Big visions that have the potential to dramatically make a difference in the lives of many people need the right partnerships to make it happen. Funto Boroffice knows all about this.

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Funto Boroffice is the founder/CEO of award winning Chanja Datti Ltd, (http://www.chanjadatti.com) a waste collection & recycling social enterprise. Chanja Datti is  dedicated to transforming the waste in their environment into value and creating jobs.
She is also the founder of Quidroo, a fintech startup providing access to working capital for Nigeria SMEs, especially women-owned SMEs. 
Prior to starting Chanja Datti, she spent 3 years as a Senior Aide to Nigeria’s Honorable Minister of Power, covering Investments, Finance & Donor Relations.  Before that,  she spent 17 years gaining global financial, strategy and project improvement experience - 12 of those years she was a GE executive in the U.S, working in the largest GE Capital Americas business.
She graduated with a Masters’ degree in Financial Management from Pace University’s Lubin School of Business in New York, and has a Bachelors’
degree in Accounting and Finance from Northeastern University in Boston where she graduated cum laude (with honors).

Funto is a founding member and Vice President of the Recycling Association of Nigeria (RAN), founder of Initiative for the Advancement of Waste Management in Africa (aka W.A.S.T.E Africa), a Fellow of the Waste Management Society of Nigeria,  and an alumni of the several prestigious local and international programs and
sits on several boards. 

In 2021, Funto was recognized by Global Citizen.org as one of 11 Change-making
Africans that the world needs to know about. She was also recognized by CNBC Rising Woman Africa series as one of 31 African women leaders in 2021. As well, she is a winner of the 2021 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Funto's insights gleaned through living between the U.S. and Nigeria.
• Her moment of inspiration about what would later become Chanja Datti
• How she learned to find ways to engage the people who needed their help the most
• Surprising projects and social change initiatives that Chanja Datti is spearheading
• How she stays motivated
• The 4 P's that Chanja Datti is built on
• The unlimited potential of relationship building

Christal Earle is the founder of Brave Soles. https://bravesoles.life
Rafik Riad is the founder of Buy Good. Feel Good. https://buygoodfeelgood.com

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