Olu Olufemi-White, CEO of Alami Capital, Joins NITDA and GITEX to Unveil “The LaunchPad” for Scaling Africa’s Women-Led Startups
Alami Capital, in strategic collaboration with The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), today announced the debut of The LaunchPad at GITEX Nigeria 2025, a first-of-its-kind investment and venture-building platform dedicated to scaling Africa’s most promising women-led startups. While women own 27% of businesses in Africa and contribute […]
8 Legacy Lessons from Graça Machel: Proof That One Woman Can Shake Nations
In the annals of African leadership, few stories are as remarkable as that of Graça Machel, a woman who didn’t just witness history, but rewrote it across two nations and multiple continents. Picture this: A young girl born in rural Mozambique, 17 days after her father’s death, who would grow up to become the only […]
6 toxic workplace signs
You know that feeling when you wake up Monday morning and your stomach immediately knots up at the thought of going to work? When you find yourself making excuses to avoid team meetings or checking your phone anxiously even on weekends? We’ve all been there. And it’s time we stopped normalizing toxic workplaces just because […]
Remembering Sharon Chuter: A Trailblazer for Beauty, Inclusion, and Change
Today, we celebrate the life and legacy of Sharon Chuter, a trailblazer whose vision reshaped the beauty industry and inspired a generation. From her early days in Nigeria, daring to bring global brands to her home country as a teenager, to founding UOMA Beauty, Sharon showed us what it means to dream boldly and act […]
8 Things Tara Durotoye Teaches Us About Building a Business Legacy
Tara Fela-Durotoye is more than a beauty entrepreneur. She’s a pioneer who transformed Nigeria’s makeup industry, empowered thousands of women, and set the standard for impact-driven business in Africa. She found House of Tara in the late 90s and has become a role model for entrepreneurs across the continent, Tara’s journey offers timeless lessons on […]
The Baby Lounge and Caring Africa Host Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Theme, “Stories She Carries”
In an unforgettable gathering of truth, laughter, and shared humanity, The Baby Lounge, in partnership with Caring Africa, welcomed award-winning writer and global icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for an intimate conversation themed “Stories She Carries.” The event created an atmosphere that felt less like a formal engagement and more like sitting together in her […]
Faith-Based Violence Is Not Faith. It’s Femicide: A Timeline of Religious-Based Violence in Africa
In 2011, Jostina Sangweni, a 59-year-old woman living with schizophrenia, was dragged from her home in South Africa. Her neighbors accused her of witchcraft. They beat her, tied her up, and burned her alive. Just over a decade later, in 2022, a 22-year-old Nigerian student named Deborah Samuel was stoned to death by her classmates. […]
7 Ways Vanessa Nakate is Leading Africa’s Climate Justice Movement
Ever heard of Vanessa Nakate? She is not just a climate activist, she is a fearless voice rewriting the story of Africa in the global climate movement! From standing alone with a placard in the streets of Kampala to becoming a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Vanessa’s journey shows what it means to turn passion into global […]
What Kind of Leader Are You? 7 Leadership Styles That Create Impact
Picture this: You’re 10 years old, and you hear your mother’s car pulling into the compound. The house is a mess, your younger siblings are scattered around watching TV, and you know trouble is coming. In the next five minutes, you’ve assigned tasks to your siblings and somehow transformed chaos into order before your mother […]
Can Domestic Expectations Quietly Undermine a Woman’s Leadership Potential?
What really happens when the weight of home expectations meets a woman’s leadership ambitions? Can both truly thrive side by side, or does one eventually give way? Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie once put it beautifully (and bluntly): “Gender roles are so deeply conditioned in us that we will often follow them even when they chafe […]