Entrepreneurs advise women to dream big and become big.

By Fabian Anawo

Women have been encouraged to dream big and work toward attaining the goals they set for themselves.

Accomplished women and men who have reached the peak of their carriers gave the advice at the launch of The Peak Performing, TPP, Woman’s Companion and TPP Woman of the Year 2023.

The TPP Woman project is a vehicle driving renewed commitment for women’s empowerment in Africa.

The Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of TPP, Dr Abiola Salami said that the project has a budget of one million US dollars to train one million women across Africa, in the next eighteen months.

According to Salami, the project aims to equip women to deliver excellence as career professionals, entrepreneurs, social innovators, and political office holders, amongst others.

Salami underscored how the project would enable more women to live beyond misperceptions, self-limiting beliefs, fears, stereotypes and misplaced emotions that could limit the God-given exceptional nature within women for the development of humanity.

He said that 2,543 women entered for the TPP Woman of the Year 2023, saying that the huge number of entries was reflective of a more significant societal shift towards gender equality.

The first female Chairman of Access Bank, Mosun Belo-Olusoga, encouraged the women to pursue their dreams and not shy away from challenges.

Belo-Olusoga, who is also the Lead Consultant/CEO of The Knowledge and Resource Centre, noted that when presented with opportunities, women should have that self-belief that they can do it.

She urged the women to take time to understand trends, technology and how it works for them, advising women to develop a broad mindset, keep learning, and grow as they leverage available platforms to take advantage of opportunities.

According to Belo-Olusoga, reskilling or learning new skills is not about throwing what they have learnt away. Instead, it allows them to flesh things up from another perspective.

Also, the Founder/CEO of Emerging Africa Group, Toyin F. Sanni encouraged women to leverage advanced technological tools to get to the top of their game.

She harped on the significance of understanding technology, connecting and networking with like minds.

In the same vein, renowned actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo, RMD, said women could become peak performers by being aware, sensible, and sensitive saying that he is a strong advocate of women attaining the zenith of their careers.

RMD encouraged men to be champions for women’s progress so that they can conquer the societal biases and religious beliefs that hamper their progress.

In her review of The Peak Performing Woman’s Companion, the Publisher/Chairman of The Guardian Newspapers, Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru, commended the convener for addressing the foundational problems undermining women’s careers, personal growth and contributions to nation-building.

Lady Ibru said that Dr. Salami thoughtfully guided women readers through detailed and specific missteps and misunderstandings that, most times, undermine their aspirations to become peak performers.

“Leveraging lessons from his inspirational piece ‘Who Says It’s a Man’s World: Ageless Lessons for Becoming an Exceptional Woman’, Salami’s 11 chapters focus on women’s empowerment and self-worth in an increasingly challenging global economy and changing workplace.”

According to Lady Ibru, through The Peak Performing Woman’s project, Dr. Salami hopes to inspire women of all ages across Africa to grow, aspire for more and shatter the glass ceilings.