Arese Ugwu is the author of the bestselling and ground-breaking books, The Smart Money Woman and Smart Money Tribe, the financial-chick-lit novels that have taken Africa by storm. She is helping young Africans discover their power to build their future and make smarter money decisions through Smart Money Africa, a personal finance platform for the African millennial, engaging young Africans on the importance of financial literacy and the impact it has on helping them get money, keep money, and grow money.
She serves on several boards including House of Tara, and the Nigeria Higher Education Foundation as a non-executive director, and is also an associate member of WIMBIZ, serving on its planning committee since 2015. Arese also holds an MSc in Economic Development from University College London (UCL) and a BSc in Business and Management from Aston Business School, Birmingham. She is also an alumna of the of the Lagos Business School, INSEAD Abu Dhabi, and The London School of Business executive education programs.
Arese shares from a place of deep understanding from her personal life about how she transformed her own personal wealth journey and her experiences as a fabulous young women having experienced divorce and being a single mother to becoming a successful entrepreneur and wealth building expert.
Some key points she discussed are:
1. How to use your life adversities to push you through to your next level.
2. The difference between how men and women think about money.
3. The top questions women in love should be asking their men about money.
4. The kinds of conversations women need to be having about money.
5. What next steps you should implement to start building wealth today.