Ladies of Delight Blog

Hello revered readers, we bring you our first edition of Woman Crush Wednesday in the year 2018. It's a segment under Women Empowerment where we share

Our WCW today is a phenomenal woman, Timipre Wolo. Enjoy her story! 

Timipre Wolo is the CEO of TFN Energy Limited and the Founder of the Centre for Gender Equality, Education and Empowerment (CGEEE), an NGO which she set up in response to the high level of illiteracy and poverty amongst women and girls in rural areas across Africa. Growing up in the oil rich but highly impoverished Niger Delta region of Nigeria, Ms. Wolo developed an early interest in finding lasting solutions to the development issues in the region. The loss of her mother at the age of 12 did not stop her from pursuing her dream of becoming a lawyer. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Law in 2005 and proceeded to the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom where she obtained a Masters’ Degree (LL.M.) in Oil & Gas Law.

Early Years And Studies

Growing up in the oil rich but highly impoverished Niger Delta region, Timipre had dreamt of being a lawyer and owning company, but was almost disillusioned by the loss of her mum at an early age of 12. However, the loss of her hardworking ‘super-mum,’ took a toll on her family and left them to depend on her ‘civil-servant’ dad’s lean salary. Notwithstanding, she stayed resolute and determined to make her mum proud.

Some of her ‘Making-Mum-Proud’ moments include representing her school in competitions, and breaking the record of being the youngest prefect. Her resolve also drove her to take on a 12-hour night-shift job as receptionist at 16, while doubling as a Law Diploma Student. Deep down, she wanted to help lighten the burden on her father, who was committed to seeing all five of his children through university, get university education. Eventually, she gained admission to study Law at Ambrose Alli University.

In her final year at University, serving as the 1st female elected vice president of the National Union of Bayelsa State Students, she was accepted and sponsored to attend the United Nations Youth Assembly at the UN HQ, New York, an experience she describes as ‘divinely orchestrated turning point’ in her.

Timipre did not stop making mum proud even when she moved to Scotland for a Masters degree in Oil and Gas Law at the University of Aberdeen; she found an innovative way to fund herself as she started a food business, which included delivery services. The catering project was a stroke of ingenuity, the kind of inspiration, which she attributes to her mother.

She has received numerous accolades and recently emerged winner of the  Woman of the Year award at the maiden edition of the Her Network Woman of the Year (HNWOTY) Awards.

She dedicates time to supporting and mentoring young women and girls, through the CGEEE and ONE HOUR WITH THE KING, a non-denominational Christian Fellowship she founded in 2013.