Maria Ebenezer

Event Staffing Expert

Maria Ebenezer is an Ex-Model and a Serial Event Staffing Entrepreneur.

She is the Founder of Emerald Green Ushering Services – Nigeria's premium event staffing agency for West Africa conferences and exhibitions, and Creator of The Event Staffing Roadmap – an online course that has helped African women start and scale their event staffing agencies.

She has currently trained over 1,600 young women across Nigeria to become professional event hostesses and hired over 100 hostesses in her agency.

Maria is a CREA Global Awards Honoree 2021, a Cherie Blair Foundation Mentee Alumna 2021 and Nigeria's 25under25 Awards Nominee 2018. She has been published in international media outlets, including Brainz Magazine, She Leads Africa, Apreneur, to mention a few.

With an educational background in Business Management & Entrepreneurship, she established Emerald Green Ushering Services in 2015, staffing West Africa conferences and exhibitions held in Nigeria for globally renowned organizations across 15 countries in Europe, Asia, America and Africa, including Global Trade Review, Global Real Estate Institute, International Data Corporation, TMT Finance, National Insurance Commission, to mention a few.

Beyond growing her businesses, Maria is passionate about ensuring that young women maximize income opportunities. She established 'The Pro Event Hostess' project in 2018 which offers free training to young women across Nigeria on how to maximize ushering job opportunities in the event staffing industry, working as event hostesses.