Growing up in Nigeria, Hafsat Abiola spent her days playing hide and seek, climbing trees, and playing spy games. But it wasn’t all play: from an early age, Hafsat’s mother and father had taught her how to live. Her father, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, was a political activist and philanthropist who was imprisoned by the Nigerian junta after his presidential bid. His imprisonment triggered a wave of demonstrations led by Hafsat’s mother, Kudirat: in 1996, she was assassinated. After her mother’s death, Hafsat vowed to continue the work that she had sacrificed her life for. Two years later, her father died in prison. Hafsat channeled her immense loss into activism. Her mother had taught her to take care of others and fight for equal rights. Her father had shown her how economic equality can transform individuals’ lives and generate systematic change. Today, she continues carrying out the legacy of her parents by working to bring women into local, national, and global economic systems. She is the president of Women in Africa, an organization that supports female entrepreneurs in all 54 African nations.