Nkemdilim Uwaje Begho

An entrepreneurial & strategically driven executive with experience as a CEO, Founder & Non Executive Director of private, listed and public sector organisations.

Nkemdilim is a seasoned Information Technology professional with over 15 years of cross-sector industry experience in Nigeria, Africa’s largest emerging economy. She combines strategic, digital technology & operational experience with a deep understanding of business transformation, change leadership & risk oversight.

She has designed & led strategy & implementation of brand digital marketing & digital transformation projects across Africa, resulting in enhanced customer experiences, customer acquisition & bottom-line growth, optimised & more cost effective operations & a more digitally skilled labour force.

Currently CEO of Future Software Resources Ltd. (Futuresoft), one of Nigeria’s leading digital & technology solutions companies, providing a broad range of solutions for the scaling African enterprise, to consistently attract & retain its target audience, optimise its processes and increase its bottom line.

Futuresoft has served over 200 clients across 20 industries & has trained over 1,500 CEOs, executives & board members in Digital.

Her entrepreneurial background, involvement in the global and pan-African Technology landscape & a focus on building the Nigerian Technology ecosystem through enabling policy development, investing, education and mentoring, affords her a deep understanding of cutting edge innovation, emerging & disruptive technologies, as well as access to a large network of technology leaders, policy makers & investors across the continent & globally.

Nkemdilim has been recognised as an Obama Africa Leader, Forbes’s Top Ten Female Tech Founders in Africa, Global Digital Women top 10 Most Inspiring Women in Africa, Lionesses of Africa top 100 Women & Ventures Africa 42 most Innovative Africans and recently received an honorary doctorate in Information Technology from the Nelson Mandela University in South Africa.

She currently serves on private, public sector & listed company boards including Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, Novare Investment Fund Ltd, Lagos State Research & Innovation Council (LASRIC) & The Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria. Nkem also sits on the advisory boards of The BudgIT Foundation & Global Leaders Today USA.

Over the years she has served in the leadership of the NESG Digital Economy Thematic group; & was a member of The Nigerian National IT Software Committee & the Nigerian Electronic Voting Think Tank where she contributed to the advancement of digitalisation and shaping policy to support its inclusive delivery.