ALX Mentoring
Series 2.0
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A speaker, strategist and creative who helps individuals and organizations grow with clarity, alignment, and sustainability.

Through her RootWork technique—a wellness-centered approach to goal-setting and strategy, she supports leaders, teams, and early-career professionals in grounding their ambitions in purpose and long-term vision. Her work blends business insight with a deep commitment to personal development, helping clients navigate transitions, make values-aligned decisions, and build systems that support both performance and well-being.

From collaborating with global foundations to advising rookie athletes and creative entrepreneurs, she brings a warm, grounded, and culturally aware approach to every project. Rooted in her Nigerian heritage and committed to serving communities of colour, she also develops creative works and experiences that inspire intentional living and empowered leadership.

Seasoned and accomplished global growth, data, retention and customer experience executive. Track record in leading cross functional teams to achieve revenue, acquisition and retention targets as both internal and external member of the business.
Launched multiple digital media brands that have grown into household names from previously unknown categories.

Established first behavioural data intelligence in SVOD on the African continent (Showmax, Multichoice) under her tenure. Anna has spent over two decades leading digital brands to scale in markets.

Jahira Martins is the Director of Sales and Marketing Automation at ALX Africa and Sand Technologies, where she drives global strategy and leads the implementation of platforms like Salesforce and HubSpot to empower high-performing revenue teams.

She began her career at J.P. Morgan in New York before transitioning into the tech and startup space—joining MongoDB in its early days and later leading growth and operations at various tech startups and mission-driven organizations. Jahira is passionate about mentorship, systems thinking, and helping others build meaningful careers in tech. She’s excited to support emerging professionals as they navigate their own journeys.

Precious Zino is the Co-Founder and COO of Uri, an AI-driven social listening and lead generation tool, leveraging technology to help African businesses sell smarter. She is passionate about changing the world—starting from home—believing that a better Africa creates a better world. When she’s not running operations at Uri, she’s empowering young teenagers to navigate life with confidence, push boundaries, and refuse to settle for less. Driven by problem-solving, innovation, and leadership, she is committed to shaping Africa’s digital future and leaving every space better than she found it.

Her work has been recognized by Shecluded, and most recently, ALX Ventures as one of the Top 100 Women in Tech. She also emerged winner of the DataMellon AI Ignite pitch competition in Nigeria, and went on to represent Lagos at the continental finals in Marrakech. Beyond tech, this ex-international beauty queen loves a good read—especially African fiction—or unwinding to smooth jazz when the world gets too loud.