Of Fifi Ejindu and High-Powered Connections

Beautiful, elegant, and intelligent are some of the adjectives to describe Princess Fifi Ejindu. The Cross River State-born architect is renowned for her impact on Nigeria’s business world, contributing to the economic development of the nation.

Sometime in October 2023, her profile received a boost to the admiration of her far-flung fans. In what may be described as a double celebration of sorts, Ejindu, on that red-letter day, had first been honoured with an award as the Iconic Female Entrepreneur of the Year at the well-attended Democracy Hero Awards ceremony in Abuja. Later that day, she was inducted as the President of the Angola-Nigeria Business Council by former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, alongside other eminent members at the First Interactive Diplomatic/Business Forum for Angola-Nigeria in Abuja.

According to the organisers, Ejindu was deserving of the honour solely for her abiding efforts to ensure a smooth trade and investment relationship between Angola and Nigeria. In her acceptance speech, Ejindu expressed her passion for the growth of Africa and, by extension, Angola and Nigeria.

As proof of her commitment, the influential woman, a few days ago, achieved what many would have thought impossible when she brokered a deal with Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, with the Angolan President, João Lourenço, towards the construction of a new refinery in Angola. Dangote, it was learnt, visited the Angolan leader in Luanda, last Tuesday, to discuss investments in cement business as well as building a refinery.

Society Watch gathered that this enviable feat has made her a reckoning force among her peers on the continent.