Who We Are
Zuri Circle is a women’s leadership and execution ecosystem built for African women who are serious about work, wealth, and long-term influence. We sit at the intersection of community, capital access, and capability-building — creating a structured environment where ambitious women can move from intention to evidence, and from isolated effort to collective, compounding progress. We are not designed as a social club or a feel-good network. Zuri Circle operates as a disciplined platform where women are resourced, challenged, and supported to build enduring careers, businesses, and portfolios in some of the most demanding markets in the world.
Our Impact So Far
Zuri Circle is intentionally in its early build phase, but the signals are already clear. We are seeing a growing cohort of women who are not only inspired by the idea of growth, but are actively restructuring their businesses, careers, and financial lives in response to the work they do inside the Circle. Through our inaugural founder-support and grant cycles, we have channelled catalytic micro-capital into women-led enterprises and wrapped that capital in what matters most: structure. Every intervention sits inside a framework of preparation, follow-up conversations, check-ins, and operational guidance, so that support is not an isolated gesture but one instrument in a wider architecture of change. Our community now brings together hundreds of women across:
- Sectors – technology, healthcare, law, finance, consulting, development, retail, creative industries, and education
- Geographies – a strong base in Nigeria with an expanding footprint across West and Southern Africa and a growing diaspora presence in Europe and North America
- Stages – early-career professionals, mid-level operators, founders in build mode, and senior leaders who function as both participants and mentors.
What Makes Zuri Circle Distinct?
In a crowded landscape of “communities”, Zuri Circle is intentionally different in its design and standards:
- Depth over Volume: Growth is measured not only in community size, but in what women are building, shipping, and sustaining over time.
- Execution over Optics: Our programming is designed to translate directly into outcomes — new revenue lines, better roles, sharper strategies, improved resilience, and healthier systems.
- Continuity over Events: Our flagship gatherings — such as The Redefined Woman Conference and Zuri Grant Demo Day — are not stand-alone spectacles. They are anchor points in a longer arc of engagement, supported by ongoing circles, follow-up sessions, and measurable commitments.
- African, Global, and Unapologetically Serious: Our women operate across borders — physically and digitally — and we design with that complexity in mind. The tone of the ecosystem is aspirational, disciplined, and respectful of time and ambition.
The Zuri Circle Woman
The typical Zuri Circle woman is not defined solely by job title, but by posture. She is:
- ambitious and self-aware, but often carrying fatigue;
- capable, yet frequently under-resourced and over-extended;
- tired of being over-mentored and under-capitalised;
- no longer satisfied with being “the only one in the room”, but intent on changing what the room looks like and how decisions are made;
- seeking a space that respects both her complexity and her time — where conversations are honest, expectations are high, and growth is tracked, not assumed.
Zuri Circle is built to be that space.
Our Model
Zuri Circle is organised around a simple belief: ambitious women do not need more noise; they need clarity, structure, and access.
Our work rests on four reinforcing pillars:
Curated Community
We convene a deliberately small and serious cohort of women. Membership is not a mass-play; it is a curation exercise. Women are grouped in ways that reflect their stage, context, and aspiration, allowing for peer learning that is honest, relevant, and grounded in African realities. The emphasis is on depth, trust, and shared standards.
Capability & Strategic Depth
Through closed-door sessions, masterclasses, frameworks, and working groups, we focus on practical levers:
- business model refinement and market clarity;
- capital readiness and investor-facing storytelling;
- career transitions, leadership, and internal influence;
- systems, governance, and personal sustainability.
Capital & Opportunity Access
Zuri Circle is intentionally evolving into a pipeline, not just a platform. We design founder-facing initiatives such as grant demo days, founder labs, and spotlights, and cultivate relationships with capital allocators, ecosystem partners, and corporates. Early cycles have seen women gain access to catalytic micro-capital and visibility that unlocked new clients, roles, partnerships, and opportunities.
Accountability & Longitudinal Support
Our accountability structures provide a steady rhythm for review, feedback, and adjustment. Members do not simply “attend events”; they are tracked against their own commitments. Over time, this builds discipline, self-awareness, and a culture where progress is expected, not assumed.
Meet Our Leadership
Linda Obi is a business strategist and ecosystem builder working at the intersection of technology, healthcare, venture, and women’s leadership. Her experience spans operating roles, advisory work, and board-level engagements across multiple sectors and markets. At Zuri Circle, Linda is responsible for the overall architecture of the platform: how women are identified, convened, and supported; how programs are designed; and how capital and opportunity are deployed.