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Oghenekevwe Emadago

Oghenekevwe Emadago

Nigeria
Business
Social-Welfare

Researching and developing eco-friendly and cost-effective sanitary pads in Nigeria. Read more

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OSV Fellowships 2023 Winner, Oghenekevwe Emadago.
2023
Fellowships
Nigeria

Oghenekevwe is an environmental activist, entrepreneur, and advocate for young women and girls. He has a background in physics and speaks four languages fluently.His goal in life is to continue impacting his communities and raising investments to build impact-focused businesses that support local youths while championing climate action.

Over the past five years, he has worked closely with youths in remote villages in Nigeria, where he discovered the acute problem of period poverty affecting women and girls in their communities and the issue of plastic pollution from conventional sanitary pad use.

Oghenekevwe’s company, Girlified LTD, created the Girlified sanitary pad in 2022. It is made from banana fiber and natural cotton and is an eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative to conventional sanitary pads.

He is using his fellowship grant to continue researching and developing the Girlified sanitary pad, with the goal of reducing pollution and helping girls remain in school and carry out their daily activities.

Among other roles, Oghenekevwe is currently a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) and Chatham House’s Common Futures Conversations. He is also the regional director of the Naza Agape Foundation.

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Researching and developing eco-friendly and cost-effective sanitary pads in Nigeria.

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