Udeme Mfon-Okon is making waves with pig farming
From banking to charcoal and shea butter exportation to pig farming, Udeme Mfon-Okon went from the corporate world to owning her own business like a boss. She is a winner of the Diamond Bank Building Entrepreneur Today Award. Mrs Udeme started her business when she left the banking industry after twelve years as a manager. Mrs […]
Peace Hyde Appointed as Forbes Africa’s Head of Digital Media and Strategic Partnerships
Peace Hyde, a British-Ghanaian, television personality, business journalist and media entrepreneur, best known for her role as host of Forbes Africa ‘My Worst Day in Business’ series, has been named ‘Head of Digital Media and Strategic Partnerships’ by The ABN Group, owners of Forbes Africa and CNBC Africa. Hyde will maintain her current role as […]
BBC lists Tiwa Savage, Imafidion in 100 women list for 2017
The BBC list of 100 inspirational and innovative women for 2017 has been released and Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage and Anne-Marie Imafidon have made the list. Imafidon made the list for her role in supporting women to go into careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Imafidon founded Stemettes in 2013, a social enterprise promoting women […]
Ronke Bamisedun is an all around achiever; here’s why
From her undergraduate days in Birmingham City University to her career as a music PR where she had the opportunity to work with some of the biggest stars up till when she started her own agency, Ronke has been making things work. She started her professional life working at a Butchers Store in Lagos because […]
Toke Makinwa launches entrepreneurship grant initiative
Media personality, author, and entrepreneur, Toke Makinwa, recently launched her entrepreneurship grant initiative, On Becoming Empowered. The campaign is geared towards giving back to budding entrepreneurs who have terrific small start-up business plans, but have little or no initial capital to implement their plans. 50 candidates have already been shortlisted, but ultimately, there can only […]
Shaleen Manhire Nullens is a our woman crush for today and here’s why
You may not know her so allow us to introduce Shaleen to you. She is a Zimbabwean and the founder and CEO Conquered events . We told you that she’s woman crush, here’s why When life gives her lemons she makes delicious lemonade from it! Literally. Shaleen was born with a silver spoon […]
Gbagyichild Entertainment Founder, Lydia Idakula-Sobogun pens a moving poem on her birthday, and we are totally inspired by it
This is for the woman I was Daddy’s little girl who wished on Stars & Unicorns Who hated Institutions & failed at maths Who loved words. Written, unwritten, spoken, unspoken Who dreamed of love & lived within music notes Who danced with abandon and bathed in the rain Who grew up – aged – one […]
Nkesi Enyioha is making her dreams come true
Chef Nkesi Enyioha is the brain behind HSE Gourmet Cuisine. It had always been her dream to set up her own resturant and now she is making that dream come true. HSE Gourmet Cuisine is a food service company, offering private chef and outdoor catering services. Although she has been able to start the dream it […]
Saudi Arabia driving ban on women to be lifted
Until recently Saudi Arabian women couldn’t drive! Who would have thought? However this has changed as Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of activists. The Gulf kingdom is the only country in the world that bans women from driving. Until now, only […]
Why we love Fatima Babakura
There are so many amazing African women on the planet and we love finding out more about them. Today we introduce Fatima Babakura the founder and creative director of Timabee. Here are a few reasons we loved her at first glance. She is a studentprenuer Fatima is a 21-year-old final year student at McMaster University and the […]