Blessing Abeng

Blessing Abeng (born 16 October 1994) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and co-founder of Disha, now acquired by Flutterwave. She is one of the founders of Ingressive for Good (I4G), a tech non-profit organization.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.

Quotes

"#BreakTheBias: A Conversation with Blessing Abeng, Mobola Akingbala, and Olurémi Martins-Areola" (2022)

"#BreakTheBias: A Conversation with Blessing Abeng, Mobola Akingbala, and Olurémi Martins-Areola", Our Pass (March 21, 2022)

• It’s not that audacity doesn’t belong to women, it’s that women don’t know that they can harness it to the best of their ability.

• We don't feel confident 100% of the time, and sometimes, we just need somebody to remind us of our awesomeness.

• Don’t be comfortable being the only woman in the room.

• It’s okay to be the first, but it’s not okay to be the only.

• I realized that when people underestimate you, you don’t even have to do way too much to blow them from their seats, based on how excellent you are.

• You always just have to show that you’re the better person in every space that you go into.