How Coca-Cola’s numerous initiatives empower over 450,000 Nigerian Women
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By Moses Nosike
As the 10-year programme winds down, Nigerian women recount the impact of an amazing initiative aimed at boosting women economic inclusion and productivity.
Seated at her Oba Eleguishi-based depot that raining Tuesday, Mrs Adegbami Bolaji exudes calm; an assuredness that contrasts the anxiety that once defined her life. Growing up like most young girls, Adegbami dreamt of a better life; one in which she would be empowered to walk tall like the powerful women she had grown up to admire.
After completing her secondary education at Toro Community School, Ile-Ife in Osun State, the prospects of a university education crumbled before her very eyes. Left with no means of livelihood, the young Adegbami would go on to embrace hairstyling at a modest salon on Lagos Island – while hoping for the best in the circumstance.