Ijeamaka Okonkwo-Alao

Ijeamaka Okonkwo-Alao founded Nexus Africa Limited to bring the discipline of donor-grade procurement governance to institutions across Africa. Over more than twelve years, she has led procurement functions across Nigerian civil society, USAID multi-country programmes, banking, and development consultancy — managing donor-funded portfolios exceeding $20 million annually and delivering more than $3.6 million in documented cost savings, with a 95% compliance track record across seven consecutive years and zero audit failures.

Her work spans open contracting reform, procurement digitalisation, judicial system modernisation, and capacity building for public procurement institutions. She holds the World Bank Certificates in Public Procurement (with Distinction) and Contract Management, is completing the CIPS Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply, and is progressing toward MCIPS. She is a European Commission Registered Expert and a GFA Consulting Group Expert Consultant.

• WCPC 2026 Keynote
  Keynote speaker, World Cities Procurement Congress (WCPC) 2026, South Africa — "Supplier Partnerships That Perform"
• AIT Weekend Interview
  Featured expert, AIT Weekend interview on Digital Courts in Nigeria (2026)
• Trailblazer Monday
  Trailblazer Monday series on LinkedIn, celebrating women in procurement
• Founder, Nigeria Procurement Summit
  Founder of the Nigeria Procurement Summit (NPS), the pan-African convening now scheduled for 2027

Nexus Africa Limited was founded on a simple observation: African institutions need procurement systems that can withstand donor audits, government scrutiny, and public accountability — not templated advice imported from elsewhere. Nexus brings advisory, training, and convening under one roof, with the practitioner rigour that comes from doing the work at scale.