Nigerian women have proven their grit in the areas of business and governance. Nigeria is home to some of the most successful women entrepreneurs in the world who have overcome very difficult challenges including lack of access to funding, and power outages to scale their businesses. CNBC Africa’s Didi Akinyelure sits down with some of …
United Kingdom design duo Ife’s Closet releases their second collection – An Awkward Lady inspired by Issa Rae’s New York Times bestselling memoir, ‘The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl’. The collection features 14 high fashion vintage ready to wear pieces through classic prints and fabric from slim line dresses and pencil skirts to an array …
International SOS and Control Risks talk about the importance of situational awareness • The number of women that travel abroad for business is growing year on year. • A 2015 survey of travellers found that for women: 80% worried about their personal safety while abroad, with financially motivated crimes being the most common concerns. • …
Folorunsho Alakija, black billionaire and third richest black woman in the world, according to Forbes Magazine, shares her worst day in business. The businesswoman sat with Forbes Africa’s Peace Hyde, in the TV series ‘My Worst day’, to share her story which begins from her career as a company secretary to launching one of the …
Fashion designer and philanthropist Tory Burch sat with CNN Money to discuss her fashion company and her foundation to empower women. She also discussed funding for women, access to capital being a systematic impediment for women, and how she came to embrace the word “ambition.” She says, “there is definitely sexism (in business) and that …
Under 40 CEOs, a television series owned by Familusi Akin Babajide , the founder of FAB Magazine, profiles Noble Igwe a Nigerian blogger, public relations practitioner and founder of 360 Media Group. The 30minute show takes us through Igwe’s entrepreneur journey: ideation, scaling and becoming rather established .
