Nonye Umahi is the Managing Consultant of Cuanu Consult Ltd; a firm for Training,
Recruitment and Consultancy services. As an Entrepreneur she has trained Medical
Laboratory Scientists, SMEs, Youth and Women groups on Entrepreneurship, however
much emphasis has been on the Entrepreneurial opportunities in the Medical Diagnostic
Industry and the health sector at large.

She is a graduate of Medical Laboratory Science from University of Nigeria. Since
graduation, she has worked in SPDC IA Hospital, NLNG Hospital and General Hospital
Eleme. She has also worked as a Site Head in an ISO accredited Laboratory, Quality
Assurance Executive in a HMO and a Country Product Manager-Medical Devices in an ISO
certified Conglomerate.

She is an OSHA certified Safety Supervisor and was trained by the Nigeria
Directorate of Employment amongst others. She has been trained by The Centre for
Disease Control(CDC), Sanders Laboratories and American Society for Microbiology on
Medical Laboratory ISO 15189 Standards, Biosecurity, Biorisk management, Biosafety
and Infection Control. She is versed in Medical Laboratory Accreditation according to
ISO 15189.

She is also a certified Human Resource Manager, Customer Service Professional, Logistics
& Supply professional, CBN Financial Literacy trainer and Enterprise development trainer
for the Federal Government CBN/NIRSAL MFB AGSMEIS. She sits on the board of
Lady Ibiam Secondary School Enugu and is a member of the National Committee on
Evangelization of the Catholic Women Organization Nigeria(CWON).

She consulted for the World Health Organization on the First National Essential
Diagnostic List Development for Nigeria which was the first in Africa. Nonye has been
accredited a Business Development Service Provider by the Enterprise Development
Centre of Pan Atlantic University, Lekki; and licensed by the Federal Government to
practice as such. She is a Cherie Blair Foundation Mentor Alumnus and one of the Goldman
Sachs 10,000 Women. Nonye went through the Inaugural Entrepreneurship in Emerging
Economies programme conducted by the Harvard Business School and was trained by the
International Telecommunication Union on Management Skills for Women Entrepreneurs
in Tech, Digital Revolution and ICT Policy Planning for Good Governance .
She is certified in Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation – A WHO,
WIPO, WTO Executive Course on The Intersections between Public Health, Intellectual
Property and Trade. She went on further to represent Nigeria at a Trade and Public
Health Workshop, with a Special Focus on Pandemic Preparedness and Response organized
by the World Trade Organization. Nonye has been certified on AI and by UNIDO on
Gender Lens Investing.

Nonye belongs to the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria(MLSCN), Association
of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria(AMLSN) where she is a Fellow, Association
of Female Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria(AFMLSN), Guild of Medical
Laboratory Directors (GMLD), African Women Entrepreneurship Programme(AWEP),
African Society of Laboratory Medcine(ASLM), Nigeria Biological Safety
Association(NiBSA) and American Society for Microbiology(ASM) .She has organized good
number of workshops and consulted for Startups and Health Facilities. Nonye has trained
over 500 MSME Owners. Her specialties are Medical Laboratory Quality Management
System, Health Entrepreneurship, Business Development Service, Management,
Recruitment and Training. She is married with Children and a Soprano Soloist.