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born 1994 Nigeria
Blessing Abeng (born 16 October 1994) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and co-founder of Disha, now acquired by Flutterwave. She is one of the founders of Ingressive for Good (I4G), a tech non-profit organization.After acquiring a degree in Biochemistry from Covenant University, Nigeria, she proceeded to Orange Academy, Lagos where she studied branding professionally.
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You always just have to show that you’re the better person in every space that you go into.
Seeing people’s lives change or watching them be just a little bit better is very inspiring for me.
Being able to be scared and still do things and be successful in them is inspiring, the people around me are inspiring.
It’s not that audacity doesn’t belong to women, it’s that women don’t know that they can harness it to the best of their ability.
It’s okay to be the first, but it’s not okay to be the only.
Don’t be comfortable being the only woman in the room.
We don't feel confident 100% of the time, and sometimes, we just need somebody to remind us of our awesomeness.
“I think that tech might be our way out of poverty.” On the role of technology in transforming economic futures in Africa.
I just want to be sure that I’m a catalyst no matter what I’m doing.
I didn’t grow up thinking there was anything I couldn’t do.
I realized that when people underestimate you, you don’t even have to do way too much to blow them from their seats, based on how excellent you are.
"The goal of an experiment is not to be right but to discover.“Blessing's favourite quote
Tech is showing a new perspective on the African continent, showing how amazing and talented our people are as opposed to the general opinion of us as a poverty-stricken continent.
I grew up wanting to be a medical doctor because I wanted to save lives, and I am doing that now, but not in the hospital.
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