Kemi Ajumobi 
Khadijat Abdulkadir
Founder/CEO, INGRYD & Digital African Woman
As a passionate social entrepreneur and the Founder of INGRYD Academy and Digital African Woman, Khadijat Abdulkadir is dedicated to leveraging technology to create access and opportunities in developing markets. Her commitment extends particularly to empowering women and youth in Africa and Europe, as well as advocating for diversity and inclusion in business and government.
INGRYD began with a simple but powerful vision: to make opportunities accessible to all. What started as one woman’s mission to bridge the skills gap for underserved youth has grown into a global movement — connecting people to life-changing training and businesses to job-ready tech talent. Today, they are a global partner in workforce transformation — offering advanced training, enterprise consulting, and access to job-ready, certified tech professionals. They don’t just build talent pipelines. They build futures.
Digital African Woman (DAW) is a foundation dedicated to the development and support of women-led African and Diaspora tech startups. DAW provides the opportunity for women to learn, engage and be empowered to participate actively in their respective societies while maximising the power and use of technology.
With decades of experience in the technology sector, Khadijat also founded Xerde. Her most recent start-up raised over $2,000,000 in funding, showcasing her ability to attract investment and drive innovation. She was a Special Assistant to two Inspector Generals of the Nigerian Police, where she deployed the Nigerian Police Digital Bank and Police Cooperative Platform.
Prior to launching her own businesses, she served as the Chief Technology Officer at Africa Prudential PLC. She has also held the position of Head of IT Testing and Digital Transformation at Apside Belgium.
Khadijat possess both technical and functional experience in integrating, testing, and supporting SAP R/3 and ECC 6.0, with practical knowledge of configuration across various lifecycle implementation phases.
She is a certified Advanced ISTQB and Agile Coach, and has a strong command of SDLC methodologies, including Waterfall and ASAP. Additionally, she has foundational programming skills in ABAP, C++, C#, and Python.