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Video: Watch Ivanka Trump, Judy Smith, Priscilla Chan & other powerful women leaders and CEOs speak at @FortuneMPW’s 2016 Summit

Fortune Magazine just concluded its annual Fortune’Most Powerful Women’ Summit. This year’s event was held in Laguna Niguel, California from October 17-19, 2016, and featured some really interesting conversations affecting women in business and leadership. The 2016 theme was ‘Building a Better Future,’ and participants included Apple Senior Vice President Angela Ahrendts, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative …

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Saran Kaba Jones: “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments…”

Saran Kaba Jones, Face Africa Founder, Ladybrille Woman ‘Alum’ and all around brilliant woman, has some very inspiring words to motivate you if you ever think of giving up! On October 16, 2016, Jones shared the following note on her social media pages: “This day 2 years ago, I had one of the most epic and …

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Aisha Buhari v. Muhammadu Buhari: Should a president’s wife publicly question his political judgment?

Ladybrillers, by now you must have heard and read about the public relations crisis involving Nigeria’s president Muhammad Buhari and his wife Aisha Buhari. If you haven’t, here is the short gist. A few days ago, Mrs. Buhari publicly criticized and questioned her husband’s political judgment in appointing some of the officials he has appointed …

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Michelle Obama: Chimamanda Adichie & a few others write “Thank you” notes to the First Lady

Chimamanda Adichie, in a project commissioned by The New York Times, joins Gloria Steneim, Jon Meacham, & Rashida Jones to write Thank you’ notes to Michelle Obama. Read Adichie’s note. ________________________________________ She had rhythm, a flow and swerve, hands slicing air, body weight moving from foot to foot, a beautiful rhythm. In anything else but …