Mary-Jane Nkechi Ogbu

Entrepreneur in Nigeria

Mary-Jane Nkechi Ogbu

Entrepreneur in Nigeria

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Born in May 14 1991 to Mr Pius and Mrs Sarah Ogbu who are both chefs, Nkechi MaryJane Daser is the founder of EmJay's Secret Coffee Skincare, an indigenous coffee skincare brand based in Paris for black women. She has a diploma in accounting and an undergoing Bachelor's degree in cosmetology from the University of South Brittany in Lorient France.

She is a second time founder, whose first business was Oavalze foods, the makers of Oavalze tomatoes and Oavalze coffee.

Nkechi mentors young women who are interested in entrepreneurship, and is actively involved in improving the coffee value chain for both Robusta and Arabica coffee in Nigeria.

She has trained women on coffee value chain addition skills and has worked closely with the government to continue to train and empower women.

She is an alumni of the British council accelerator program, the Flourish Africa Entrepreneurship program and the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs by the United States of America.

She is passionate about human development, her country, and the environment. She is also particular about building a female-led business and has built her business distribution channel around sharing revenue with women whom she calls beauty culturalist.

She loves reading, writing and travelling.

Nkechi is married and lives with her family and their dog and cat in Paris, France.

  • Work
    • C.E.O Oavalze Coffee
  • Education
    • Federal government college Bwari
    • Plateau state polytechnic
    • University of the people