Women entrepreneurs and leaders at the 14th Annual Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) conference, share their views with Heart of the Matter TV on how women can step up and standout. WIMBIZ is a Nigerian non-profit organization formed in 2002 by 14 individuals (13 women and 1 man) who identified a serious …
By now, some of you may have heard about twenty seven (27) year old street hawker Olajumoke Orisaguna’s story. She was hawking bread on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria when she accidentally walked onto the set of a photo session by one of Nigeria’s renowned photographer Ty Bello and international music superstar Tinnie Tempah. That …
Africa Internet Group (“AIG”), a leading e-commerce group in Africa, and AXA, a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management, today announced a partnership whereby AXA will become the exclusive provider of insurance products and services through Jumia and other AIG online and mobile platforms in Africa. Going forward, AXA’s African insurance companies plan to …
On February 1st, 2016, after two years of failed attempts, the United States (U.S) Congress passed H.R. 2548, The Electrify Africa Act of 2015, to improve access to affordable and reliable electricity to Sub-Saharan Africa. The bill now makes its way to President Obama to sign it into law. Read the section by section summary …
The British Council has, for three years, been working on a theatre programme to stimulate innovation in theatre practice in Nigeria. The council sought to offer opportunities for professional exchange between Nigerian and British theatre makers and this birthed the Lagos Theatre Festival in 2012. This year, Lagos Theatre Festival returns bigger and better than …
The Audrey Silva Company revealed, today, plans for the world wide premiere of its highly anticipated sophomore film Suru L’ere (Patience Pays) on Friday, February 12, 2016. The film is a romantic comedy about a young man Arinze (Seun Ajayi) whose chance meeting with a beautiful woman Omosigho (Beverly Naya) causes him to explore a …
