Eniola Mafe-Abaga

Experience

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  Merrill Lynch

  Jun 2004 - Aug 2006

  Summer Analyst

  • Rotational program within Equity Financing, Prime Brokerage, Securities Lending, Interest Rates, and Structured Product Marketing, Mortgage/Asset-Backed Securities.• Attained a working knowledge of equity and fixed income market instruments and their practical application in developed and emerging markets.

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  Merrill Lynch

  Jun 2007 - Aug 2008

  Analyst

  Cultivated and managed client relationships with institutional investors and hedge funds with operations across multiple regions.Identified and exploited incremental revenue opportunities with clients through analysis, resulting in increased balances of $100 million.Developed and executed recruitment and talent mentoring strategies to attract minority and women candidates to the firm.Served as charter “Big Sister in the Workplace” to teach high-school students about financial literacy. Show less

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  Mecene Investments

  Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Consultant- Social Impact

  Developed methodology and tools to quantify the social/community and financial impact of microfinance institutions, to inform comparison and benchmarking across Mecene’s portfolio of 14 companies across Africa.Supported the preliminary audit of the microfinance institution, resulting in a significant restructuring and transformation of the institution’s operations and personnel.

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  Vital Voices

  Sept 2009 - Feb 2010

  Africa Businesswomen's Network (ABWN) Consultant
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  Vital Voices Global Partnership

  Oct 2010 - Jul 2013

  Program Manager- Africa

  Designed and managed a $3.5M portfolio of innovative economic development programs across more than 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and created relevant goals and impact metrics to monitor progress.Designed and established the organization’s first accelerator program for African women SME owners, resulting in its expansion to a global program called VV Grow.Successfully managed $300k+ sub-awards and contract to 6 businesswomen’s associations across Africa, on behalf of Exxon Mobil.

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  Niger Delta Partnership Initiative Foundation

  Jul 2013 - Nov 2017

  Program Manager , Business Development and Partnerships

  Leadership, Management and External Relations:• Managed relationships with more than 70 internal and external partners and stakeholders, including: US/Nigerian staff, board members, donors, implementing partners, private sector and public-sector representatives.• Planned, designed and implemented five economic development campaigns in the UK, US and Nigeria. These events brought together 400+ business leaders in energy, agribusiness and infrastructure multi-nationals and government officials, resulting in MOU’s with three Nigerian state governments, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and two private sector partners.Strategic Planning• Supported the design and development of the NDPI Impact Assessment to measure private-sector led market systems initiatives and the NDPI Annual reports from 2013- 2017. Presented finding to industry peers• Led the Monitoring Evaluation and Audit Committee for 3 years, which produce financial reports and project-based performance report to Senior Leadership and Board, and a clean external audit, annually.Advocacy and Strategic Communications:• Revamped NDPI’s previously ad-hoc set of advocacy and policy activities into a cohesive multi-stakeholder engagement platform called www.nddforum.org with strong branding and profile. This resulted in more than a 50% increase in website visitors and increased engagement from target stakeholders. This effort also reached a further 5 million people through advocacy campaigns, events and social media.• Developed advocacy and strategic communications strategies in alignment with business and social objectives for Chevron Board of Trustees, and key sponsors.Fundraising and Partnership Building:• Designed a multi-year Youth Workforce Development program in three Niger Delta states, resulting in institutional funding from Ford Foundation for $2.2million. Show less

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  Securefarmer.com

  Jan 2018 - Feb 2021

  Co-Founder
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  World Economic Forum

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2022

  • Launched and managed 2030Vision in collaboration with UNDP and more than 20 partners including the Governments of Botswana and Ghana, UNICEF and a series of technology companies including X, Google, Arm, Microsoft, Facebook and Cisco. The platform provides a focal point for the mobilization of a more concerted and cooperative effort to apply advanced technologies to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and global digital cooperation. • Convene more than 120 top leaders harnessing innovative tech solutions for the Global Goals at major Global summits and events (Harnessing Technology for Environmental Sustainability)• Successfully led consultation of more than 15 government and policy leaders for high-level roundtables/consultations to mobilize around a corporate and government framework Show less

  • Lead, 2030Vision, Technology and Sustainable Development

    Sept 2020 - Aug 2022

  • Project Lead, Internet for All and Digital Inclusion. Global Leadership Fellow

    Jun 2018 - Sept 2020
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  EMA Advisory

  Apr 2022 - now

  Founder, Principal Problem-Solver
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  Bridges to Prosperity

  Feb 2023 - now

  Global Advocacy & Partnerships Director