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Profiled on Forbes Africa as “shaping the future of the continent,” Wofai Samuel is an International Affairs, Communications, and Trade Promotions executive with experience in designing and delivering high-impact programs, brokering agreements, managing stakeholders and implementing dialogues that have strengthened economic partnerships and influenced policy directions in the United States of America and sub-Saharan Africa. Currently residing in the United States of America - USA, Samuel served as Acting Director-General of the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce from April 2023 to October 2025, having previously joined the Chamber as Director of Communications, Government Relations, Advocacy, and Programs in August 2022. Prior, she held senior positions, including Director of Communications and External Affairs at the U.K.–Liberia Chamber of Commerce, Editor of Africa Energy & Infrastructure Magazine, and Head of Oil & Gas Communications at Foreign Investment Network. She has moderated or facilitated high-level meetings for multilateral organisations and foreign governments, including the: Belarus-Africa Forum in Minsk; African Export-Import Bank-Egypt; Internet of Things-West Africa; sub-Saharan Africa Oil & Gas Summit-Kenya; Africa Local Content Fund Initiative–Angola; Vertex Next -United Arab Emirates; African Development Bank-Côte d’Ivoire; International Produced Water Society-USA; Oil & Gas Council; Invest Africa-U.K.; Spintelligent-South Africa; Government of Rivers State–Nigeria; Global Trade Review-UK; Montgomery Afrocet Group–U.K.; Federal Ministry of Communications-Nigeria; Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board; Government of Bayelsa State–Nigeria. She served voluntarily in Leadership& Pan-African Representative Non-profit roles funded by the United States Agency for International Development-USAID including: - West Africa Alumni Representative for Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) Legacy Localisation Advisory Group - 1 of Nigeria’s Alumni Representatives at YALI Trade Show, South Africa - West Africa Alumni Representative, YALI Design Charette, Rwanda - Moderator & Communications Chair - YALI West Africa(Togo, Ghana &Nigeria) - Publicity Secretary, United States Government Exchange Alumni Association Ranked among the Top 100 Career Women in Africa, she is a member of the World Agriculture Forum Board. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology & Environmental Biology and an Advanced Diploma in HR & Organisational Management from the University of Lagos.