Francesca Uriri

Francesca Onomarie Uriri is a Nigerian social entrepreneur. She is the founder of a non-profit Leading Ladies Africa, which aims at providing skills to African women necessary for their success and promoting gender inclusion.

As of 2018, she served as the Head of Communications in West Africa for Uber. In 2019 she became Uber's Internal Communications Lead For People, Culture And Diversity In San Francisco.

Quotes

• If I look at the women in my family – my mother, my aunties, cousins and friends – I see strength; strength of character, and the power of vision. The African woman is strong, bold, driven and an incredible multi-tasker. I say this, not because it’s a cliché, but because it is true. From the Tomato farms in Kano Nigeria, to the tea plantations in Kericho, Kenya, from politics, to business and civil society, women are putting in the work and are achieving great results. If I even speak from a personal perspective, the women within my network are focused, and are making consistent, measurable impact in all fields of endeavour.
• So the African woman is indeed the one who is building sustainable structures with the bricks life has thrown her, and I celebrate her for that.
  • Francesca Uriri said,(The guardian ,18 march 2017)