Acccording to the White House, Jaiyeoba
has extended her services to internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have been
victims of the vicious Boko Haram sect.
At a Global Entrepreneurship event in Washington DC,
US President Barack
Obama honored a
Nigerian woman, Adepeju
Jaiyeoba, and four other young entrepreneurs from around the
world.
"Jaiyeoba, who is a Nelson Mandela Washington Fellow for
Young African Leaders, founded Mothers Delivery Kits in 2013 after losing a
close friend to childbirth to address maternal and child mortality resulting
from unhygienic and unsafe deliveries in Nigeria.
“She has been able to collaborate with other entrepreneurs, build
employee capacity through YALI courses, and receive seed capital and mentorship
from the US African Development Foundation.” Obama said in a White House statement.
Acccording to the White House, Jaiyeoba has extended her services
to internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have been victims of the vicious
Boko Haram sect.
The grant has also reportedly allowed her company to acquire new
machinery, establish a storage facility in Northern Nigeria to address
transportation issues in that part of the country, increase it Lags-based
staff, and reach out to nearly 80 community midwives and health care providers
across 23 states of the country.
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