Adepeju Jaiyeoba Explained

Adepeju Opeyemi Jaiyeoba
Birth Name:Adepeju Opeyemi Mabadeje
Birth Date:November 6, 1983
Birth Place:Lagos, Nigeria
Known For:Creating delivery kits for Nigerian mothers and inspiring many young Africans to action
Education:Obafemi Awolowo University
Occupation:Social Entrepreneur/Lawyer/Activist
Parents:Mr. Gbenga Mabadeje and Mrs. Feyisara Mabadeje
Footnotes:Audio interview (Wiki Loves Women Radio)
Nationality:Nigerian

Adepeju Opeyemi Jaiyeoba (born November 1983) is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and activist who created the Brown Button Foundation as well as Mother's Delivery Kit which creates low cost health care options and delivery kits containing basic sterile supplies for expectant mothers in Nigeria.

Life

Jaiyeoba trained as a lawyer and attended Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife.[1] She also has background training in Business and Entrepreneurship from the University of Texas at Austin USA as well as the Coady International Institute, Canada.[2]

Jaiyeoba's mission to reduce maternal and child mortality was as a result of the death of a close friend during childbirth in 2011 and reports of another. She found out that 145 women die in childbirth and 2,300 children die before reaching the age of five in Nigeria.[3]

Jaiyeoba was mentioned by Barack Obama in his address in 2014 to the Young African Leaders Presidential Summit in Washington[4] and was also hosted at the White House in 2015. In 2014, they started delivering birth kits having seen the damage that lack of sterile supplies such as rusty blades used for severing umbilical cords during childbirth can have. By 2015, they had distributed 8,000 kits[3] and by 2017, 300,000.

In 2017 she gave a TEDx talk.

She has spoken at a number of local and international events and continues to inspire young people across Africa to action.

Awards

Public speaking

Jaiyeoba has been featured on various high level platforms. She spoke at the Africa Shared Value Summit in 2020; The Platform Nigeria - beyond politics in 2018;[13] Social Media Week Lagos in 2018;[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adepeju Jaiyeoba. Africa Shared Value Summit. en-US. 2020-05-03.
  2. Web site: From law to health: Adepeju Jaiyeoba’s entrepreneurship journey. 2019-07-01. Businessday NG. en-US. 2020-05-03.
  3. Web site: 10 minutes with: Adepeju Jaiyeoba, maternity campaigner. Minter. Harriet. 2015-03-27. the Guardian. en. 2018-05-09.
  4. Web site: Delivering Hope to Mothers YALI. 2015-07-16. Young African Leaders Initiative Network. en-US. 2020-05-03.
  5. Web site: A Business Solution to Deliver Life-Saving Services for Mothers in Nigeria — U.S. African Development Foundation. US African Development Foundation. en-US. 2020-05-03.
  6. Web site: 2018 Young Entrepreneurs Awards Winner: Adepeju Jaiyeoba. Unilever global company website. en. 2020-05-03.
  7. Web site: Adepeju Opeyemi Jaiyeoba. IREX. en. 2020-05-03.
  8. Web site: JCI. jci.cc. 2018-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20180509221140/https://jci.cc/zh/news/31748. 2018-05-09. dead.
  9. Web site: ADEPEJU JAIYEOBA – Brown Button Foundation. en-US. 2020-05-03.
  10. Web site: Brown Button Foundation Nigeria. 2018-11-06. Points of Light. en-GB. 2020-05-03.
  11. News: Adepeju Jaiyeoba announced as the winner of the 2018 The Prince of Wales Prize — Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. en. 2020-05-03.
  12. Web site: Adepeju Jaiyeoba from Nigeria is the OD June 2015 Young Person of the Month Opportunity Desk. 2015-06-01. en-US. 2020-05-03.
  13. Web site: Adepeju Jaiyeoba – The Platform Nigeria. en-US. 2020-05-03.
  14. Web site: Adepeju Jaiyeoba's schedule for Social Media Week Lagos. socialmediaweeklagos2018.sched.com. 2020-05-03.

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