20 Women Entrepreneurs Transforming Abuja!
Abuja has always been a city of power but look beyond the ministries and the boardrooms, and you will find a quieter, equally consequential revolution unfolding, one built in kitchens, salons, clinics, farms, fashion houses, and hotel apartments across the capital. It is being led by women. Women who spotted gaps in the market and […]
LLA Spotlight With Cynthia Nyamai: The Journalist Who Decided Reporting Africa’s Story Was Not Enough
For more than two decades, Cynthia Nyamai has built a career at the intersection of media, leadership, communications, and influence. Widely recognized as one of Kenya’s most respected journalists and strategic communications experts, she has spent years shaping public conversations, advising leaders and institutions, and helping tell the stories that define Africa’s present and future. […]
9 Leadership Truths Marcia Ashong-Sam Is Teaching Us About Talent, Execution and What African Organisations Are Still Getting Wrong
Africa is often celebrated for its booming workforce but numbers alone have never built anything. Marcia reminds us that without leadership systems strong enough to channel all that human potential, a demographic dividend is just a demographic. The real question isn’t how many people we have. It’s who is leading them, and whether those leaders […]
Emelda Rufai: The Founder of Maison Valor On Soft Life, Intentional Living, and Why Your Bedroom Deserves Better
There is a question Emelda Rufai asked herself when she moved back to Nigeria that most people had never thought to ask: Why is it so hard to find bedding that actually feels luxurious? Not designer handbags or statement furniture for the living room, just good sheets, plush towels, the kind of bedroom that makes […]
Aïda Diouf Brings Together 17 African Women Leaders for “A Letter To My Younger Self,” a Groundbreaking New Book Inspiring Young Women Across Africa
Led by Aïda Diouf, named one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders of 2026, the “A Letter To My Younger Self” initiative is a groundbreaking publishing project in Africa, aimed at young women across the continent and its diaspora. The project takes the form of a bilingual book with a positive impact, bringing […]
Nadine Niba: On Reading the Field, Anticipating Risk, and Playing Quarterback in Your Own Career
There is a moment in Nadine Niba’s story that stays with you long after you have read it. She was exhausted. She had carried her vision for so long without seeing it take shape. She told her parents she was coming home and then, almost without warning, everything changed. That moment did not break her. […]
Lucy Wairimu: The Girl Who Took the Stairs and Is Now Sending the Elevator Down
There is a phrase Lucy Wairimu uses to describe her journey that says everything about the woman she is: “I took the stairs to get here and now I am sending the elevator down.” This statement is a declaration of purpose. Lucy Wairimu is a transformational leader with over 19 years of progressive global experience […]
Dami Watti: Building the Bridge Between Africans and the Healthcare They Deserve
There are moments in life that break you open. For Dami Watti, one of those moments happened in a hospital in the Netherlands, repeatedly stabilised, repeatedly sent home, and repeatedly told that what she was experiencing was normal. Until her organs began to deteriorate and she had to leave the country against medical advice just […]
9 Life Lessons From Jennifer Riria, The Woman Who Changed the Lives of 900,000 Women
There is a particular kind of determination that is born not in boardrooms or lecture halls but in the kind of poverty that teaches you, early and clearly, that nobody is coming to save you. Jennifer Riria learned that lesson young. She grew up the fourth child in a family of ten in rural Kenya, […]
LLA Spotlight With Faith Morey: The Founder Transforming Public Schools and Personal Presence
There is a particular kind of woman who refuses to be summarized. Who moves across industries, identities, and continents not out of restlessness, but out of a deep, unwavering sense of purpose. Faith Morey is that woman. Born and raised in Port Harcourt, Faith entered the world’s attention through the runway — Nigeria’s Next Super […]