Faith Obafemi

General Info

The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship

1. Learn more about how to go from policy advocacy and activism to more of policy influencing that creates a favourable business environment for frontier technologies.
2. Learn more about how to create more awareness of space for everyone. At the moment, most people do not realize space belongs to humankind and not certain billionaires.
3. Learn more about how to get more women, especially those without a tech background, into frontier technologies.

Ideal Company Type

An organization into policy analysis, development and implementation that affects businesses using innovative technologies. It could be a LegalTech, RegTech, GovTech or space focused organization.

Additional Technical Skills

Solidity, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Smart contracts, OpenLaw

What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?

1. Inquisitive
2. Tenacious
3. Ambitious

What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?

Embolden me to amplify tech policy advocacy and policy influencing in Nigeria. Government policies can negatively or positively affect tech businesses. A recent example is how the Nigerian government made things tough for crypto Exchanges and wallets in Nigeria by prohibiting banks from offering their services to these crypto companies. But now, with an October 1 launch date, the Central Bank of Nigeria would be launching the e-Naira. I hope to build a network that makes it easier to engage policymakers, so Nigeria is not vulnerable to practices that undermine her digital sovereignty.

After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?

Launch a tech policy organization (E4E) that would focus on tech policy advocacy on emerging technologies for emerging markets. In law, pro bono is generally associated with litigation and human rights. There can also be pro bono for transactional legal needs. In my experience dealing with tech businesses, most male founders reach out for legal services early, while most female founders only reach out when there is a problem because they did not seek legal protection early. Partner with female tech associations to offer these pro bono legal services.

Work History

Years of Full-time Work Experience

5

Education History

Highest Level of Education Completed

Bachelor's