#LadyBossQuickFive: ”When I think of the word “entrepreneurship”, I think of a hardworking individual making sacrifices to make her dreams come true” Helena Koudou, Founder- Slayed in Braids
Helena Koudou is a 23-year-old Ivorian-American model, actress and hair braider based in New York City. Aside being a creative, she is also an undergraduate student studying Business marketing. “Slayed in Braids” is a braiding service and business that she started in 2018. In that same year, she collaborated with other creatives to create meaningful […]
‘‘Strategically Position Yourself For Opportunities To Show Your Value And You Will Be Sought After ’’- Adaeze Oreh, #CareerConversations With LLA.
Today on #CareerConversations with LLA, our muse is Public Relations Officer of the Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria in the FCT and Keffi, Nassarawa State, Adaeze Oreh. Adaeze is a member of the Governing Council of PAMO University of Medical Sciences, Port Harcourt- the first private University of Medical Sciences in Nigeria. She […]
Unicef Confirms Nigeria Ranks Second on the List of Countries With Prevalence of Child Bride Marriages In the World
The United Nations Children’s Fund says Nigeria has the second-largest number of child brides in the world, with 23 million girls and women married out as children in the country, thereby ending their educational strive. Mr Bhanu Pathak, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, stated this in Bauchi State on Saturday at […]
#LadyBossInterview: “Our company through agriculture is creating millions of jobs needed to address the over saturation in the Nigerian labour market” Lola Masha, Co-founder and Executive Director at Babban Gona Farmers Services Limited
Lola Masha is the Co-founder and Executive director at Babban Gona Farmers Services Limited, a social impact organization focused on supporting small holder farmers increase their yields 3 times above the Nigerian national average. Prior, to her joining Babban Gona, Lola was the Director for Trust and Safety at OLX Group, Country Manager at OLX […]
Ugandan Journalist, Nila Yasmin Has Won the 2019 APO Group African Women in Media Award
Ugandan Journalist, Nila Yasmin has won the 2019 APO GROUP, African Women in Media Awards, which recognises, celebrates and empowers African women journalists who support female entrepreneurship in Africa. The actress and journalist who co-founded GLIM and currently works with Media 256, (producers of CNN African Voices and Inside Africa) is a passionate advocate […]
“Build a system and structure around yourself that empowers you to make choices and decisions that impacts on you and others positively” 5 Things We Learned From Adenike Ogunlesi at LLA’s Meet and Greet 2019
As part of final activities to mark the end of this year’s Enterprise and Leadership Program, the ELP 2019 cohort visited veteran business leader and entrepreneur, Adenike Ogunlesi, Founder- Ruff n Tumble Kids. Brief Biography Adenike Ogunlesi is the Founder and Chief Responsibility Officer of Ruff ‘n’ Tumble, the foremost indigenous lifestyle brand operating to […]
Kiran Gandhi Free bled at the London Marathon to Drive a Conversation About Sexism and Period Stigma
“If there’s one way to transcend oppression, it’s to run a marathon in whatever way you want. On the marathon course, sexism can be beaten. Where the stigma of a woman’s period is irrelevant, and we can re-write the rules as we choose. Where a woman’s comfort supersedes that of the observer. “I ran with blood […]
#LLAInterview: ”Women who do great work inspire me” Ifrah Ahmed, Founder, The Ifrah Foundation
Somali-Irish activist, Ifrah Ahmed, left Mogadishu at the age of 17 after war broke out. She evaded traffickers and was granted refugee status in Ireland in 2006. Following her immigration experience, she established the United Youth of Ireland, an NGO for young immigrants. The non-governmental organization provides support to young immigrants in their business, artistic […]
Misty Copeland Proves that with Determination, the Right Guidance, and Community Support, Anything is Possible
Born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in San Pedro, California, Misty Copeland began her ballet studies at the late age of thirteen. At fifteen, she won first place in the Music Center Spotlight Awards. She studied at the San Francisco Ballet School and American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive on full scholarship and was […]
Yazidi survivor of genocide/human trafficking and nobel peace prize winner, Nadia Murad sets up fund for survivors of wartime rape
Nadia Murad was born into a farming family in Kojo, Iraq. She belongs to the Yazidi ethnic and religious minority. When she was 19 years old, the Islamic State attacked her village and killed 600 Yazidi men, including several of her family members. Murad and other young women were taken prisoner and subjected […]