show you tech isn't just a buzzword, it's a door that's wide open for you too.
Entrepreneurs
Founders who've failed, pivoted, and tried again, generous enough to tell you the messy parts too.
Industry Experts
Specialists who'll hand you the shortcuts they wish someone had given them, years ago.
Creatives
Artists and designers proving a creative life can also be a stable, thriving one.
Media Personalities
On-air voices who'll teach you how to own a room, a mic, or a moment on your own terms.
Finance & Investment Professionals
Bankers and investors who make money and markets make sense, no jargon required.
Our Core Focus Areas
Eight threads that run through every mentorship, cohort, and conversation.
Mentorship
A woman further along the path, just a conversation away.
Career Development
Real help with the interview, the raise, the reinvention.
Leadership
The confidence to walk into a room and lead it.
Entrepreneurship
From an idea on a napkin to your first paying customer.
Technology
Skills that open doors, minus the intimidation.
Personal Development
The inner work behind every outer win.
Networking
Relationships that outlast the name tag.
Knowledge Sharing
What we know, passed on, no gatekeeping.
Numbers with names behind them.
Every stat below is a woman who showed up to a room, a call, a cohort and kept coming back.
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Participants Reached
Women who showed up, leaned in, and stayed.
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Girls Mentored
Each one paired with someone who's been there.
Multiple cohorts and mentorship sessions and counting. This isn't a one-off program, it's a standing table with room for more chairs.
We're building a pipeline of women prepared to shape the future, across Nigeria and beyond.
Every cohort widens the map a little further. This is only the beginning.
Women who've been there.
Every cohort is paired with mentors who've built real careers across tech, finance, and media, here to show the next generation exactly what's possible.
Know someone who'd make a great mentor? We're always looking for women willing to show up for the next cohort.
Get involvedBacked by names you'd trust.
From boardrooms to broadcast booths, these are the organizations that back what we're building with funding, platforms, and real belief in the mission.
Finance & Development
Institutions putting real capital and infrastructure behind women's economic growth.
Financial Services
Banking
Philanthropy & Development
Development Finance
Media & Broadcast
Platforms that help carry our story and our mentees' stories, beyond the room.
Podcast & Digital Media
Broadcast Television
Broadcast Radio
Community Radio
Two paths. One mission.
Whether you're here to grow or here to give, there's a place for you at the table.
Join the Network
You don't need to have it all figured out. Come as you are, tell us where you want to go, and we'll help you find the people and the room to get there.
- Mentorship
- Career development
- A community that shows up
Partner with Us
Whether you've got an hour to mentor, a platform to lend, or a budget to back a cohort, there's a role for you in building what comes next.
- Mentor a cohort
- Sponsor a program
- Host or co-brand an event