Ihuoma Chidire Madu is a Nigerian Lawyer, and the Licensee/Organizer of TEDxOrji Women; the first TEDxWomen event in south-south and south-east Nigeria.

She is the immediate past project manager of SMFEST International (2021-2025), a groundbreaking social media and technology initiative that explores the advantages of social media, technology and innovation.

Ihuoma Chidire is a member of the board of trustees (BOT) of the Free Tribe Network (an NGO focused on reproductive and family Wellness), a member of ForbesBLK community, a human rights activist, gender advocate, and prolific writer.

She is an advocate of financially independent young women, women in leadership, women in tech, a volunteer life coach for teenage girls and identifies as a Smart Money Woman.

She has sat on the steering committee of interventions like Nigerian Women for Peace (NGWomen4Peace), SheGoverns Campaign and other interventions targeting peace, emancipation, and leadership of women in the society.

Ihuoma is an also a serial, professional volunteer who sits at the core leadership of several volunteering experiences.

Driven by her belief in the potential of young women, Ihuoma is on a mission to inspire and empower the next generation of female leaders in Africa, and hopes to raise about 200 young female leaders in Africa by 2033, who rise up to the obligations of leadership and decision making, no ifs, no buts.