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Our Founders

We are led by professionals with lived experience and years of expertise in building communities, creating programs, and guiding career development across Africa.

Co-Founder

Jeremiah Ajayi

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Jeremiah is a marketer, builder, and career empowerment advocate. Over the last few years, he has created platforms like Digivention, Write to Win, and The Phat Enterprise, each focused on helping overlooked talent thrive.

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Through this work, he’s met many queer professionals navigating bias and burnout in silence. That experience, paired with his own, led him to co-found EmpowerQ: a focused effort to provide queer people with the tools they need to succeed in the workplace.

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Outside of EmpowerQ, Jeremiah works in marketing and mentors young creatives looking to find their voice.

Co-Founder

Alexandria O. Adewale

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 Alexandria, is a law graduate with an LLB in Nigerian Legal System and an LLM in European and International Business Law.

 

As a vocal advocate for queer Nigerians, she has been instrumental in advancing visibility within the community, particularly through their involvement in the Nigerian ballroom scene and currently the European ballroom scene .

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Her work and personal journey have been featured in multiple international media outlets such as Attitude Magazine, Essence Magazine and MinorityAfrica, .

 

This commitment to advocacy led her to co-found EmpowerQ alongside Jeremiah Ajayi, with the mission to equip queer professionals with the tools to succeed in the workplace.

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Outside of EmpowerQ, Alexandria works as a Drag Artist, Art Director and Production Designer, and contributes their expertise within the legal industry.

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