Opekete Foundation seeks to create a world of opportunities for women and girls to prosper regardless of their starting point in life.

We believe that with access to education, financial services, and skills training, all women can be empowered for success.

Our focus is empowering young girls in Nigeria to a better life through education and financial literacy.

Mrs. Florence Bamidele Makanjuola nee Familusi (1921 - 2021) was a teacher, nurse, great grandmother and beloved matriarch. A pioneer of her generation with educational opportunity, she lived a long, eventful, and accomplished life, passing away just shy of her 100th birthday. The Opekete Foundation was the brainchild of Florence, created as a platform to formalize her lifelong support for the education of indigent girls in Imesi-Ile and her other female empowerment and philanthropic activities. The Foundation was named in honour of her beloved late father, Gilbert Familusi aka Opekete (proprietor of Opekete Shoes), a strong and enduring influence in her life whose love, guidance and memory she revered till the end of her days.