‘Black Girl Sunscreen’, has shifted a mindset around people of color wearing sunscreen & is now Valued at $5M
Photo Credit: Instagram Black Girl Sunscreen — launched in 2016 — creates products with a focus on melanated skin (no white cast!) and thanks to a female investor, is now valued at $5M. According to esthetician Nayamka Roberts-Smith — Black Girl Sunscreen is a trusted go-to. Founded by Shontay Lundy, Black Girl Sunscreen offers one primary product […]
Suzan Mutesi is inspiring the next generation to be unapologetically themselves through her Book ‘Unapologetically Black: Afro Sisters’ & Here’s Why!
Photo Credit: Instagram Suzan Mutesi is changing the status quo for the younger generation by writing about transformational stories of personal discrimination and hardship into a book they can turn to and derive comfort from. Susan Mutesi born in Uganda, moved to Australia and since then has been working tirelessly to build her career […]
Meet 28 year old Caroline Esinam Adzogble, the Youngest Woman in Africa to Own an Accredited College – Potters International College in Ghana
Photo Credit: Instagram At 28-years-old, most individuals are adjusting to life after college or enrolling again to advance their degrees even further, but not Caroline Esinam Adzogble. As an entrepreneur and the owner of Potters International College located in Accra, Ghana, Adzogble is the youngest woman in Africa to own an accredited college, according to Black Enterprise. […]
C. Moore Media International Announces the Launch of The Future is Female Mentorship Program, Dedicated Exclusively to African Tech Female Founders
The Future is Female Program has launched to provide the under served market of African female founders of early-stage start-ups with the PR and communications insights, knowledge, and skills needed to gain visibility and grow their business. The program is aimed at African women based on the continent or in the diaspora, and are launching […]
Ada Osakwe Makes History as the First African To Address the Graduating Class at the Convocation Ceremony of Kellogg School of Management!
Photo credit: Instagram On Friday, 19th June, Ada Osakwe, award-winning food entrepreneur & investor, and Founder of The Nuli Juice Company, delivered the convocation address to the Kellogg School of Management Class of 2020. She is the first African to be given this honour and fourth black woman; following in the footsteps of outstanding Black-Americans […]
#LadyBoss Interview: “Be open minded to new ideas, Include your employees on designs and decision making and Work as a team” – Lucky Sabas, Founder, Lucky Creations
Photo Credit: Lucky Sabas Innocentia P Sabas (lucky) born in Kagera Region (located in the northwestern corner of Tanzania on the western shore of Lake Victoria, Founder Lucky Creations is one entrepreneur that is not slowing down anytime soon. Her designs have travelled wide from Tanzania to major cities in Russia, and Africa. In this […]
#LLAInterview: “Everyone believes In Gender Equality, yet It’s not as Important as other Issues, It’s Still a very Pink Issue” – Sana Afouaiz, award-winning, gender expert, women advocate, public speaker & Founder, Womenpreneur Initiative.
Photo Credit: Sana Afouai Sana Afouaiz is an award-winning, gender expert, women advocate, and public speaker on feminism and women issues. She is author of “Invisible Women of the Middle East”. She has spoken in 40 countries at universities, panel discussions and international events. In 2016, she established Womenpreneur Initiative, an organisation with a community […]
Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Bezos unveil $30M gender equality initiative
Two of the world’s wealthiest women are teaming up to roll out a $30 million initiative that will provide grants to organizations with “transformational” ideas for improving gender equality. The Equality Can’t Wait Challenge will award grants to organizations with ideas to expand women’s power and influence in the U.S. by 2030. It is part […]
Temie Giwa-Tubosun is Cartier Women’s Initiative’s 2020 Laureate!
Photo Credit: Cartier Women Temie Giwa-Tubosun the founder of Life Bank has been declared the 2020 Cartier Women’s Initiative’s Laureate for Sub-Saharan Africa, an honour which comes with a US$ 100,000 in grant. Temie changed our world with the launch of her Life Bank, which presently has saved more than 7, 000 lives. The medical […]
#CareerConversationsWithLLA: “No one becomes sought after by just doing their job description, what is the extra something you bring to the table? – Wunmi Adelusi, Financial Services Regulator, Bank Examiner – Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Photo Credit: Wunmi Adelusi Wunmi Adelusi is a qualified chartered accountant with a Bachelor from Covenant University and master’s degree (Distinction) in Accounting and Finance from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. Likewise, she has an MBA. Following the success and relevance of her research, she earned a place in the 2018 published class notes. https://network.business.leeds.ac.uk/2018-class-notes/ […]