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MEET EDIRIN
About Me
Edirin Edewor is a Multiple Amazon Bestselling Author, an award-winning Entrepreneur, International Speaker, Coach, Principal Consultant and Founder at Edagho Solutions with footprints in Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and the UAE. She is a foremost Thought Leader on Mindset and Business Strategy and Process for Entrepreneurs, and Online Publishing for Personal and Business Brands.
She is the founder of the Online Publishers and Entrepreneurs Network (OPEN), a community of over 25,000 Authors, Writers and Entrepreneurs, dedicated to helping Africans tell their original stories from their African perspective; showcasing Africa’s literary skills by helping writers become published as well as profiting from their skills using new media. She is also the convener of the annual Breakthrough Experience Business Retreat (BXBR) in Dubai, an event where she invites speakers and business executives for a 5-Day luxury Retreat and Business Strategy Session.
Till date, she has helped over 1,200 authors get published online and in print, with more than 100 Amazon bestsellers emerging. Since 2017, she has hosted the OPEN Writers Challenge yearly; it is a 28 Days Writing Challenge to help writers improve their writing skills and get discovered. Nearly 220 new businesses have emerged from the writing challenge, as well as the skills and tools she shares on her online platform.
She partners with Facebook in Nigeria and Rabbington media to deliver Boost Your Business Trainings to SMEs across Nigeria. She also delivers corporate training on Communication, Strategy and Process, Social Media and New Media Publishing for organizations like Redrick PR, Keystone Bank, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, GetUp Youth Africa and more.
Edirin is committed to work that focuses on youth empowerment, women-focused organizations, education, and employment as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. She has collaborated with several NGOs and organizations directed at youth empowerment, entrepreneurship, education for the girl child and for Women’s Equality, such as WELTI (Women Economic and Leadership Transformation Initiative), AXA Mansard, Google’s WomenWill Initiatives in the Republic of Benin and Lagos Chapters, Facebook in Nigeria, Redrick Accelerate Workshops and more.
She has been profiled by Panacea.ng, SheLeadsAfrica and HerNetwork, where she was listed as one of Nigeria’s promising young female entrepreneurs. Her articles have been featured in several blogs and news publications, as well as in the BusinessDay CEO Magazine and as a Guardian Woman in the Guardian Newspaper in January of 2019.
She has been nominated for, and won many awards, including: the SkillUp Africa Hero Award, 2019; LCCI Guest Speaker Recognition at the 5th Annual Conference of the LCCI Women Group, 2019, Ladies of Honour Award for Leadership, 2019; Iconic Brand Award for Young Personality of the Year, 2019; and Nominee, The Future Award Prize for New Media, 2019; Nominee, The Entrepreneur Africa Prize for New Media, 2019; Nominee, Unsung Heroes Award for Exceptional Millennial, 2019. She was named in the top 25 Most influential Young Nigerians, and the Most Influential young Female Nigerian in Personal Development and Academia for 2019, by Africa’s leading ranking body, Avance Media. She has recently been listed as one of Nigeria’s Most Powerful People in Media under 40 by Nigerian ranking body, YNaija.
Edirin has also been featured in many TV, Radio, Magazines, Newspapers, Blogs, and platforms, including Startup Magazine, Today’s Heroes Magazine, BellaNaija, Olorisupergal, Nigerians in Dubai, Silverbird TV, ChannelsTV, Ebony TV, Rave TV, NTA, ONTV, Soundcity, Nigeria Info, Social Media Week Lagos and Nairobi, Imbube Book Festival, Lagos Comic Con, Unicon Africa, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and more.
