Blessing Abeng

Blessing Abeng (born 16 October 1994) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and co-founder of Disha, now acquired by Flutterwave.[1] She is one of the founders of Ingressive for Good (I4G), a tech non-profit organization.[2] In 2022, she won the African Achiever Award of the year and in 2023, she was listed in the "Forbes Africa’s 30 Under 30".[3][4]

Blessing Abeng
Born
Blessing Abeng

(1994-10-16) 16 October 1994
Jos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Education
OccupationEntrepreneur
OrganizationIngressive for Good
Websiteblessingabeng.com

Biography

Blessing Abeng was born on 16 October 1994 in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria but originally hails from Cross Rivers State.[5] After acquiring a degree in Biochemistry from Covenant University, Nigeria, she proceeded to Orange Academy, Lagos where she studied branding professionally.[6][7]

She co-founded Disha, a tech platform that first started as a link in a bio tool until it was acquired by Flutterwave in 2021.[8][9] In 2017, Blessing Abeng became co-director of Startup Grind.[10] She is a co-founder and also the Director of Communications at Ingressive for Good (I4G),[11] a non-profit organisation that was founded alongside Maya Horgan Famodu and Sean Burrowes.[12][13]

Recognition

In April 2023, Abeng was one of the Nigerians listed on the Forbes Africa's 30 Under 30 young influential Africans alongside six others including Tems and Ayra Starr.[14][15] In 2022, she won the African Achiever Award of the year and was also included in the United Nation's most influential people of African Descent under 40. That same year, she won the Hereconmy Woman of the year award.[16] In September 2021, Abeng was listed in the YNaija's 100 most powerful Nigerians under 40.[17] In November 2021, she was nominated for the ELOY Awards.

References
  1. "Blessing Abeng, The Branding Mogul - Biopreneur Nigeria". Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  2. "Ingress For Good Gets New Founder, Blessing Abeng". The Nation Newspaper.
  3. "FORBES AFRICA 30 UNDER 30 CLASS of 2023: TOMORROW'S TITANS". www.forbesafrica.com. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  4. Somto, Bisina (2023-04-06). "Ayra Starr, Tems, Koko by Khloe, Blessing Abeng, Others Make Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 List". Prime Business Africa. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  5. Nigeria, TheTimes (2023-05-21). "Blessing Abeng: Transforming African Youth Into Tech-driven Wealth Creators". TheTimes.com.ng. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  6. "10 African women in Tech at the forefront of Africa's Digital Transformation in 2021". Vanguard News. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  7. Ekugo, Ngozi (2023-05-21). "Blessing Abeng: Transforming African youth into Tech-driven wealth creators". Nairametrics. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  8. "Flutterwave Acquires Disha in Massive Boost to Global Creator Economy | The Flutterwave Blog". Flutterwave. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  9. "Flutterwave acquires digital creator platform Disha in massive boost to global creator economy". Business Insider Africa. 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  10. Okafor, Chinedu (2021-08-20). "Startup Grind Lagos monthly summit to hold this Saturday with Parkit CEO, Gerald Okonkwo as guest speaker » YNaija". YNaija. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  11. Admin, Credo (2023-03-07). "25 Most Inspiring Nigerian Women in 2023! - Credocentral". Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  12. "Blessing Abeng, Maya Horgan and Sean Burrowes as founders of Ingressive for Good - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  13. Popoola, Nike (2020-07-08). "Ingressive For Good to empower African youths, targets 5,000 jobs - Blessing Abeng announces". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  14. Nigeria, Guardian (2023-04-05). "Meet 7 influential young Nigerians listed on 2023 Forbes Africa 30 Under 30". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  15. YNaija (2023-04-06). "Tems, Blessing Abeng, Ayra Starr, Koko by Khloe, and four others named in Forbes Africa's 30 Under 30 list » YNaija". YNaija. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  16. "UN's Global 100 Most Influential People of African Descent Under 40" (PDF). MIPAD.
  17. Okafor, Chinedu (2021-09-01). "#YNaijaPowerList2021: Davido, Ola Brown, Tacha, Blessing Abeng, Dare Adekoya, Tunde Ednut listed among most powerful young Nigerians » YNaija". YNaija. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
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