4 Female Enrepreneurs who won the ELP 2022 Grant #LLASpotlight
If we could use one word to describe the Enterprise and Leadership Program(ELP) 2022, we would say it was Impactful! For the 500 participants who are entrepreneurs in Benin city, Edo state in Nigeria, to the 20 winners of the five million naira seed funding, there was an impact in great measures! ELP 2022 is […]
4 Important Lessons to learn from Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett is Hollywood royalty! And we’re not just talking about Queen Ramonda. She is the recipient of multiple awards and accolades with a series of blockbuster films on her resumé like What’s Love Got To Do With It, American Horror Story, Boyz n the Hood, Olympus has fallen, and our very own Black […]
#LLAInterview with Sharon Atang: Telling African Stories with Art
Tell us about yourself. I live, eat and breathe ART! I am the Founder and Managing Director of an Art Gallery /Creative Hub called “The Space Botswana ” in Maun. I am a Multidisciplinary Artist, Gallerist, and Filmmaker and have an Associate Degree in Creative Multimedia from Limkokwing University of Creative Arts and Technology. I […]
#LLAInterview with ELP 2022 participant: Susan Akpomera
Please tell us about yourself and your business I am Susan Akpomera, The CEO of HEALTHY DIEATRY FEATS, a health and dietary consulting company focused on helping individuals, families and organisations make healthy dietary choices. Basically, I provide healthy meal plans tailored for individuals based on their health needs, place people on health friendly […]
4 East African Recipes to try this weekend
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about East Africa? We bet it’s the wondrously diverse ecosystem of African wildlife! East African countries pull a record number of tourists from all over the world yearly because of the safaris but the cultural experience usually sears the visit in their […]
#LLAInterview Interview with ELP Participant: Zainab Zuberu Okhayole
Please tell us about yourself and your business My name is Zainab Zuberu Okhayole (edobagmaker), I’m a microbiologist, a multi-talented fashion entrepreneur and the creative brains behind Zone A Creations. ZONE A Creations is an Afrocentric brand that crafts and produces unique, high quality, affordable and Sophisticated handbags for the fashionable African lady both home […]
How to Volunteer and create impact!
The benefits of volunteering are endless! You not only get to put your mark on the world, but you also develop some skills and core competencies that make you desirable for recruiters. Volunteering is a voluntary act in which an individual or group freely donates time and labor to serve the community. Volunteering can help […]
Meet Aminata Touré, Germany’s first black minister and first politician to be featured of Vogue Germany
Aminata Touré became the first black minister of the German government when she was sworn in as the Social affairs, Youth, Family, Seniors, Integrations and Equality minister in June 2022. Born in 1992, to immigrant parents of Malian origin in the German cityof Neumünster, the Afro-German and her family grew up with the fear of […]
#LLAInterview Salamina Mosese: Sharing stories of African women through film and books
Tell us about yourself I am a proud South African woman with a passion for telling stories, discovering new things about myself and the world around me. I love the written word, reading books and travelling. I first fell in love with TV and film and all things media when I was just 13 years […]
#LLAInterview. Interview with ELP Participant: Eloho Oruah-Ureki
Please tell us about yourself and your business I am Eloho Oruah-Ureki, the founder and creative director of El-eganx. El-eganx is a fashion brand based in Benin city, Nigeria. Weproduce both traditional and contemporary outfits for women across all ages. Our mission is to make African prints global. What major challenges have you faced as […]