The STRETCH Conference 2020 begins tomorrow!
The STRETCH Conference 2020 begins tomorrow and we are super excited! Designed to give aspirational BAME (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic) professionals the tools, strategies, and inspiration needed to navigate the new world of work and access opportunities that exist today and those that will arise in the future, the STRETCH conference which will hold virtually […]
#LadyBoss- “On Failure: The key is to identify the lessons, move on with the wisdom & perspective gained and do better.” – Nkechi Alikor, Founder, Tsavorite.
Nkechi Alikor’s profile: Nkechi Alikor is an Entrepreneur and a Legal Advisory Expert with a broad transactional experience of over 11 years in Nigeria’s energy sector. She is also a Certified Capital Market Consultant registered with the Securities Exchange Commission and prior to setting up her own brand, Tsavorite, a fully home-‐grown home fragrance […]
#ImpactandCommunitySeries: “I formed Mwanamke Simama as a basic tool to improve the wellbeing of women development status in Tanzania” – Violet Kitundu, author, philanthropist and MD, Mwanamke Simama
Who is Violet Kitundu? Violet Kitundu is an entrepreneurship expert, content producer, author, philanthropist and managing director at Mwanamke Simama, an organization aiming at providing social, health and economic empowerment to women that will have an impact to their quality of life as well as co-operating and co-align with other agencies and NGO for the […]
#LadyBoss- “I see beauty as an inner essence that when nourished and cultivated, diffuses from the inside to the outside” – Dixie Lincoln-Nichols, Founder, Inside Outer Beauty market.
Dixie Lincoln-Nichols is a biological science educator and certified health & wellness practitioner. She is also the founder and CEO of Inside Outer Beauty. Market, an inclusive and diverse e-commerce and brick & mortar retailer, curating toxicant-free products to support the body inside and out. Using 6 pillars of self-care and Qigong, Dixie supports […]
#LLAInterview: “ I founded my sustainable fashion brand Maya’s Ideas in 2008 at just 8 years old” – Maya Penn, Speaker, coder, artist, activist, animator, filmmaker, and Founder/CEO, Maya’s Ideas
Maya Penn’s profile: Maya Penn is a 20 year old phenom, award-winning founder and CEO of eco-fashion brand Maya’s Ideas, 3 time TED Speaker, artist, global activist, animator, filmmaker, social entrepreneur, coder and Simon & Schuster author. She has been hand chosen by Oprah Winfrey as her youngest Supersoul 100 entrepreneur, change maker, and […]
#CareerConversations: “I am determined to play my part in teaching BAME professionals how to navigate corporate organisations, to inspire them not to give up” – Bukola Adisa, Founder Career Masterclass, and Convener STRETCH Conference.
Bukola Adisa is the founder/CEO of Career Masterclass, a platform dedicated to enabling the progression of Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) professionals in the workplace. Through webinars, live events and the annual STRETCH conference. Bukola teaches practical career tips to a varied BAME audience which has resulted in tangible career progress for the participants. She […]
#LadyBoss- “Be grateful for the little progress you make; whether people acknowledge you or not” – Emerald Chinwe Nnadi, CEO, Ochomma Construction and Tools Global Limited.
Emerald Chinwe Nnadi, is an Author, Entrepreneur and Construction foreman. As a graduate of Mass Communication from the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu, Emerald is now the CEO of Ochomma Construction and Tools Global Limited, an organization that helps supervise building projects and also deal in quality building material and tools. Scroll down […]
Meet 60-year-old Elizabeth Yamoah Ghana’s oldest BECE candidate for the 2020 batch
This year’s edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) which begun in Ghana on Monday, September 14, 2020, had among the 531, 705 candidates sitting for the final year exam in the country, student, Madam Elizabeth Yamoah, 60. Madam Elizabeth Yamoah is a student of Agona Odoben Presby Junior High School (JHS) who is […]
Florence Obi emerges UNICAL’s first female VC
Professor Florence Obi of the Faculty of Education has broken a 45-year jinx by emerging the first female Vice-Chancellor-elect of the University of Calabar, Cross River State. She emerged top after a rigorous screening exercise involving 12 other candidates. Obi will take over from Prof. Zana Akagu, whose tenure ends on November 30, 2020. The […]
Pearlena Igbokwe is now Chairman of Universal Studio Group, a division of NBCUniversal.
Pearlena Igbokwe is now Chairman of Universal Studio Group, a division of NBCUniversal. She is responsible for all aspects of creative affairs and production for NBCUniversal’s three powerhouse studios: Universal Television, Universal Content Productions (UCP), and NBCUniversal International She is the first woman of African descent to head a major U.S. television studio, this promotion makes her one of […]