Uju Obuekwe

Uju Obuekwe is a Nigerian businesswoman, brand and marketing strategist and a public speaker. She is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Platform Branding; an Integrated Marketing Communications Firm.
Education
She received a certificate in Entrepreneurial Management, Entrepreneurial Studies from the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University in 2017 and a certificate in Corporate Innovation from the Stanford Graduate School of Business LEAD Program.
Career
She is the founder of Smarta Work, a platform that connects companies with remote workers and virtual assistants that will fill up positions and deliver value. Obuekwe is also a public speaker and facilitator.
Awards and honors
She received the Road to Women’s Business Growth Scholarship Award from the Cherie Blair Foundation and participated in the World Bank sponsored Women-x Scholarship Program for Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria in 2017. She also received the WEF Woman of Excellence Award at the Women Economic Forum held in India in 2019.
She is an alumna of the inaugural cohort of the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC), a leadership program for women across Africa. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Brand Management of Nigeria, the Institute of Management Consultants, and the Institute of Corporate Administration. She is also a member of the International Federation of Women Lawyers.<ref name="auto1"/>

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