Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien  (born July 31, 1972) is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and corporate sustainability and responsibility (CSR) expert and Bottom of the Pyramid empowerment advocate. She is the Founder and President of the Growing Businesses Foundation, Nigeria's largest Bottom of the Pyramid platform which has been managing CSR Projects for multinational corporations. Her status as a social entrepreneur has been recognized by the Bertelsmann AG to whom she is affiliated as a Reinhard Mohn Fellow.  At the Africa Conference on Women in Governance, Business and Community Leadership and Women of Influence Awards in London 2010, she received the African Star Excellence Award in Business Development. A member of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Nnoli-Edozien has contributed to policy reforms in Nigeria through her work with government ministries and agencies. Nnoli-Edozien was born in Karlsruhe City in Germany and she graduated from Queen's College Lagos in 1989 and studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom earning a BSc in Economics. Nnoli-Edozien gained her master's degree from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany in Catholic Theology before undertaking her PhD at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in the area of “ownership and management structures” with a global focus on the global applicability of African Models of Corporate Governance and Sustainability.  October 1999, Nnoli-Edozien founded the Growing Businesses Foundation  as a platform to support enterprise development at the Bottom of the Pyramid in Nigeria. In January 2001, Nnoli-Edozien founded the Micro-enterprise Development Co-operation, MDC is a platform for evaluating international best practices in micro-finance for building self-reliant and sustainable financial intermediaries that nurture and grow small businesses into viable and socially responsible service providers.     Assignments   Bibliography       Ownership and Management Structures in the Economy: African Traditional Values Applied to Modern Issues of Sustainability and the Corporate Governance Function”, 2007 CIDJAP Printing Press,  Africa Fund on Sustainability Micro-finance Bank: Our Role towards Economic Development and Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria, 2005 Joint Publication, CIDJAP Press, -22. Development is about People, Business is about Ethics, 2003, CIDJAP Joint Publication, Enugu, -23. Afrika in Eigener Sache: Weissheit, Kultur und Leben der Igbo (IKO Verlag fuer Interkulturelle Kommunikation, Frankfurt/London, 2003, Die Reihe Ezi-Muoma Afrika Verstehen Nr. 1; Herausgeber: Ike/Hoffmann)  Understanding Africa: Traditional Legal Reasoning, Jurisprudence & Justice in Igboland; (CIDJAP Joint Publication, 2001, Enugu, )
Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien Ph.D (born July 31, 1972) is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and corporate sustainability and responsibility (CSR) expert and Bottom of the Pyramid empowerment advocate. She is the Founder and President of the Growing Businesses Foundation, Nigeria's largest Bottom of the Pyramid platform which has been managing CSR Projects for multinational corporations. Her status as a social entrepreneur has been recognized by the Bertelsmann AG to whom she is affiliated as a Reinhard Mohn Fellow. She is an avid researcher as well as a writer. She is passionate about Circular Economy and sustainability in businesses. She also champions empowerment for business entrepreneurs at the lower end of the economic pyramid. At the Africa Conference on Women in Governance, Business and Community Leadership and Women of Influence Awards in London 2010, she received the African Star Excellence Award in Business Development. A member of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Nnoli-Edozien has contributed to policy reforms in Nigeria through her work with government ministries and agencies. Nnoli-Edozien was born in Karlsruhe City in Germany and she graduated from Queen's College Lagos in 1989 and studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom earning a BSc in Economics. Nnoli-Edozien gained her master's degree from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany in Catholic Theology before undertaking her PhD at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in the area of “ownership and management structures” with a global focus on the global applicability of African Models of Corporate Governance and Sustainability. She would later start the foundation for one of her most prominent projects, the Seven Pillar Sustainability Framework. Nnoli-Edozien founded the Growing Businesses Foundation in October 1999 as a platform to support enterprise development at the Bottom of the Pyramid in Nigeria. In January 2001, Nnoli-Edozien founded the Micro-enterprise Development Co-operation, MDC , a platform for evaluating international best practices in micro-finance for building self-reliant and sustainable financial intermediaries that nurture and grow small businesses into viable and socially responsible service providers. In 2016, she co-founded Rising Tide Africa (RTA) with a group of seasoned women investors and entrepreneurs. The RTA has gone on to nurture other women entrepreneurs across Africa. Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien initiated the Sustainability and Governance Function at Africa's largest business conglomerate, Dangote Industries, where she served as the Group Chief Sustainability and Governance Officer from March 2017 till June 2020. Under her leadership, Dangote Cement developed its first GRI certified, globally benchmarked Sustainability Report in 2018, spanning 10 African countries, unveiled at the Nigerian Stock Exchange as the first fully compliant report in 2019. Her mandate was to lead the effort to integrate Sustainability Thinking, Doing and Reporting across the Group, which she achieved by building a Sustainability Culture anchored in people (800 Sustainability Champions) and values (her SevenPillars Methodology). She was previously engaged at the Lagos Business School/Pan-Atlantic University, with responsibility for Public-Private partnerships, Ethics, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship. She served as a nominee Director for the World Bank/IFC and co-chairs the Private Sector Advisory Group on SDGs. Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien recently launched the Circular Economy Innovation Partnership, CEIP which aims to initiate and maintain sustainability in business through Circular Economy innovations and partnerships. She has most recently established her Seven Pillar framework which enhances the ideals of the CEIP. Assignments Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien served as the Group Chief Sustainability and Governance Officer for Dangote Group from March 2017 till June 2020. She served as a nominee Director for the World Bank/IFC and co-chairs the Private Sector Advisory Group on SDGs. Bibliography 4. Growing Businesses Foundation URL 8. AB Microfinance Nigeria URL 10. URL 13. Bank für Orden und Mission, Germany URL 16. Global Symposium for Women's Entrepreneurship URL 20. Ownership and Management Structures in the Economy: African Traditional Values Applied to Modern Issues of Sustainability and the Corporate Governance Function”, 2007 CIDJAP Printing Press, 21. Africa Fund on Sustainability Micro-finance Bank: Our Role towards Economic Development and Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria, 2005 Joint Publication, CIDJAP Press, -22. Development is about People, Business is about Ethics, 2003, CIDJAP Joint Publication, Enugu, -23. Afrika in Eigener Sache: Weissheit, Kultur und Leben der Igbo (IKO Verlag fuer Interkulturelle Kommunikation, Frankfurt/London, 2003, Die Reihe Ezi-Muoma Afrika Verstehen Nr. 1; Herausgeber: Ike/Hoffmann) 24. Understanding Africa: Traditional Legal Reasoning, Jurisprudence & Justice in Igboland; (CIDJAP Joint Publication, 2001, Enugu, )
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Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien initiated the Sustainability and Governance Function at Africa's largest business conglomerate, Dangote Industries, where she served as the Group Chief Sustainability and Governance Officer from March 2017 till June 2020. Under her leadership, Dangote Cement developed its first GRI certified, globally benchmarked Sustainability Report in 2018, spanning 10 African countries, unveiled at the Nigerian Stock Exchange as the first fully compliant report in 2019. Her mandate was to lead the effort to integrate Sustainability Thinking, Doing and Reporting across the Group, which she achieved by building a Sustainability Culture anchored in people (800 Sustainability Champions) and values (her SevenPillars Methodology).
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She was previously engaged at the Lagos Business School/Pan-Atlantic University, with responsibility for Public-Private partnerships, Ethics, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship. She served as a nominee Director for the World Bank/IFC and co-chairs the Private Sector Advisory Group on SDGs.
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Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien recently launched the Circular Economy Innovation Partnership, CEIP which aims to initiate and maintain sustainability in business through Circular Economy innovations and partnerships. She has most recently established her Seven Pillar framework which enhances the ideals of the CEIP.
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Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien served as the Group Chief Sustainability and Governance Officer for Dangote Group from March 2017 till June 2020.
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She served as a nominee Director for the World Bank/IFC and co-chairs the Private Sector Advisory Group on SDGs.
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