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Women In Business: Simi Fajemirokun

Women In Business: Simi Fajemirokun

Simi Fajemirokun is a distinguished visionary offering a diverse career in driving significant and profitable growth through high volume projects in the management-consulting sector. She stands at the forefront of policy advocacy having spent the last decade supporting various arms of government and MDA’S in Nigeria. She serves as the Managing Partner of Acropolis consulting.

Simi managed the National Situation Room of the 2019 APC Presidential Campaign Council where they effectively coordinated over 170,000 agents, coordinated 37 situation rooms across the country while implementing strategy that led to the victory of the Party.

In addition, she was appointed to serve as the Secretary of the FCT Campaign Council. She also served as the Director General of Welfare for her Ward Campaign Council. She previously ran for office for the House of Representatives in FCT under the APC.

She sits on several boards of profit and non-profit organisations and is committed to building smart communities. She has spoken at several international and local events such as the World Economic Forum at Davos and Africa, Africa Union, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), British Council and Architecture and Design Conferences.

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ESFAJ & Partners is an advisory firm that provides innovative and creative solutions to the increasing need for research, data analysis and visualisation in business development. As Senior Partner, ESFAJ & Partners from 2011 till date, she built and refined business operations from ground-up to a large team of consultants (over 50) and core operations team of 10.

Her operational leadership roles including million dollar management and strategic planning for the Office of the Presidency, State Governments, Federal Ministries and Small/ medium corporate firms across West Africa.

Simi guides initiatives involving process improvement, staff development, and operational efficiency.

She also managed and led research team to develop internationally acclaimed award winning concept on Mobile Learning in Ondo State, Nigeria.

Also, Fajemirokun consistently delivered mission-critical results for high level revenue building strategies and tactics.

Read2succeed Africa (R2S) is committed to improving the state of public schools in Nigeria by constantly questioning the status quo. They believe that education should provide tomor

Senior Partner at Acropolis Consulting

row’s solutions and so they use design thinking to build inspired learning communities where the classroom itself is a learning tool. They are intentional about infusing the African culture to boost confidence and create a sense of belonging in their learning spaces. Simi is the Founder of R2S.

They launched the first modern African classroom, ‘The Showroom’ in Utako public primary school using design thinking and recycled materials.

They built prototype and developed the curriculum for primary school students in neglected public schools to improve literacy levels.

Also, they adopted 5 schools and delivered programs that equipped over 1,200 students with adaptive education and skills for future employment while highlighting alternative paths to future world of work.