Lara Sanni

African things: Meet Tosin Lawson, the young ankara entrepreneur 0
- Entrepreneurs, Lifestyle
- January 22, 2016
Tosin Lawson is the courageous young African woman entrepreneur, who is currently making waves on the fashion accessories and design scene in Nigeria and beyond with her afrocentric label – African Things. Having been inspired after a spin abroad that exposed her to the need for quality home-spun designs, she sprang into action to fill
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5 woman entrepreneur-owned brands that revolutionized Nigeria’s Beauty Industry 0
- Companies, Entrepreneurs, Lifestyle
- December 23, 2015
Makeup and beauty business could hardly be termed as an industry some 15 years years ago in Nigeria and most of Africa. The terrain was new and sparsely populated with a lot of skepticism surrounding it. Well, what do you know! This is no longer the case and the industry even has its own ‘big
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‘Focus first on processes, data, and your mission, not funding’ – Chude Jideonwo from Development Dialogue 2015 0
- Event
- December 5, 2015
Akin Fatunke of Exxon Mobil, Ndidi Nwuneli, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Bekeme Masade, and Chude Jideonwo are some of the speakers and panelists that graced Development Dialogue 2015, a conference for social entrepreneurs and non-profits hosted by Ideation Hub in Lagos. The president, African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina was represented by the Country Director, Dr. Ousman
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They Play Too! See 14 cool selfies of leading African women entrepreneurs 0
- Entrepreneurs, Lifestyle
- November 29, 2015
These boss ladies are not your regular selfie-loving females; from board rooms to industry events, they wield and control significant power in their various entrepreneurial pursuits. But they are divas too! As you will see from these selfie photos of leading women entrepreneurs from across Africa. We present you our first lineup of ‘Divapreneurs’ –
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