According to USAID, “When women do better, countries do better, communities do better, and families do better.”
This is why Amal Hassan, a Nigerian technopreneur and Chief Executive Officer of Outsource Global was one of 16 women business leaders who made it to the 2018 Fortune-US Department of State Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership.
The Fortune-US Department of State Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership is a public-private partnership between Fortune Most Powerful Women, the U.S. Department of State and Vital Voices Global Partnership. This year’s mentoring partnership featured emerging-leader mentees from 13 countries. These include Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Palestinian Territories, Kenya, Macedonia, Mongolia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, and Vietnam.
The programme also had in attendance over 300 alumnae who have worked with mentors from America’s most prestigious companies, such as Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, and Accenture.
Amal Hassan and other mentees engaged in skills training, panel discussions, networking events, and mentorships with executives from the Fortune Most Powerful Women community. During her mentorship with Shelly Diamond, the Chief Client officer of Young and Rubicom (Y&R), Amal focused on developing critical leadership, professional and business skills.
Y&R, Wunderman, VML, Sparkplug companies and WPP fellows also offered their time, helping her with brand building, social media strategies, channel planning, web strategy and personal leadership skills. In addition to meeting with practice leads throughout the company, a core team held a strategic planning session to help Amal articulate her unique vision and mission.
Amal Hassan has earned an unprecedented amount of recognition over the years for her remarkable business success and commitment to promoting youth and women empowerment. Her company, Outsource Global, employs more than 1,500 women and 700 youths as call centre agents, legal practitioners and medical professionals. Having its world-class facilities in Abuja, Lagos, and Kaduna.
This article appeared on BusinessDay Newspaper for 18th July, 2018 on page 36
