Anne-Marie Osawemwenze Ore-Ofe Imafidon (pronounced: , ; is a British-Nigerian social entrepreneur and computer scientist. She founded and became CEO of Stemettes in 2013, a social enterprise promoting women in STEM careers. In June 2022, she was announced as the 2022–2023 President of the British Science Association.
Early life and education
Imafidon obtained a masters degree in mathematics and computing science from the University of Oxford.
Stemettes and entrepreneurship
Imafidon is the founder and CEO of Stemettes, a social initiative promoting women in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) careers.
Other work
In 2019, Imafidon hosted the Women Tech Charge podcast for The Evening Standard, where she conducted interviews with tech figures such as Jack Dorsey, and other celebrities such as Rachel Riley, and Lewis Hamilton.
She is a trustee of the Institute for the Future of Work, which researches ways to improve work and working lives.
In September 2021, Imafidon co-hosted a special episode of Channel 4's Countdown – broadcast for the channel's Black to Front Day campaign as arithmetician. She reprised the role later that year — standing in on 60 episodes for Rachel Riley while she was on maternity leave;
In December 2022, Imafidon guest-edited BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
In 2022, she was announced by the British Science Association as that organisation's president for the year 2022-3.
In June 2023, Imafidon was interviewed by Jim Al-Khalili for The Life Scientific podcast, discussing diversity and equality in science, recorded at the Cheltenham Arts Festival.
Recognition
Imafidon was awarded an MBE in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to young women and the STEM sector. She was listed as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2017. In 2020, she was given a Suffrage Science award by the London Institute of Medical Sciences. She is an Honorary Fellow at Keble College, Oxford.
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1990 births
Living people
Mental calculators
English people of Nigerian descent
People from Barking, London
People educated at St Joseph's Convent School
Place of birth missing (living people) Members of the Order of the British Empire Honorary Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Female Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Alumni of the University of Oxford British women computer scientists Science communicators