An Open Letter to Early-Career Women Living with Sickle Cell and to the HR Leaders Designing the Workplace
Dear women managing chronic illness in corporate spaces, From someone who has spent years building, leading, and navigating corporate systems while living with sickle cell, your diagnosis is not your identity. You were a human being before a laboratory result carried your name. Your intellect, discipline, ambition, and capacity existed before any medical classification. Diagnosis […]
An Update From Our Founder: Closing The Curtains on #LLA100Women
Some things start as an idea. Some start as a feeling. The #LLA100 Women list started as both, a feeling that would not leave our founder Francesca Uriri alone, a quiet, insistent voice that said: the world is not seeing what you are seeing. Do something about it. So she did. In 2015, Francesca Uriri […]
I love My Mother Too Much To Repeat Her Life- An essay by Anita Damina
There is a strange kind of guilt many African women carry, even if we do not name it. It is the guilt of wanting more than our mothers had. The guilt of choosing differently. The guilt of looking at our mother’s life, loving her deeply, and still thinking, I do not want this. We are […]
Tosin Oshinowo, The Woman Who Gave 500 Displaced Families a Reason to Return Home.
In 2015, Boko Haram came to Ngarannam and left nothing standing. The small community in Mafa Local Government Area, Borno State, had been alive with the kind of ordinary richness that only makes sense when it is gone, Fulani, Kanuri, Shuwa, and Gamargu families living side by side, markets humming, homes full, children growing up […]
The Golden Six: Black Women Who Defined the 2026 Grammys
The 68th Annual Grammy Awards took place last night, February 1st 2026 and Black women showed up with undeniable excellence. It was a night where brilliance took center stage, where talent was celebrated, and where six extraordinary women reminded the world what greatness looks like. These 6 women are proof that when you stay true […]
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 […]