Blessing Abeng

Blessing Abeng is a branding and communications expert dedicated to helping brands identify and communicate their unique identity and tell better stories. She builds brand and communication strategies around tech products, services, growth, and sales to help brands communicate with their team, target audience, partners, and investors. She has worked with brands across industries in unique capacities, nationally and globally, including Seedstars, Facebook, Taeillo, Diageo, Heritage Bank, African Alliance, Dark and Lovely (Nigeria and Africa), Bolt, Alomo Bitters, GSK, Lights Camera Africa, Lemi Ghariokwu, Victor Ehikhamenor, Angels and Muse, QuickCheck and so many others. She is also the Co-founder and Director of Communications at Ingressive for Good where she drives the mission of the non profit to create and increase the earning power of one million African youth through tech training and resources for the growth of the African startup ecosystems. She is the CMO & Cofounder of Disha. Acquired by an African Unicorn (Flutterwave) in 2021. Blessing’s skills and clear vision make her a valuable ecosystem leader and this has led her to wear hats that are value-driven in nature. She has also mentored youths in communities like She Leads Africa, Seedstars, African Entrepreneurship Awards, amongst others. She has received recognition by YNaija as one of the 100 most powerful youths in Nigeria. She was also recognised as a nominee for United Nation’s Most Influential Person of African Descent in the Creative sector. She has trained over 5000 creators in branding, communications, marketing and business. She currently curates and nurtures a growing community of over 40,000 individuals inspired by her strides and interested in learning more about branding, communications and business growth. When she's not working, she is creating content or writing columns for top sites like BusinessDay, Connect Nigeria and many more.