I love to see women excel, it is not every woman that is in my position or the position to come to this big event, she says. - Mercy Akide

Making the transition from player to coach was really difficult, I’m not going to lie. There is not a lot of women coaching because when we’re done, we just want to have families. But because I have so much passion I want to stay in the game, I choose to give back to the young ladies.

The idea was to leave a legacy behind. We prayed and worked extremely hard in training.

We told ourselves that we were not just Nigerians but Africans and that we wanted to make the continent proud.