Women – the driving force in West Africa’s Business Landscape The 2014 West Africa Business Woman of the Year Award Nominees represent the region’s fastest-growing business segment The CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards, Presented By Johnnie Walker Blue Label (AABLA) are heralded as Africa’s most prestigious business awards, celebrating the game-changers in the …
Nike Ogunlesi, Ruff n Tumble
Imagine starting a business when the word ‘entrepreneur’ especially ‘fashion entrepreneur’ sounded very foreign to Nigerians. That is precisely what Nike Ogunlesi, founder and CEO of Ruff n Tumble did. “I started in 1996, I was selling from the back of my car, I was selling at bazaars. Everywhere, there was a bazaar, I was there, my …