IN SHORT

When Sandra Aguebor decided to devote her professional life to being a mechanic – the first female mechanic in Nigeria – she ignored those who ridiculed her ambition. In fact, she would go on to establish the Lady Mechanic Initiative, training more than seven hundred women to be the best mechanics in Nigeria. Ten years in, the initiative continues to grow along with the women it has empowered. “When you empower somebody, you are building the nation economically, socially, and technologically – you contribute to creating an environment where crime and social vices are reduced.”