From the boardroom to the box office, Indra Nooyi and Priyanka Chopra weigh in on the extraordinary global communities they’ve built and the qualities that have fueled their success. Priyanka Chopra, Actress, Producer & Activist Indra Nooyi, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo Interviewer: Moira Forbes, Executive Vice President, Forbes Media; Publisher, ForbesWoman Ladybrille MagazineFounded …
During a recent town hall meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, hosted by The Obama Foundation, the 44th President of the United States urged women to be more involved in politics. “Women in particular, by the way, I want you to get more involved because men have been getting on my nerves lately,” he said. “I …
African billionaire Mo Ibrahim shares his insights on ethical leadership at the 2018 Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa program in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 15, 2018. Watch his Q &A discussion. Photo Credit: Mo Ibrahim Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based pioneer digital publication demystifying the image of Africans in the …
Betty Irabor has been a leader in the Nigerian publishing sector for over 14 years. But that journey has not been without difficulties. From humble beginnings as the daughter of a Nigerian police officer and a seamstress, Irabor had all the odds stacked against her but somehow she managed to change her narrative to become …
Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie addresses Harvard’s Class of 2018 on Class Day, May 23, 2018. A Nigerian-born writer whose work has been translated into more than 30 languages, Adichie is the author of the novels “Purple Hibiscus,” which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award; “Half of a Yellow Sun,” which …
When an athlete gets signed to a professional team, we focus on his or her skills/expertise and rarely expect to hear such athlete’s opinions on sociopolitical issues. The same holds for musicians, and other creatives. In fact, many get upset when these aforementioned personalities air their sociopolitical views. In contrast, when a famous Nigerian novelist …