These 6 LLA 100 Women Alumni are the PR Gurus Dominating The Communications Scene!
1. Bidemi Zakariyau Bidemi Zakariyau is the kind of woman that holds the door open for other women in the workplace to shine through her exemplary leadership. She is a problem solver, PR Guru, CEO and Founder of LSF|PR, a Lagos based full service Public Relations agency. Her company boasts of high profile clientele like […]
Improve Your Productivity with A Better Work Environment— Try these 7 Tips!
1. Organize your desk and workspace To reduce clutter and feel more organized at work, take time to develop an effective organizational system. Place files and documents in labeled folders inside your desk or another storage location in your work area. Clearly label digital files and put them in marked folders on your computer to […]
These 6 African Authors are telling African Stories like No Other!
There’s nothing quite like reading a book and feeling a sense of kin with its characters despite how relatable or bizarre the story or the character’s situation might seem. For decades now, African authors—female African authors— have continually created and captured this sense of kin in the books they write. From the streets of Lagos […]
Witty, funny, and fashionably dressed, Meet Ziwe Fumudoh, the late-night talk show host facilitating uncomfortable race conversations.
Dressed in bright glamorous colors and accessorized to the T, you can trust talk-show host, Ziwerekoru Fumudoh to make a witty political –and fashion, obviously– statement. The 30-year-old Nigerian-American has gained virality for her satirical and humorous approach to political and race conversations. Her viral success with the Showtime series, Ziwe, did not happen overnight. […]
Why the 65th GRAMMY Awards was a Historical Night for Black Women featuring Beyoncé, Tems, Viola Davis, Lizzo, Muni Long
Hosted yet again by South African comedian and former host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, Music’s biggest night, took place on Sunday, the 5th of January 2023 at the Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles. The night showed some groundbreaking performances, stand-out red-carpet fashion moments, and the most anticipated award show of the year. The […]
Trying to navigate your career? These 7 books by female professionals would help you through!
Women have had to work twice as hard to stand out and be respected in the corporate space —and it is even more so for Black women, who are at the intersection of race and gender stereotypes. Tokunboh Ishmael, co-founder of Alitheia Capital, mentioned in a recent interview her experiences with discrimination and exclusion […]
Inclusivity should be a no brainer— and these 6 black beauty influencers are making sure the beauty industry know this!
1. Jackie Aina With the tagline, ‘changing the standard of beauty, one video at a time‘, Jackie has been in the beauty industry since the early 2000s when beauty influencing was still fairly new. Being one of the few black women to usher in the new era of beauty at the time, she became the […]
These 6 Award-Winning Black Female Directors in Hollywood are Tackling Institutionalized Stereotypes with Blockbuster Storytelling!
The Academy Awards— also known as the Oscars— shocked audiences around the world with its 2023 nominations announcement. There were some quite blatant snubs to some of the best movies, actors and filmmakers of the year. The most obvious, though, were the nominations for the Best Director Award which was an all-male ensemble. This action […]
STORYTIME: The Legend of the Ashanti Queen Mother, Yaa Asantewaa
It’s the late 1800s in the Ashanti Kingdom —modern-day Ghana—, and a few years ago, there was a wide-scale arrest of the kingdom’s leadership by the British government. This arrest included the king of the Ashanti Kingdom, the Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I, his immediate relatives, and kings and chiefs of neighboring kingdoms. Now, British Governor, […]
What Mentorship Truly Means—according to these five iconic women
The conversation around female mentorship— especially for black women has become increasingly frequent in the media in recent times. One might say it’s because more women, from different fields, are speaking up on the relatively hard undertaking of finding a mentor who looks like them and has gone through similar experiences. Fortunately, this mentorship conversation […]