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Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin
Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin (Born Abisoye Abosede Ajayi on 19 May, 1985) is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and the Managing Director, of Pearls Africa Youth Foundation (P.A.Y.F), as well as a Girl-Child advocate in Nigeria. She is a prominent female figure in the Nigerian Tech space where she has over 10 years experience. She is the Lead Co-Ordinator of Girls Coding, an initiative for empowering girls from marginalized communities with computer programming skills.

Early Life and Education
Abisoye was born on the 19th of May,1985 in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria to Chief Ajayi. She had her primary education at the ............ and her secondary education at Federal Girls College (F.G.C), Akure. She had her tertiary education, at the University of Lagos, Akoka where she bagged a B.Sc in Business Administration. She is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer and Oracle Database Administrator.

Career
She started work at EDP Audit and Security Associates, IT-Audit Firm in Lagos for 7 years.

Awards and Recognition
Abisoye has won many awards, including;

Appointments

 * Member, Nigerian Economic Summit Group, Science and Technology Policy Commission.
 * Ashoka Youth Champion and Honorary Citizen of Pensacola, Florida.
 * Member, UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development.
 * YALI Network Member
 * Participant, US government, International Visitors Leadership Program