Blessing Adesiyan is not your average public figure.
She’s a mother of four, a powerhouse entrepreneur, a former elite athlete, and a global leader revolutionizing the way the world thinks about care, work, and economic power.
Born in Nigeria and now working across international spaces, Blessing’s journey is rooted in resilience, brilliance, and a deep calling to transform systems for women everywhere.
With a background in chemical engineering, energy management, and business administration, she blends science with social innovation to build solutions that center care as the foundation of sustainable growth.
She is the founder and CEO of Mother Honestly Group Inc., now rebranded as The Care Gap, a modern care infrastructure company that works with employers to design practical, inclusive solutions for working families.
Under her leadership, The Care Gap has empowered thousands of caregivers and collaborated with Fortune 100 companies to rethink care benefits and workplace culture for women and parents.
Blessing is also the visionary behind Caring Africa, a pan-African nonprofit movement redefining care as a central pillar of economic and social development.
Through Caring Africa, she’s leading critical conversations around caregiving, equity, and systemic reform across the continent.
Her work and thought leadership have garnered global attention.
She has been named a New America Care Fellow and is an alumna of the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education Program.
Her impact has been spotlighted by global media, including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, TIME, Fast Company, TechCrunch, The Atlantic, and more.
Beyond boardrooms and stages, Blessing leads with lived experience, as a mother, athlete, and advocate navigating the intersection of ambition and care.
Through her platforms, she helps women unlock not just income but long-term wealth and personal power.
Her mission is to embed care into the core of business, policy, and everyday life, ensuring women no longer have to choose between success and caregiving.
Whether she’s advising multinational corporations, building tech-enabled care solutions, or championing care equity across Africa, Blessing Adesiyan continues to show up fully, with empathy, intellect, and a relentless commitment to change.
She’s not waiting for space at the table.
She’s building new ones, bold, inclusive, and centered on care.