As part of the 100-city tour for The Future Awards Africa’s (TFAA) 10th anniversary, the awards visited conflict zones across the North of Nigeria last week – to highlight challenges, spotlight inspiring stories and set up hubs to solve problems at scale. The delegation was led by the co-founder of TFAA, Chude Jideonwo and visited …
Over 3,000 guests joined TWEF for the 9th Annual International Financial & Leadership Summit at the JW Marriott Galleria hotel on Thursday and Friday. The event benefitted TWEF’s scholastic scholarships and programs at the Empowerment Community Center. This year’s Honorary Chairs were Houston natives Tina Knowles, a former designer and manager of Destiny’s Child and international business mogul of the House of Dereon and Executive …
10.5.15 This is it. I have one more step to the highest mountain of my year. SHE Summit 2015 kicks off tomorrow. Over 2 days, 2,000 women will fill the halls of 92Y in NYC and thousands will be tuning in on Livestream around the U.S. and world to gain significant empowerment and education from …
Estée Lauder, a cosmetic brand under Estée Lauder Companies, an American manufacturer and marketer of high-end skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care products, made its official debut in Nigeria on September 3rd, 2015. Brand representatives held a press conference at the Wheatbaker hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos to introduce the company, and its product offerings that it …
Global luxury brands, like their non-luxurious counterparts, are all determined to get a piece of the rising middle class and the wealthy Nigeria. To that end, we are seeing these brands expand their reach to diverse industry sectors, including employing marketing strategies and tactics to ensure reach. A case in point is the recent announcement …
The Chale Wote Street Art Festival, which started in 2011, is an annual platform that brings the magic of art, music and dance along the historic High Street in James Town, Accra. The activities that transpire at the event are theatre performance, graffiti, live music performance, mural painting, spoken word, exhibitions, cultural dance, et al. …