#LLACareerQuestionnaire: MD, Chrysalis Co. Says She Would Love To Have A Lunch Date With Beyonce!
Nichole Onome Yembra is the Founder and Managing Director of The Chrysalis Co which houses The Chrysalis Capital, a new $15M Africa and Diaspora early stage tech fund and The Chrysalis Advisors, a strategy and investment advisory firm. Previously, she was CFO of Venture Gardens Group. There, she drove the company’s financial progress and actively […]
Former PepsiCo CEO Appointed as Board Member for Amazon
Amazon.com Inc said has on Monday May 6, appointed former PepsiCo Inc Chief Executive Officer, Indra Nooyi as a director. She is the second woman to be named to the board this month as part of the e-commerce giant’s efforts to increase diversity. The company last year adopted a new policy to boost diversity and […]
Halima Aden On Making History as the First Woman to be Featured in a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Wearing Hijab and Burkini
Somali American fashion model, Halima Aden noted for being the first woman to wear a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, where she was a semi-finalist, and who was also one of three black hijabi models featured on the cover of Vogue Arabia — the magazine’s first group hijabi cover — alongside Ikram Abdi Omar and […]
#LLACareerQuestionnaire: Country Manager at Avanti Communications Ltd. Says ‘Ruby Woo’ By MAC is Her Go To For That “Badass” Feel!
Jane Egerton-Idehen is currently the Country Manager Nigeria and Regional Sales Director West Africa at Avanti Communications Ltd. She is a telecommunications executive with over 16 years’ experience in Nigerian, Liberian and Ghanaian telecommunications markets. She holds an Engineering degree from the University of Nigeria, MBA from Warwick Business school, UK and an Executive education […]
#10Questions With The Lady Boss, Akunna Nwala-Akano, CEO- Kuku’s Hair, “Female Entrepreneurs are changing the world, building our own tables and inviting other women to join us, anyone who doesn’t like it, can get out of our way”
Akunna Nwala-Akano is a Lawyer, a chartered tax professional and a Beauty entrepreneur. She is very spirited about women looking beautiful and she does this through her companies, Kuku’s Luxury Hair Salon and Spa and Daryl Teatox, a detox tea outfit which she co-owns. As a multifaceted woman juggling multiple businesses, Akunna shares with LLA […]
Meet The 19 African-American Women Elected As Judges in Texas
The phrase “Black Girls Are Magic” had been circulating on social media for at least five years. “The idea of ‘Black Girl Magic’ in and of itself is just a celebration of the accomplishments of African-American women in various sectors within society, and typically those where we’re underrepresented, such as the judiciary here in Harris […]
#LLAInterview: “Nothing beats knowing what you were called to do” LLA Meets Temitope Olagbegi, Founder, Sixth Sense Interiors
Temitope Olagbegi needs no introduction. She is the Founder and Creative Director of Sixth Sense Ltd, an interior design and furniture company that specialises in the design, decoration and enhancement of living spaces. With over a decades experience in interior design, event management and contemporary furniture design, she has through Sixth Sense Ltd. made a […]
Meet Jehan Crump-Gibson and Ayanna Alcendor, The Two Black Attorneys Blazing a Trail in the Legal World
Attorney Jehan Crump-Gibson and Ayanna Alcendor have joined forces to create the powerhouse law firm Great Lakes Legal Group PLLC in metro Detroit. The minority women-owned law firm was launched at the beginning of 2018, and will offer one-stop-shop service to a range of clients. Crump-Gibson comes with a plethora of experience, as she has been […]
#LLAInterview: “Find whatever works for you and run with it” LLA Meets Tayo Bolodeoku, Founder- Hans and Rene
When Tayo Bolodeoku’s twin boys were diagnosed with autism, it took a while to process it. As coping mechanism, she started baking from her kitchen and would at different times have friends and family over for treats. From baking for friends and family, she founded her own Gelateria, Hans and Rene which is Nigeria’s very […]
From Baking Free Cakes for Friends to Running a Multi-Million Naira Business. Here are Key lessons We Learned from Cakes & Cream Founder, Bolaji Johnson on the BWG Show.
If you live in Lagos, Nigeria, there is a high possibility that you’ve eaten a Cakes and Cream cake at one point or another. Have you ever wondered who founded the outfit that churns out those scrumptious cakes? Bolaji Johnson is the founder of Cakes and Cream. She started baking cakes while in the University […]