Atinuke’s story
Atinuke is the Founder of Sterlage Events in Nigeria. She is the one of the 1,700 Nigerian women entrepreneurs to have participated in our Road to Growth programme, which from 2019-2020 supported her to develop the necessary skills and connections to ensure her business survived the devastating impact of COVID-19.

The lessons taken from Road to Growth […] were a big part of the steps I took to navigate through the pandemic.
My name is Atinuke Badejo, I am the founder and lead consultant of Sterlage Events and I am married with three children.
Sterlage Events is a Nigerian-based company that offers a complete suite of event management and consulting. My passion for bringing people together to celebrate inspired me to become an entrepreneur and establish my company in 2017.
One of the major challenges I had being an entrepreneur was the poor knowledge I had of running a business.
I think that it is generally harder for women to start and grow their businesses because we often have more responsibilities to do with raising a family than the men have. Also, fear of failure and self-doubt are some of the challenges we face.


Find out more about Road to Growth in Nigeria
Road to Growth is one of the Foundation’s three flagship programmes. It is highly scalable and adaptable. The Foundation is actively seeking funding partnerships to enable the programme to launch in, but not limited, to Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, Tanzania and Mozambique, with each iteration carefully adapted for a local context. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss potential partnerships!

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