Hosted by media personality Anita Erskine, author Arese Ugwu’s Smart Money Woman Book Tour will make a stop at the Vlisco Flagship Store at the Accra Mall, October 29.
The tour has already seen Ugwu, also a personal finance expert interact with young women in cities in Nigeria: Lagos, Delta and Akwa Ibom navigating financial responsibility. Aside the Accra book reading/ meet and greet, the tour will see her visit other African destinations.
About Arese Ugwu
Arese is the Founder of smartmoneyafrica.org a personal finance platform for the African millennial. As a contributor to the Guardian newspaper, the host on Guardian TV’s new personal finance show “Your Life Your Money”, and a co-host for “Analyse This” on Ndani TV, she has helped shape the new narrative on personal finance in the media.
She serves on several boards including House of Tara and the Nigeria Higher Education Foundation as a non-executive director, and is also an associate member of WIMBIZ, serving on its planning committee since 2015.
She was most recently a 2015 finalist for the Access Bank W Award for young professional of the year.
After eight years working in wealth management, Arese is now engaging young Africans on the importance of financial literacy and the impact it has on helping them get money, keep money and grow money as they drive the continent forward.
She holds an MSc in Economic Development from University College London (UCL) and a BSc in Business and Management from Aston Business School, Birmingham. She is also an alumna of the of the Lagos Business School, INSEAD Abu Dhabi and The London Business School executive education programs.
Bio credit: smartmoneyafrica.org