20 Influential African Women Entrepreneurs & Leaders in America to Watch in 2017 | The Influential List

Ladybrille Magazine is proud to unveil its third installment of its ’20 Influential African Women Entrepreneurs and Leaders in America to Watch’ list. This edition, consistent with prior ones, features women from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, and industry sectors. Nevertheless, what unites them are their powerful stories of pursuing the American dream and succeeding. Indeed, whether in …

Fred Robertson: South African investment mogul shares his worst day in business (video)

From multiple failures in business to becoming one of the hottest trading stocks on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, South African investment mogul and Executive Chairman of Brimstone Investment; Fred Robertson joins Peace Hyde as he reveals one incident which will forever stand out as his most difficult day in business. Watch the insightful and inspiring …

Video: Chinedu Echeruo shares what he’s been up to since Apple bought Hopstop for $1billion

Chinedu Echeruo, founder of Hopstop which Apple bought in 2013 for $1billion, talks with Allison Fass, executive director of Inc.com, about why he left his own tech startup to invest in West African food companies, and later returned to the U.S. He also shares brilliant insights on growing a company, creativity, business development, marketing and …

Linda Ikeji to CNN: “Facebook is my competition,” says founder of new social network

Last week, Nigerian celebrity blogger Linda Ikeji launched her own social network called ‘Linda Ikeji Social’. The launch was successfully gardening over 86,000 followers and has attracted media attention, including from CNN. Read excerpts from her CNN feature where she boldly declares to the American news network that her competition is Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook. : “(CNN)Love …