Secured $12.9m (N9.9b) of foreign scholarships for Africans in 4 years. She just turned 34. (Part 2)

In your profile, you make mention of a couple of other countries aside from Nigeria – Ghana and Uganda. Do the services of Edward Consulting extend to those countries too?
Yeah, so we love all Africans. We’re pro African in this organization. And I see a lot of things that are for Africans. I see a lot of things that are called African that are not by Africans. And I wanted to say something, because I feel like sometimes those things are not in our best interest. There’s always some kind of hidden agenda. And so I just want Africans to excel. I want us to do well. I want us to have good access to knowledge. I want someone to go overseas and that might be the person that finds the cure for cancer, which is a major killer. Because now, there is no cure. Who knows, through research and acquired knowledge, what can happen in a few years. I want better for Africans. I want Africans to be in places and platforms making decisions. I don’t want us to have this inferior complex. I want us to get exposure because it’s when you get exposure that you realize that there’s no place better than home. And I think that’s also why I’m here. But there are some places where there are systems in place that work, which just makes life easier. But there are challenges in every society. There is no society that is perfect. You just have to be able to deal with the challenges you face. But then living abroad comes with bills, bills, bills, bills, bills! Then there will be some kind of discrimination and racism that you might have to deal with too. That’s just the truth. And so for me, I just want Africans to excel. I don’t want us to remain behind. You know those numbers that we are always hearing like 50% of Africans are hungry. Oh my God! I hate it. I hate it. I absolutely hate hearing things like that. So we’re here for all Africans but we’ve worked mostly with Nigerians because I’m Nigerian. Ghana loves education as well. So we have a lot of Ghanians in the house. We have a few from Uganda and Rwanda too. But for us, it’s not even about expanding. You just want to be able to reach more Africans wherever they are. And we’ve also had a few Africans in the diaspora. So we’ve had Africans that are Ethiopian and American as well. Yes, we’ve had those kinds of combinations as well. So yes, we’re just rooting for all Africans and trying to do our best to make sure everybody gets the best chance to become the best version of themselves. And I think what is so exciting for us after everything is done is when people say Bimpe, I have become a much better writer. Or, I am able to present myself better now. Because guess what? Some Africans are doing amazingly, but communication is poor, presentation is poor. So who gets the job, who gets the opportunities? The people that can best communicate don’t necessarily know what they’re doing. So, one of the services we provide is interview prep, which is for MBA. And it’s just preparing them. Like when you say, tell me about yourself, what your name is etc. How do you answer questions? How do you break them down? How do you connect it? And these things translate into their classes. And they’re like, I gave a presentation on this in school and the teacher said she liked the system that I used. Those are the kind of things that make you happy because this is something that somebody has learned that is going to continuously improve their lives. Something that will allow them to be better. So yes, we’re here to support all Africans. One more thing that I would like to add is that a lot of us suffer from a scarcity mentality where we think it’s a matter of you or I when that’s just not true. My outlook is that I passed through that door so I can open the door for more people like me to climb up. But for many people, it’s like, no, there can only be one African in this. Unfortunately, many people think like that. So I want to break that door.