Our Woman Of The Month of November is Ivie Adidi. She is a seasoned development economist, with a passion for youth and gender development in Africa. She is a champion of women’s rights in Africa and uses her platform to advocate for marginalized populations in society.
Ivie currently works as a financial and training expert in the Statistics Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB), where she has pioneered initiatives that promote the field of statistics and data science to young Africans across the continent. She has held several other positions in the AfDB over the past six years, and also mentors young women seeking careers in the development sphere in her spare time. In addition, Ivie is the founder and CEO of SIA Green Ventures Ltd, an independent development consulting firm.
Ivie received her Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Boston College and her Master’s Degree in International Political Economy from King’s College London. She is also an IADB certified Project Management for Development specialist.