Amina Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, has been named as one of the most powerful women in the world by Forbes
Amina Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, has been named as one of the most powerful women in the world by Forbes. Forbes’ 2019 list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women comprises of women whom the magazine says are often referred to as the “first” and sometimes the “only” in their respected […]
#LLAInterview: ”I believe there is beauty in dissatisfaction and pushing myself to go further without setting any limits for what I can do”~ Doctor Kanayo Dike-Oduah
Kanayo Dike-Oduah is a multi-award winning, senior leader in education whose experience ranges from being a Deputy Head of Sixth Form, Head of Psychology and Lead Practitioner. She holds a degree in Psychology (BSc) from the University of Surrey; two teaching qualifications, PTTLS (Preparing to teach in the lifelong learning sector) and PGCE Post Compulsory […]
Franchesca Ramsey uses social media to highlight issues on gender, natural hair care and race
Franchesca Ramsey is a writer, actor and video blogger, based in New York. She has two YouTube channels – Chesalocs, which is dedicated to natural hair care, beauty and styling (she has long dreadlocks); and another on which she comments on social issues, including race, gender and sexual health, through sketches and pieces to camera. […]
Jasmine Shells founded five to nine to help organizations better manage and evaluate the impact of their employee engagement programs on culture, inclusion and business
Jasmine Shells is the CEO and Co-Founder of Five to Nine. Jasmine moved to Chicago after college and noticed meeting new people and finding the go-to spots in the city was hard. She found this was the same situation for most transplants and led her to create a social community for millennial professionals embarking […]
Michelle Obama donates $50,000 to further the mission of the Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance Fund in educating young women
Former FLOTUS, Michelle Obama is leading the charge to educate young women by donating more than $500,000 to the Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance Fund. Obama will use proceeds from her “Becoming” merchandise sales to further her foundation’s mission of educating girls. The education initiative was launched as “Let Girls Learn” in 2015 while the […]
Lupita Nyong’o has won the New York Circle Critics 2019 Best Actress Award for her role in Universal’s horror movie, ’Us’
Lupita Nyong’o has won the New York Circle Critics 2019 Best Actress Award for her role in Universal’s horror movie, ’Us’. The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) is an American film critic organization founded in 1935 by Wanda Hale from the New York Daily News. Its membership includes over 30 […]
#CareerConversationsWithLLA: “I have been deliberate about focusing on other interests outside of work and I think it’s important to do that. We are not only our jobs” Abiola Adekoya, MD/CEO of RMB Nigeria Stockbrokers Limited
MD/CEO of RMB Nigeria Stockbrokers, Abiola Adekoya sits with Leading Ladies Africa to discuss among other things lessons she has gleaned from the corporate world in two decades, office politics, sponsorship in the corporate space and the importance of having other interests outside of work. Abiola’s perspective on career is a game changer. Lean In! Can […]
Ethiopian Mebrahtu Freweini has won the 2019 CNN Hero of the year award
Mebrahtu Freweini has won the 2019 CNN Hero of the year award. Mebrahtu Freweini who is from Ethiopia and studied chemical engineering in the US designed and patented a reusable menstrual pad in 2005. She and her team produce 750,000 reusable pads a year at her factory in Ethiopia. Nearly 800,000 […]
South African Zozibini Tunzi has been crowned Miss Universe 2019
South African Zozibini Tunzi has been crowned Miss Universe 2019. ”Tonight a door was opened and I could not be more grateful to have been the one to have walked through it. May every little girl who witnessed this moment forever believe in the power of her dreams and may they see their […]
#LadyBossInterview: ”I started out with a small idea, today, I am doing it for the culture!”#LLA Meets Lady Boss, Lauren Napier, Founder – Lauren Napier Beauty
It began with a desire to have clean skin… Lauren Napier, our ladyboss of the week and bonafide beauty expert, skincare consultant and Founder of the Lauren Napier brand has worked with Oscar winners, music and pop icons, indie film stars, silver screen legends, a Beatle, a Bond, and an American President. To date, Lauren’s […]