W.E W.I.N Podcast

Send us Fan Mail So many capable women feel quietly anxious or behind about money—not because they lack intelligence, but because no one ever sat with them, without judgment, to build a plan for their real life. In this episode, finance coach Audrey Awuor reflects on 15 years managing donor-funded grants across Sub-Saharan Africa and why she pivoted from macro-systems to the individual woman. We u...

Send us Fan Mail Mary Ng’endo spent a decade in accounting, a career she had worked hard to earn and one that was wearing her down. The way out started with a simple question about what she loved to do as a girl. The answer was speaking. Today she is a public speaking trainer, executive coach and corporate MC, and the founder of NM Consulting in Nairobi. In this conversation, Mary talks about what...

Send us Fan Mail Augustina Ojochenemi teaches in a classroom every day as a Teach For Nigeria Fellow. She also runs SpeakUp Omaye, a foundation working against sexual abuse and violence toward women and girls in rural Nigeria. Both jobs rest on the same question: what does it take to keep a girl safe, and to make sure she is heard? This conversation follows that question through her work. Augustin...

Send us Fan Mail Some educators remain teachers at heart, regardless of how many titles they collect over time. Prof Sola Oni has spent decades building one of the most credentialed careers in Nigerian academia, a PhD in Information Systems, over a decade lecturing in the UK, nearly seven years as Dean at Pan-Atlantic University, a board seat at SystemSpecs, the company behind Remita and HumanMana...

Send us Fan Mail Brenda Lamaro grew up without much room for error. Limited resources, part-time jobs, nannying to stay in school, seasons where financial pressure could easily have pulled her somewhere else entirely. She chose civil engineering instead, a field where women are still rare across East Africa, and she is still, right now, in the middle of building both her degree and her own institu...

Send us Fan Mail Long before Dr. Yetty Ogunnubi built one of Lagos's leading names in brand communications, she was making things with her hands, illustration, design, fashion pieces carrying her own art. Her parents were well known artists in Nigeria, and that inheritance runs through everything she built afterward, including a 2009 project where she and her uncle, the artist Lemi Ghariokwu,...

Send us Fan Mail Young women entering the Nigerian workforce with foreign education, foreign accents, and a lack of traditional deference often face a distinct brand of scrutiny. Jolade Ademiluyi knows this reality firsthand. A Nigerian-Italian raised in both England and Nigeria, she was called to the bar at age 24. Throughout her early career, she has routinely observed older colleagues misinterp...

Send us Fan Mail Val Wiggett left a stable job in South African sales and operations to teach English in Japan. She didn't plan it for years or build a case for it. She just went. Her story is defined by that recurring drive. Earlier in life, she submitted an application to train as a pilot in South Africa, during an era when female commercial pilots were virtually nonexistent. Though no one...

Send us Fan Mail Hannatu Adegboyega trained as a lawyer, graduated from the Nigerian Law School, and never practised. Instead, she walked into a retail sales role at Etisalat, was promoted to team lead in three months and key account manager in twelve, and went on to close some of the largest deals of her career across telecoms, fintech infrastructure, and now AI-powered logistics. In this convers...

Send us Fan Mail Long before LagosMums grew to serve a community of 1.5 million people, Yetty Williams launched it in 2014 out of her own personal experiences as a young mother. Her transition into this work followed a career in finance and business strategy, forcing her to let go of certain professional habits while relying heavily on others that remained essential. After ten years of expanding L...

Send us Fan Mail As a nurse, Cassandra Ukaobi (Cassy UK)) created Tolicious to address a critical flaw she observed within healthcare: traditional medicine often waits until a crisis occurs. Motivated to intervene earlier, she focuses on supporting individuals before they reach a point of collapse. Throughout this discussion, Cass examines the physical impact of burnout, focusing particularly on d...

Send us Fan Mail Chinonso Clark walked away from a promising legal career in Nigeria, with an LLM in International Commercial Law, to build the Well Woman Warrior movement (W3 Global Mission), which is inspired by the biblical story of the woman at the well.  She discusses walking away from law, pursuing a divine mandate, and balancing her faith-driven calling at W3 with her development work at Le...

Send us Fan Mail Pamela Campagna spent a career teaching leadership at the highest levels, including a class at Hult International Business School called Authentic Leadership: the Moral Perspective. She closes that class by asking people to name their crucible moment, the experience that set the direction of their life.  In this conversation, Pamela talks about her own crucible, the moment that pu...

Send us Fan Mail Kerry-Lyn Stanton-Downes is a psychotherapist, speaker, and author who fundamentally challenges the narrative that being a good partner means being endlessly patient, adaptable, and available. In this episode, she breaks down her foundational "Regulate. Relate. Reconnect." framework, redefining what it actually means to be present for others without sacrificing yourself....

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Ayotunde Uko’s professional footprint spans multiple continents and wildly distinct disciplines—from training as a physician in Nigeria, Postgraduate medical training in the UK, Healthcare consulting in the US, to earning an Ivy League MBA and eventually choosing to return to the UK's healthcare frontline.  We frequently misdiagnose exhaustion as simply having too much on...

Send us Fan Mail After building a robust executive career in Nigerian banking and marketing, Princess Onyeanusi relocated to Cardiff, where she spent several years navigating frontline customer support before ascending to her current governance portfolio. In this episode, she reflects on the profound emotional weight of that drastic professional detour and the deliberate psychological work require...

Send us Fan Mail Adeoti Onabolu spent nearly twelve years in the energy sector, managing commercial operations across several countries. She left it to build Fola Keona, named after her mother, focused entirely on how people relate to each other – in the context of friendships – and how much rides on getting that right. Adeoti talks about what she absorbed watching her mother navigate friendship l...

Send us Fan Mail Morenikeji Oloyede’s life work centers on equipping young children through language and literacy. In this episode, we explore the holistic development of the African child, from the stories they consume to the home environments that shape them. She unpacks the counterintuitive, essential benefits of physical books over tablets for early cognitive growth, alongside the silent dange...

Send us Fan Mail At the age of 10, Joyce Daniels held a microphone at the First Lady's Children's Concert in Abuja, sparking a lifelong trajectory. Fast forward to 2007, she walked away from an anatomy degree and a conventional career path to embrace event hosting entirely. In this episode, the "Queen of Talk" breaks down the philosophy of Ikigai and the sacrifices required to...

Send us Fan Mail Rainara Almeida was deep in the academic trenches in Brazil before realizing that leaving her research in the university meant it would just be a published paper. She made the leap to become a founder to ensure her work could actually save lives. She joins us to discuss the reality of stepping away from the microscope to pursue an MBA at Hult, forcing herself to learn the 'la...

Send us Fan Mail Kemi Adegboyega serves as a Band 8 Clinical Matron in NHS cardiology, where she manages teams through immense systemic strain. In this episode, she opens up about how raising a neurodivergent child through a lens of compassion and acceptance has fundamentally reshaped her views on performance and excellence within her clinical staff. We discuss how the fierce advocacy required to...

Send us Fan Mail Shauna Barnes believes a woman should never walk into the most defining moment of her life without knowing exactly who she is. For over 11 years, she has built an inner transformation movement out of what the world calls beauty, balancing the physical artistry of makeup with the deep spiritual work of preparing a bride. In this episode, we unpack the loaded word "preparation&...

Send us Fan Mail During her maternity leave, Edith Francoeur studied Tech Sales—learning about 'Cold Calls' and 'Sequencing'. But instead of joining a software company, she used those high-level corporate skills to launch 'Polish & Co', a residential and commercial cleaning business. Edith lists her time as a 'Stay at Home Mom' on her resume not as a gap...

Send us Fan Mail Tinuade Oguntuyi was once mocked for crawling on the floor to fix cables as an "under the table engineer". Today, she is a General Manager who has scaled critical infrastructure across over 30 states in Nigeria. She joins us to discuss her accidental journey from wanting to be a doctor to managing networks that literally save lives and livelihoods. We talk about scaling...

Send us Fan Mail Are you running a daily hustle, or do you actually own an asset? Top-tier IP attorney Lara Kayode has spent 30 years protecting the creations of African entrepreneurs and world-famous brands. We dive into the heartbreaking reality of founders losing their brands because they didn't protect them early enough. From hunting down counterfeiters to the psychological switch between...