Joycee Awosika

Joycee Awosika is an entrepreneur, economist and power sector specialist. She has a history of running companies, in Nigeria mainly: ORÍKÌ, an agro-beauty farm to skin brand that utilizes the best & effective natural ingredients & skin secrets from the richest resource Continent in the world, Africa. ORÍKÌ Group has created 10 wellness spas and has 7 subsidiaries. Including the ORIKI Training Institute and UNWIND by ORIKI, which is the Uber of wellness providing on demand wellness services using a mobile app to clients anytime and anywhere. She previously worked for the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development’s (DFID) infrastructure assistance programme in Nigeria, the Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility (NIAF) as the Technical Assistant on Research, Analysis and Informatics (Performance Monitoring) to the Honourable Minister of Power for the past 2 years. In this role she worked on the ongoing reform, privatisation and future policy strategy for Nigeria’s power sector. She began her career in power at Constellation Energy, a Fortune 100 company in the United States. As the former Curator of the World Economic Forum Abuja Global Shapers Hub, Joycee led a team comprised of 21 entrepreneurial young leaders, on a number of community initiatives focused on education, youth unemployment and entrepreneurship. She has been selected to attend three World Economic Forum events around the world and has been an invited speaker on leadership, youth development, energy access and energy solutions in emerging countries. One of Joycee's long term aspirations is to be a mass employer of labor in developing nations and growth markets by investing in the resource potential across various sectors including energy, commodities and agriculture. Joycee is an alumni of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers and has been listed as one of Nigeria’s 100 most inspiring women. She is a nominee of The Future Awards Prize in Public Service in 2013 & 2016, selected into the African Leadership Network, a member of the Oxfam Work in Progress Nigeria Board, and a Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program Fellow. In 2017 she was awarded as the For Her woman of the Year in her industry. She has been featured in many notable magazines and platforms including CNN, CNBC, Huffington Post, The Guardian, ThisDay, Business Day, Ebony Magazine, Vanguard and more.