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Foluke Michael
Foluke Michael is a Project Management Consultant, an Author, IBM Enterprise Design Thinker and SDGs Implementer. She graduated with MSc in Project Management at the University of Salford Manchester, United Kingdom. She obtained a Certificate in Design-Led Strategy: Design Thinking For Business Strategy And Entrepreneurship from The University of Sydney, Australia.
Foluke is the CEO and Project Director of Creative Youth Community Development Initiative. She created CYIAC Corruption Busters and other anti-corruption initiatives to curb corruption through educational and creative development in children and youth. The anti-corruption educational materials were published by UNODC’ Education for Justice #SDG16 for Global Dissemination.
In 2018, Foluke won the United Nations SDG Action Award- Innovator at the Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development. She also won the University of Salford Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of her exceptional contribution to society. Her works have been published globally.
She created “Solution17 for SDGs”. The initiative has been published twice by UN as GOOD PRACTISE, and INSPIRING BREAKTHROUGH that scaled up to help galvanize the momentum for implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs Climate Action – The Publication.
She is currently leading Global Movement Against Climate Crisis, she designed ‘Solution17 Art for Climate Change’, an initiative, which has produced 34 Climate Action Enterprises on CANVAS was officially launched on September 25, 2020, by the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.
In October 2020, Foluke was recognized as the Hero of Climate Action by the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in support of #SDG13
Her latest book “The Green Entrepreneurs” was published on Amazon in 2021.
Foluke launched Naija Climate Now towards sustainable climate action. The first phase was completed in December 2021 in partnership with United Nations, German Cooperation, Italian Consulate in Lagos, British High Commission and Sterling Bank.