Talented Women Network Africa opened a new chapter in community building for African women on Thursday, 3 July 2026, with the inaugural edition of its Beyond Talent corporate conference at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The conference was presented under TWN Circle, the network’s private membership community for high achieving African women, and brought together founders, executives and creatives for a day built around three central themes, home, work and community, marking the first of what organizers describe as a recurring monthly platform.
“Talent opens the door, but it is discipline, character and community that keep a woman in the room. Beyond Talent is our reminder that a woman’s value does not end with what she can do,” said Dr. Mrs. Amarachi Chinweoke Okuwobi, Founder and Convener of Talented Women Network Africa, in her opening remarks at the conference.
The conference forms part of TWN Circle’s broader mission to build a structured support system for African women beyond individual achievement, focused on connection, mentorship and long term community rather than a single event. Organizers described the day as intentionally designed around dialogue, not spectacle, with each session built to draw out the perspectives of accomplished women on the realities facing families, workplaces and communities across Nigeria.
Speakers at the conference included Abiola Adediran, Family Business Advisor and Executive Coach, Dr. Princess Kelechi Oghene, Founder and Group CEO of GMYT Group, and Dr. Omobolaji Mogaji, Founder and Group CEO of Rubellite Beauty. Toyin Bakare, COO and Executive Director of SAS Textiles, A panel discussion followed, featuring Mojisola Oladapo, Chief Marketing Officer of Filmhouse Group and Head of Marketing, Growth and PR at KAVA, and Minister Anny, a music minister, life coach and clothier.
The day combined a keynote address, speaker sessions, a moderated panel discussion and structured networking, a format TWN Circle has adopted to move community building beyond a single day’s programming into ongoing engagement among its members. Each session was built around one of the day’s three themes, giving speakers room to draw on their professional experience rather than personal narrative alone.
Closing the conference, Dr. Okuwobi returned to the message at the center of the day. “A woman’s value does not end with what she can do,” she said. “It extends to who she is at home, who she becomes at work, and what she gives back to her community. That is what Beyond Talent stands for, and it is what TWN Circle will keep building toward, one gathering at a time.”
TWN Circle is the private membership community of Talented Women Network Africa, built for high achieving African women to build authority, visibility and strategic relationships. Beyond Talent is TWN Circle’s corporate conference series. More information is available at community.talentedwomennetwork.com.
