Obianuju Okafor

Enterprise Development Center of Pan-Atlantic University (EDC of PAU)

Trainer

Obianuju Okafor is the finance manager at Enterprise Development Centre, Pan – Atlantic University. She manages project finance for all the projects implemented by the Centre.

She is an accountant with over 8 years’ experience preparing management account reports, payroll, funds management, project financial management and reporting, bank reconciliation, account receivables and payable, and budget.

She has acquired over 4 years’ experience in project management. She currently works as project manager on the Oxfam Work-in-Progress SME Development Project, where she coordinates all activities involved in implementing the project. She finds it fulfilling as her contribution to building the capacity of Nigerian SMEs enrolled on the project.

Obianuju Okafor has managed the preparation of financials for different projects, such as Women X program sponsored by the World Bank, Road to Growth by the Cherie Blair Foundation, Youth Entrepreneurship Support (YES) program, YouWiN! by the Federal Government of Nigeria, the SME Toolkit – Next Generation by the Mastercard Foundation, the AFFORD Diaspora Initiatives sponsored by AFFORD. She is also an accountant for the OXFAM – SME Development Program of the Work-in-Progress! Project in partnership with Oxfam and sponsored by the Ministry of Dutch.

Obianuju is a certified IFC-LPI trainer. She facilitated on the GEM – BIG Project, and facilitates on the Essential Management Skills (EMS), TAMFUND, Oxfam using the Business Edge methodology. She also facilitates at the undergraduate entrepreneurship program at the Pan-Atlantic University. Her key focus area is financial management and personal productivity.

She is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Economist of Nigeria. Obianuju is an intermediate member of ACCA and is in her final stage of the professional papers of ACCA. She is also a fellow of Startingbloc Institute.