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Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro, a materials designer, is the Founder/CEO of MitiMeth, an award-winning Materials and Artisan Studio. She innovates and designs with water hyacinth, agricultural residues and non-timber resources. MitiMeth makes eco-friendly home décor and lifestyle products with water hyacinth, banana fiber, coconut shells and bamboo. MitiMeth has been featured in a MacEwan University School of Business case study published by IVEY Publishing titled “MitiMeth: A Nigerian Social Enterprise goes Global” and in a 2018 UN Environment Programme publication on “Exploring the Potential for Adopting Alternative Materials to reduce Marine Plastic Litter”.

Achenyo is listed amongst the 2023 Leading Ladies Africa’s 100 Most Inspiring Women in Nigeria. She is a 2023 MIT Legatum Foundry Fellow, a 2017 YNaija and Leading Ladies Africa’s 100 Most Inspiring Women in Nigeria, a 2017 Vital Voices VV Lead Fellow, a 2015 Tony Elumelu Foundation Fellow, a 2014 Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow and a 2013 YouWIN Awardee. She has been featured on BBC, Deutsche Welle TV, CNN’s African Start-Up and Google Africa’s International Women’s Day Campaign. Her TED talk has over 1.9 million views.