TOP MARITIME WOMEN IN NIGERIA
Affiong Ibanga
In May 2018, Affiong
was appointed a
member of Advisory
Board of the USA-
Nigeria Trade Council,
United States of
America (USA), where
she is expected to
provide leadership and
overall guidance and
direction in the
programmes, policy
and strategic efforts to
improve trade traffic
between the USA and
Nigeria.
M
rs. Affiong Ibanga is the Vice Chairman
of AML Bonded Terminal. She is also the
Treasurer of the African Women in
Maritime (WIMA) Nigeria and a member of the
Women's International Shipping and Trading
Association (WISTA) Nigeria. Affi has more than
18 years of experience in international trade and
operations and over 12 years in shipping and
logistics. She has many admirable qualities such
as her exceptional simplicity, humility, loyalty
and diligence at work.
In May 2018, Affiong was appointed a member of
Advisory Board of the USA-Nigeria Trade
Council, United States of America (USA), where
she is expected to provide leadership and
overall guidance and direction in the
programmes, policy and strategic efforts to
improve trade traffic between the USA and
Nigeria.
Affi is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Shipping (FCIS), and the Vice-Chairperson of
AML Bonded Terminal (Advanced Motors and
Logistics Limited), a leading freight forwarder,
export/import services, shipping agency and
bonded terminal operator. She is also the Chief
Executive Officer of AML Farms and Industries
Limited.
She holds a Master's degree in Transport
Management (MTM), Ladoke Akintola University
of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, and a Post
Graduate Diploma in Logistics (PGD) from the
same institution. She is also a graduate of Atlanta
Technical College, Atlanta Georgia, USA.
Affi belongs to several associations both
nationally and internationally, including the
Chartered Institute of Shipping (CIS), Chartered
Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Women
in Shipping and Trade Association (WISTA)
Nigeria as well as the Africa Women in Maritime
(WIMA). She is the founder and Chief Executive
Officer of A-smile Initiative and Empowerment
Foundation, (Georgia, USA and Nigeria).
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