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'''Myma Adwowa Belo-Osagie''', is a Managing Partner at ''Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie'' law firm in [[Lagos]], Nigeria. She is a graduate of the University of Ghana as well as the Harvard Law School.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Akinmurele |first1=Lolade |title=Myma Belo-Osagie elected AAAS honorary member |url=https://www.businessdayonline.com/morecompanies/article/myma-belo-osagie-elected-aaas-honorary-member/ |accessdate=13 July 2018 |agency=Business Day |date=24 April 2018}}</ref><ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=45719877&privcapId=35854150</ref> |
'''Myma Adwowa Belo-Osagie''', is a Managing Partner at ''Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie'' law firm in [[Lagos]], Nigeria. She is a graduate of the University of Ghana as well as the Harvard Law School.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Akinmurele |first1=Lolade |title=Myma Belo-Osagie elected AAAS honorary member |url=https://www.businessdayonline.com/morecompanies/article/myma-belo-osagie-elected-aaas-honorary-member/ |accessdate=13 July 2018 |agency=Business Day |date=24 April 2018}}</ref><ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=45719877&privcapId=35854150</ref> <br> She serves on the Global Advisory Council of the Office of President of Harvard University, and she is also a member of the Harvard University Center for African Studies Africa Advisory Board. |
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Dr. Myma Belo-Osagie LL.B, BL, LL.M, SJD | |
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| Born | March 11, 1954 |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Legal Practitioner |
| Spouse | Hakeem Belo-Osagie |
| Children | Yasmin Belo-Osagie |
| Website | Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie |
Myma Adwowa Belo-Osagie, is a Managing Partner at Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie law firm in Lagos, Nigeria. She is a graduate of the University of Ghana as well as the Harvard Law School.[1][2]
She serves on the Global Advisory Council of the Office of President of Harvard University, and she is also a member of the Harvard University Center for African Studies Africa Advisory Board.
Education
Myma Belo-Osagie graduated with a LL.B degree from the University of Ghana in 1975 and proceeded to the Ghana School of Law and was called to bar in 1977. She graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1978 with an LL.M degree and passed the Nigerian Law School exam in 1984 granting her the right to practice Nigeria as well as Ghana. She graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1985 with an SJD degree.[3]
Career
She started off her career as an Assistant at the Accra High Court Registry, Ghana in 1973. While on her doctoral program, she was a Research Assistant to the Head of International Legal Studies, Dean David Smith. In 1985, she became an Associate AY the Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie law firm and then a partner in 1986, a position she has held till date.[4]
Personal Life
Myma Belo-Osagie is married to Hakeem Belo-Osagie and they have four children together including Yasmin Belo-Osagie. She is of Ghanian descent.
Awards & Recognitions
Belo-Osagie was elected an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in April 2018.[5]
The Harvard Business School’s Africa Business Club and the Center for African Studies co-hosts the Hakeem & Myma Belo-Osagie Distinguished African Business and Entrepreneurship Lecture Series annually since 2015.[6][7]
References
- ^ Akinmurele, Lolade (24 April 2018). "Myma Belo-Osagie elected AAAS honorary member". Business Day. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=45719877&privcapId=35854150
- ^ http://www.uubo.org/people/myma-belo-osagie/
- ^ Editor (15 April 2017). "Women gather to break-off life and business limitations at GPS 2017". The Guardian Nigeria. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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- ^ DeBenedictis, Julia E. (30 October 2015). "Nigerian Billionaire Discusses Business Success". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Powell, Alvin (2 November 2015). "The path to profits in Africa Continent's richest man describes how business can succeed there despite obstacles". The Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 13 July 2018.