Fashion Enter UK’s Jennifer Sutton Named Headline Speaker at Fashions Finest Africa Conference

Fashions Finest Africa (FFA) Conference will hold its maiden edition in Lagos on Friday, 25th May 2018, at the Balmoral Convention Center, of the Federal Palace Hotel. The conference kicks off the three-day fashion event and has the theme: “Increasing Nigeria’s Participation in the Global Garment Production Industry”. Headlining the conference as a speaker will …

Women Empowerment Organization ‘Dress for Success’ Becomes Official Nonprofit Partner for First-Ever National Business Traveler Day on April 24, 2018

It has been a long time since business travel was just a man’s world. Today, there’s almost a 50 percent chance that the person across the desk negotiating an important business deal is a woman. To further its mission of empowering all women to achieve economic independence, Dress for Success announced yesterday that it is …

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Facebook launches #SheMeansBusiness to train and empower thousands of women entrepreneurs across Nigeria

Facebook today announced the launch of #SheMeansBusiness, an initiative designed to inspire and train female entrepreneurs across Nigeria to build, grow and start their own businesses. In a recent study conducted by Development Economics on behalf of Facebook, it is estimated that businesses set up by women in Nigeria over the next five years (by …

Major Banks Pledge About 1 Million Dollars to Support Arise Fashion Week Designers in New Mentorship Program

ARISE Fashion Week 2018 returns the fashion focus back to creating global fashion brands out of Africa and the diaspora with the launch of ARISE Fashion Management and Mentoring Programme ( AFMMP). This comes ahead of the official opening of the 2018 ARISE Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria over Easter at the Lagos Continental Hotel, …

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Meet the British Nigerian Author Changing Perceptions of Race and Gender Roles with Her Series of Children’s Books

Tola Okogwu is a British blogger and author of the ‘Daddy Do My Hair?’ book series for children. Launching her third book in the series ‘Kechi’s Hair Goes Every Which Way’ in May 2018, Tola wants to tackle the relationship between young black girls and their natural afro hair in a vibrant, entertaining and educational …