If you are job seeking Dr. Enibokun Orobator’s advice is valuable

Many times all job seekers need is the right advice to become the right candidate for opportunities and keep the job when they get it.  Dr Enibokun Theresa Orobator is a young African doctor, a visionary and public health enthusiast. She works as a Medical Science Liaison officer in a multi-national pharmaceutical company. She is also […]

Words of wisdom from serial entrepreneur, Eva Tito Biyela

Since she was a young girl, Eva had started opening businesses. She saw several opportunities and gaps she needed to fill. Todaym she is the founder of over 10 businesses including a travel agency, an IT and electric business. In total, Eva has a total of 26 years experience in business. Although she faced a lot of stress and went through severe […]

Ade Hassan turned her love for lingerie into a business

Ade Hassan found it difficult to find the right lingerie to match her skin tone and two years after discovering her calling Ade launched Nubian Skin . Since the launch,Nubian Skin has products in five stores in the UK, two in Portugal, 21 stores in the U.S., and can be sold through nine websites online. […]

Chineye Umenike is building an amazing brand

For a woman who has been in paid employment for about 16 years, Chinenye felt it was time to make a shift and do something on her own. She loved make up and a conversation with her sister who is a chemist cleared things up. They would create make up products that were organic organic […]

Recession forced her to start her business, now she’s on a roll

She moved from UK to South Africa during the recession and after trying unsuccessfully to get a job, Zeze Oriaikhi – Sao decided to use her time efficiently and in the process have a larger social and economic impact along the way. Now, she is the founder of Malée, a range of luxury fragrance and body […]

Asmau Ahmed’s problems led her to start Plum Perfect

Growing up, Asmau Ahmed searched for the proper skin foundation for her mother’s scars and no product came close enough to march the dark black skin tones. This was when her quest to analyse and match colours started. Years of schooling in chemical engineering and business led Ms. Ahmed to create a mobile beauty app […]

Dee Poku hosts The Other Festival to support African American Female Entrepreneurs

Women supporting women is not just a phrase! It is reality and The Other Festival is proof. Organized by Dee Poku, founder of the WIE Network, the two day event is a culmination of female panelists, workshops, vendors and musical performances. According to Dee, “Women need a community to have a voice in this society,” […]

Aieshetu Fatima Dozie : Now you see me

Last year, I was compelled to write an article entitled “Do You See Me?” upon learning of President Buhari’s demeaning statement regarding his wife’s public rebuke of him and the so-called Cabal. Standing beside Angela Merkel, arguably the most powerful woman on earth, his innate patriarchy drove him to make what many of us found to […]