Motorola's new sub-Saharan regional sales manager Stephany Ogbonmwan is no stranger to overcoming failure. At the age of 25, she knows what it's like to hold on to a dream and fight for it against all odds.

At an early age, Ogbonmwan says she knew that she wanted to be involved in the telecommunications sector, specifically with mobile technology. “As a 13-year-old, I was amazed at the [mobile] technological advancement I experienced in Kuwait City, where my family moved to from Benin City in Nigeria.”