Bilikiss is the founder of Wecyclers Nigeria Limited (Wecyclers), a for-profit social enterprise that promotes 
environmental sustainability, social welfare, and community health by utilizing low-cost cargo bicycles called 
“wecycles” to provide convenient recycling services to households in densely populated low-income 
neighborhoods. Wecyclers motivates families to recycle through an SMS-based incentive program that rewards 
them with points for consistent recycling that can be converted to cell phone minutes, basic food items, and 
household goods.

Under her leadership, Wecyclers has established partnerships with Lagos State Government and the Lagos 
Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and since 2012 has registered over 27,000 households and diverted 
over 15,000 metric tons of recyclable materials from landfills into productive reuse in Nigeria. 
Bilikiss completed an MBA at the Sloan of School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, and as a student she was a Legatum Fellow at MIT’s Legatum Center for Development and 
Entrepreneurship and Vice President of the MIT Sloan Africa Business Club. Additionally, she holds an MSc. in 
Computer Science from Vanderbilt University, and a BSc. in Computer Science from Fisk University. She is a 
Carroll Wilson Fellow, an Echoing Green Fellow and a 2013 recipient of the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards.
Bilikiss is also an active public speaker, reaching audiences in Nigeria and beyond. She was recognized with the 
2018 Guardian Seven Wonder Women Award and a 2021 City of New York (CUNY) Public Health Champion 
Award. Bilikiss also published a patent during her time as a Software Engineer with IBM. 

After serving as the General Manager of the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK), Bilikiss was 
deployed as the Director-General of the Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau (LASRAB) to ensure the 
maintenance of historic, modern and credible information that meet the needs and interest of the State.
In addition to her role at LASRAB, Bilikiss was also a member of the pioneer Board of Trustees of the Lagos 
State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF). 

In January 2022, Bilikiss was appointed as the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Heineken Africa 
Foundation, an independent philanthropic foundation of the Heineken Company.

Areas of Expertise
Public Service |Social Enterprise | Recycling | Economic Opportunity | Sustainable Developmen