Nigeria, April 22 -- Lola Adekanye is the Deputy Regional Director for Africa, Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Mrs Adekanye shares her journey from corporate law to international development, discusses how confidence, humility, and outcome-driven leadership shape her path.

PT: Can you tell us about your professional journey and how you became a CEO?

Mrs Adekanye: As one who is strongly driven by passion for what I would do professionally, I was drawn to study law after experiencing a traumatic event involving an old man being disrespected and assaulted by police officers during a road trip.

I had always enjoyed debating, reading and writing so expectedly, law seemed like the pla...