Lead Out Loud With Damatria Ntintili, The Gen-Z Changemaker Empowering Africa’s Next Generation, One Workshop at a Time
Damatria Ntintili is the kind of person who goes to a concert and leaves thinking about how to make it safer for young people. Not because she can’t switch off, but because she genuinely cares and that care has a way of showing up everywhere she goes. A student at the University of the Witwatersrand, […]
Stripped Naked, Molested by Mobs, Left Traumatized: When Nigerian “Culture” Becomes a Hunting License
Picture this: you step outside your house to buy food. Maybe you’re a student heading to class. Maybe you need to get to work so you can feed your family. Normal things. Everyday things. Then you hear them. Men. Running toward you. Before you can process what’s happening, they’ve surrounded you. Hands grabbing. Pulling. Tearing […]
12 Lessons Onobiren Is Teaching Us About Breaking Barriers, Building Empires and Never Walking Alone
The best stories about women don’t just tell you what happened. They tell you what is possible. They take the things that have been accepted for so long that nobody questions them anymore, the rules, the labels, the limits and they hold them up to the light until you can see exactly how thin they […]
Dethra Giles: The Audacity Broker Who’s Changing How the World Communicates
In a world full of confidence coaches, Dethra Giles does something different, she brokers audacity. As a strategist, culture guardian, and self-proclaimed Audacity Broker, Dethra has spent her career doing what most people avoid; walking into the hardest conversations and showing others how to do the same. Her DARE™ framework has moved through Fortune 500 […]
Redefining Beauty With Dignity: How Priscilla Kadima Is Building a Wellness Space Where Women Feel Seen and Safe
In a beauty industry often driven by trends and quick fixes, Priscilla Kadima is building something far more intentional. An approach to beauty rooted in dignity, education, and care for women’s bodies. As a beauty entrepreneur, esthetician, and cosmetic scientist, Priscilla is the founder of Halawa Pris Sugaring Spa, Nigeria’s first mobile sugaring hair removal […]
Speaking Up, Showing Up, and Not Backing Down: 7 Lessons From Onyinyechi Nwachukwu
There is a particular kind of tired that Lagos commuters know. The kind that sets in at 6am, standing in a queue that isn’t moving, watching buses that aren’t coming, calculating how late you are already going to be. Most people swallow it. They put their heads down, endure the commute, and go about their […]
Abosede George-Ogan Unveils WILAN Women’s Leadership Institute to Advance Women’s Leadership in Africa
Lagos, Nigeria | March 2026 The WILAN Women’s Leadership Institute (WWLI) has officially launched, ushering in women’s history month and marking a significant step in advancing women’s leadership development across Africa through a values-driven, formation-focused approach. The Institute was unveiled at an intimate leadership dinner in Lagos, bringing together senior women leaders, founders, creatives, professionals, […]
What Women Gain by Giving to Women: Five Stories of Mentorship and Legacy
There’s a moment most women remember with perfect clarity: the moment someone believed in them before they had anything to show for it. Maybe it was the mentor who answered an email from a stranger because something in the message felt urgent. Maybe it was the woman who made a phone call on your behalf […]
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 […]
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 […]