Gbemisola Abudu

Gbemisola Abudu is a Nigerian-American entrepreneur, business leader, and philanthropist known for her expertise in general management and luxury marketing. With a career spanning more than 17 years, she has worked in Nigeria, the Middle East, and the United States.

Quotes

• NBA is creating a pathway to develop more basketballers from Nigeria.
  • https://dailytrust.com/nba-committed-to-discovering-basketball-talents-in-nigeria-abudu/

• There were so many things that made me connect with him. He was this young guy who had come from high school. He just had this confidence, this assurance of who he is and who is destined to be. Kobe Bryant was it for me.
  • https://www.si.com/nba/2022/07/08/gbemisola-abudu-nba-africa-vice-president-nigeria
• The key thing has been that we have been able to reach over 200,000 children in Abuja in the past 10 years. Several of the students who have gone through the programme are now in universities in different parts of the world playing basketball. We have some doing incredible things and that is how you measure impact. You measure impact by seeing you are able to instill the skills you wanted to impact .
  • https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/06/17/exxon-mobil-nba-africa-panafricare-tip-off-season-10-of-power-forward-in-nigeria
• Joining NBA Africa as the Vice President & Country Head of Nigeria and opening the league’s office here is the opportunity of a lifetime and the culmination of all my experiences to date.
  • https://nairametrics.com/2021/12/15/nba-africa-appoints-gbemisola-abudu-as-head-of-nigeria-office/
• We have the Basketball Africa League. We have started and it’s creating a pathway for Nigerians to play if that is the path they decide to choose .
  • https://dailytrust.com/nba-committed-to-discovering-basketball-talents-in-nigeria-abudu/