KHADIJAT “UMI” ABDULKADIR is a social entrepreneur and holds a double Master in Business Engineering and Management Science. A certified SAP Software Analyst with experiences from corporations such as Aramark, Accenture, and Microsoft. She has held several positions including, Environmental Sustainability Program Analyst, IT Program Manager, Software Business Analyst and Currently Integration Test Engineer at CANDRIAM Investors group.
Khadijat is passionate about promoting the rights of women in technology and sciences and more precisely teaching women to leverage technology for business sustainability.
Through Digital African Woman, Khadijat has acquired vast experiences training over 600 hundred grassroots entrepreneurs across Africa and Europe, equipping them with technical and business development skills to build and scale sustainable businesses. She is most passionate about empowering young women with the technology skills and tools necessary to be fully active innovators and entrepreneurs in the 21st century.
She focuses her projects on education, entrepreneurship, innovation, and access for women especially in Sub-Sahara Africa and the European Diaspora. Her work has been featured in Forbes USA, Tropics Magazine SA, and People-Centered Internet- Silicon Valley.
PODCAST PREVIEW
- Khadijat answers our ‘Woman of the Month’ staple questions.
- Khadijat discusses Imposter Syndrome.
- Khadijat discusses age discriminatory practices she experiences.
- Khadijat explains how she has built her successful brand.
- Khadijat provides advice to young entrepreneurs
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ABOUT THE LADYBRILLE WOMAN OF THE MONTH FEATURE
The ‘Ladybrille Woman of the Month’ is a feature on Ladybrillemag.com that celebrates women who empower themselves and others through their contributions and actions in their local and international communities. These women are intelligent, courageous, confident, and innovative. They strive for balance in their personal lives (whether emotionally, mentally, and spiritually), are persistent, and when they fall, they get right back up. These women honor and stand in their truths. They are business and community leaders, visionaries, trailblazers and game changers. They are our sisters, aunties, mothers, friends and so much more. They are “Ladybrille” (brilliant) women.
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