Lead out Loud With Titilope Olotu, The Gen-Z Founder Rethinking Women’s Health, One Pad at a Time
How do you stay grounded when you’re building what healthcare systems refused to? Titilope Olotu says, “remember who you’re doing it for”. A Nigerian-American biology student at UCLA and founder of PADÍ, Titilope isn’t just providing menstrual and mental health resources, she’s creating lifelines for the 22,000+ youths that medical professionals failed. Women who deserved […]
Meet Nana and Kokwe: The Duo Building Africa’s Next Global Beauty Brand
What if the next global beauty empire didn’t come from New York, Paris, or Seoul, but from Accra? Nana Amobi Chambers and Kokwe Amegavie are proving it’s possible. Before Rooted. became a brand, it was years of hands-on work, tested formulas and loyal clients who kept coming back. Before it went global, it was two […]
Dr.Kemi Dasilva Ibru: The Doctor Leading a Global Stand Against Gender-Based Violence
Some people treat medicine as a job. Dr. Kemi Dasilva-Ibru treats it as a mission, to heal, protect, and empower women and girls. As a specialist physician, public health expert, and founder of WARIF, she has spent over 25 years on the frontlines of gender-based violence, turning the pain she witnesses into action. What started […]
#LLASpotlight Meet The Women of Women Leaders Unscripted
When we created Women Leaders Unscripted, we knew we needed women who weren’t afraid to get real, women who would show up authentically, women who would inspire by being themselves and these women showed up with their whole hearts. These are the voices behind Women Leaders Unscripted. the women who shared their truth. the messy […]
She Leads Business with Ayodotun Akinfenwa- The Creative Visionary Building Africa’s Next Generation of Brand Leaders
What happens when one woman decides Africa’s creatives deserve global tools and gives them the keys? Meet Ayodotun Akinfenwa, brand strategist, trainer, author, and the first African woman to join the Canva Experts Programme. When she’s not helping global brands craft their stories, she’s teaching entrepreneurs how to design their own futures, literally. Through her […]
LLA Spotlight With Shalom Ijeoma Lloyd MBE: The Pharmaceutical Professor Building Billion-Dollar Bridges Between Africa and Global Markets.
Thank you for spending time with us today, Prof. In your words, who would you say Shalom Ijeoma Lloyd MBE is, and how would you describe what she does? I am an everyday woman who dares to believe that purpose, impact, and profit can coexist. I am a proud Nigerian and British citizen, a mother […]
Oreoluwa Atinmo, the Marketing Leader Making History With the Gino #WorldJollofFest
Some people build brands. Others make history. Oreoluwa Atinmo is doing both. From being the first female Automation Engineer at Heineken Nigeria to steering GBfoods’ marketing vision across 24 African countries, Ore has never been one to follow a script, she writes her own. And now, she’s co-writing one of the boldest chapters in Nigeria’s […]
LLA Spotlight with Osasu Igbinedion Ogwuche: The Changemaker Building Space for Women Where Barriers Run Deep
In every generation, there’s a group of women who insist on rewriting the script, no matter how heavy the pen. Ogwuche Osasu is one of them. Her work sits right in the center of policy, media, advocacy, and philanthropy, but at the heart of it all is one mission: to create space where women can […]
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 […]