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Top 10 African Women in Product Management
It is no secret that women in the tech industry, particularly in product management, have historically been underrepresented. However, there are many talented and accomplished African women who are making great strides in this field and deserve recognition.
In this article, we will highlight the top 10 African women in product management in no particular order as each of them has made significant strides in the industry.
1. Adebola Olomo
By constantly innovating and challenging the norm, Adebola has been known to push the boundaries of thought leadership and goal setting. With a deep passion for Customer Experience, Products, Product Marketing, and Communications using Technology Innovation, she made the move from Law to Tech.
Currently the Product Marketing Manager, Platforms at Hubspot, she is making her mark and enjoying the amazing opportunity of working with Developers globally – sharing their experience and enabling their journey in working with HubSpot and contributing to HubSpot’s continued growth.
Prior to joining HubSpot, Adebola had a demonstrated history in Marketing, PR, Digital Innovation, Communications, and Web Development in both the private and public sectors with a focus on Finance, FMCGs, and NGOs.
She is also the Founder and CEO of Deefrent Limited- a digital branding agency as well as the co-owner of Sasibi Online Marketplace.
2. Ronke Majekodunmi
She is a Top Instructor & Director of PM, and also a former senior PM at PayPal. Ronke Majekodunmi has been in the world of Product Management for years now, and she has never looked back. Curating products that help bring a company’s vision to life is what she loves to do. Throughout the years, she has led successful teams that develop outstanding, customer-centric products at companies including PayPal. She is currently working at Promevo as their Director of Products.
These African women have made incredible contributions to the field of product management and serve as inspirations for others looking to break into this industry. We hope that this list will help to highlight their achievements and inspire more women, particularly those from Africa, to pursue careers in product management.
3. Maureen Ogwu
Maureen is a leader in the Tech Industry with a vast track record of exceptional performance in Product Management in the EdTech and FinTech sectors. She is currently a technical sourcing specialist with Meta, one of the largest tech companies in the world, specialising in sourcing for Product Managers and Engineers. Previously, she worked with GlobalCharge ltd as both Product Manager and Digital Marketing expert leading the engineering and marketing teams.
Prior to that, she served as a Product Marketing trainer and mentor with Utiva. She has also served as a Paid Marketing Specialist at Digital Marketing Skill Institute, an EdTech Company. She has been recognised for her extensive experience leading digital transformation initiatives and managing the development of highly innovative tech product marketing. She holds an MBA degree from the University of East London.
4. Ngozi Ofoche
Ngozi is a product strategist, technologist, licensed attorney, and entrepreneur. Her personal mantra is “Fostering innovation that is inclusive of law, policy, and ethics and curates experiences with responsible technology solutions. She is the founder of Black Women in Product, an intentional community that provides a safe space for Black Women and femmes who either work or are interested in working in a Product-related role.
Currently the Reality Labs Privacy Product Strategist at Meta in New York, United States, she has in the past served as the Privacy Product Manager of Capital One, New York, VC-in-Residence at Pipeline Angels, New York, Product Manager at Hana, New York, amongst other roles.
5. Monica Adibe
This phenomenal woman is a collaborative and entrepreneurial product and strategy leader with a solid number of years of experience, working across big tech, digital health and consulting companies.
With a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University, she proudly has an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She works with Meta as a Business Product Strategist, amongst other significant roles in the past.
6. Uche Adegbite
Uche Adegbite is the Senior Director of Product Management for Global Markets at Twitter. She is a high-energy, results-oriented leader with excellent interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills that brings a wealth of experience in innovation, planning, designing, and building products in complex global and diverse environments.
Uche’s key strengths also include Program Management where she is experienced with requirements discovery, business prioritization, UX design, writing detailed technical specifications, and project management for complex projects. As well as the ability to problem-solve, adapt and work with ambiguous and evolving requirements. Additionally, she has over 6 years of experience in Project Management especially with planning, developing, deploying, and maintaining scalable applications and software as a service.
Uche holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT and has more than 13 years of experience working at top tech companies such as Microsoft and Twitter.
7. Mamuna Oladipo
Mamuna Oladipo is a tech-leading Product executive with a track record of building products that have scaled to millions of users. She is currently the VP of Product at Shopify. Before this, she was SVP of Product, Design, and Engineering at Kickstarter, where she managed product management, product design, brand design, and engineering teams. Prior to that, she was Vice President of Product at SeamlessDocs and Vice President of Product Marketing and Design at Sony Music Entertainment.
She has 10 years of experience in Product and has demonstrated the ability to work at the strategic level, generating bold and innovative ideas for growth, creating partnerships to generate results, and targeting opportunities in growth markets.
8. Ebi Atawodi
Ebi Atawodi is currently the Director of Products at Google, building for YouTube Studio. She is also an Angel Investor and Product Advisor at Origin. Before that, she was a Director of Products at Netflix for Payments EMEA. She has also worked at Uber, leading the Amsterdam Product team. While at Uber, she got to work with over 120 talented product managers, designers, engineers, and data scientists, making every company experience even more seamless. Prior to that role, she was General Manager at Uber West Africa, tasked with growing the business from 15 cars to a top 20 market in the EMEA region. Ebi is also widely known for being the creator of the Etisalat Prize for Literature, which was named Africa’s most prestigious literary prize.
9. Tolu Alabi
Tolu is passionate about how technology simplifies lives. She is currently working at Stripe, a company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet, as a Product Manager. Former Computer Science Teacher assistant at Grinnell College and FX Algorithmic Quant in Goldman Sacks, her product career journey started after an Internship at Whatsapp while coursing an MBA at Stanford. After that, Tolu was an Entrepreneur in Residence at IT Inkubator GmbH, a start-up accelerator, where she developed a business plan to commercialize a real-time facial reenactment technology.
At Amazon, she was a Senior Technical Product Manager for Amazon Logistics and later for AR Shopping.
10. Celeste O.
Simply known as Celeste O., there’s absolutely nothing simple about this woman when it comes to product management. She is a Product Leader, Speaker, Mentor, and Programme Director amongst others.
Celeste can be described as a result-driven, logical and proactive person when it comes to achieving tasks and objectives.
She has a track record of building PM teams and coaching and mentoring across different industries including Fin-Tech, Oil & Gas, Fashion, Beauty, Healthcare, Ed-Tech, Telecom, and Prop-Tech.
She is currently a Remote Product Lead and Independent Consultant in the London Area of the United Kingdom.
Her experience includes VP Senior Product Manager, Digital Business Banking, Barclays, London, Senior Product Manager Miladebeauty, Founder and Creative Director
Ann-Celeste London, just to mention a few.
MTN Nigeria, in collaboration with ONErpm and Ultima Studios, has announced Ayodeji Benson, popularly known as Ayo Benzi, as the winner of the maiden edition of the Next Afrobeats Star reality show.
L-R: Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka, Chief Marketing Officer, MTN Nigeria; Ayodeji Benson, Winner, Next Afrobeats Star Reality Show (Season 1) and Emamoke Ogoro, General Manager, Brand and Communication, MTN Nigeria, at the grand finale of the Next Afrobeats Star Reality Show (Season 1), held at the Ultima Studios, Lekki, Lagos on Saturday, December 13, 2025.
The grand finale, held on Sunday night at Ultima Studios in Lekki, Lagos, marked the climax of a nationwide talent search that began in September with over 15,000 aspiring musicians.
After weeks of auditions, mentorship, and rigorous training, five finalists – Ayo Benzi, Dave Cash, Kaeko, Somto O’Laker, and Lucky Yay – battled for the top prize in a high-energy showcase of performance and artistry.
At the end of the electrifying contest, Ayo Benzi emerged victorious, securing a ₦150 million music deal. Dave Cash was named first runner-up with ₦100 million, while Kaeko, Somto O’Laker, and Lucky Yay received ₦75 million, ₦50 million, and ₦25 million respectively.
Throughout the season, contestants were mentored by leading Afrobeats producers Sarz, Puffy Tee, P Prime, and Andre Vibez. Benzi, who was part of Puffy Tee’s team, credited the mentorship programme for sharpening his craft and stage presence.
Speaking at the event, Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka, Chief Marketing Officer of MTN Nigeria, said the initiative reflects the company’s commitment to youth empowerment and cultural expression.
“The Next Afrobeats Star platform is about creating real opportunities for young Nigerians and giving their talent the structure, visibility, and support it deserves.
“Afrobeats continues to place Nigeria on the global cultural map, and MTN is proud to be enabling the next generation of artists who will take this sound even further,” she said.
She added that the finale was not just a competition but a celebration of growth and readiness for the global stage.
In his acceptance speech, Ayo Benzi described the victory as a defining moment in his career.
“A big thank you to MTN. From the audition days, the treatment MTN has given us has been amazing. God bless the brand,” he said.
The finale also featured guest performances by Afrobeats stars Iyanya and Bella Shmurda, adding glamour to the night and reinforcing the show’s connection to the wider music ecosystem.
With the successful conclusion of the season, MTN Nigeria and its partners reaffirmed their role in championing youth ambition, supporting creative industries, and shaping the future of Nigerian music through platforms that turn potential into opportunity.
T2, formerly known as 9mobile, is under investigation by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in Benue State for an undisclosed incident disrupting USSD, SMS, voice, and data services across nine local government areas.
T2
The affected areas include Ado, Agatu, Gwer East, Gwer West, Konshisha, Obi, Ohimini, Okpokwu, and Otukpo, as detailed in an advisory on the NCC Major Outages Portal, which tracks significant disruptions reported by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Neither T2 nor its public relations firm, Chain Reactions, has responded to inquiries on the outage’s cause or restoration efforts as of this report.
The NCC’s continued reference to the operator as 9mobile, months after its public rebranding to T2 in August 2025, has sparked questions about whether the name change was formally notified to the regulator.
This probe aligns with NCC mandates requiring operators to disclose major outages, their impacts, and timelines for fixes, with compensation obligatory for disruptions exceeding 24 hours under the Consumer Code of Practice Regulations.
Industry watchers note that such incidents, often linked to fibre cuts, power failures, or infrastructure faults, underscore ongoing challenges in Nigeria’s telecoms sector, particularly amid T2’s subscriber losses post-rebrand. NCC vows transparency via its portal to hold operators accountable and protect consumers.
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a public notice directing all its licensees that have effected changes exceeding ten percent (10%) in their shareholding structures without prior regulatory approval to immediately regularise such infractions.
NCC
In the notice published on the Commission’s website, www.ncc.gov.ng, the NCC said the directive was issued in exercise of its statutory powers under the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003.
According to the Commission, affected licensees are granted a 45-day grace period from the date of publication to regularise any unapproved changes in their shareholding structures that exceed the 10 per cent threshold.
The NCC clarified that no sanctions will be imposed during the 45-day window for any previous infractions relating to unapproved shareholding changes above the prescribed limit. However, it warned that appropriate sanctions will be enforced immediately after the expiration of the grace period against defaulting operators.
The sanctions, the Commission stated, will be applied in line with the Nigerian Communications (Enforcement Processes, etc.) Regulations, 2019.
The regulator further emphasised that the notice is issued pursuant to Regulations 41, 42 and 43 of the Licensing Regulations, 2019, which require licensees to obtain prior approval from the Commission before effecting significant changes in ownership or control.
Industry observers note that the directive underscores the NCC’s renewed focus on regulatory compliance, transparency, and corporate governance within Nigeria’s telecommunications sector.
Licensees have therefore been advised to promptly engage with the Commission to regularise their shareholding structures and avoid penalties once the grace period lapses.
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