In a world where beauty standards often feel rigid and exclusive, Courtney Adeleye is on a mission to redefine the narrative. From her beginnings as a nurse with a passion for promoting healthier lifestyles to becoming the visionary founder of a multi-million-dollar haircare empire, Adeleye’s journey is a testament to resilience, innovation, and the power of authenticity. Born and […]
Felicia Ewuraesi Abban: Ghana’s First Female Photgrapher, Capturing Ghana’s Essence Through the Lens
In the rich tapestry of Ghana’s cultural heritage, one name stands out as a pioneer, a visionary whose lens not only captured moments but also preserved history for generations to come. Felicia Ewuraesi Abban, nee Ansah, holds the esteemed title of Ghana’s first professional female photographer, a trailblazer whose passion for her craft transcended gender barriers and societal expectations. […]
Shecluded: Empowering Women Through Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
Considering that about 36% of women are financially excluded as against a mere 24% of men according to EFINA’s 2019 assessment of women’s financial inclusion, one would wonder how much the society as a whole stands to benefit if more women were financially included. The popular saying that educated women will in turn become the foundation of an informed […]
Capturing South Africa’s Apartheid Through the Lens: The Legacy of Ntate Peter Magubane
In the annals of South Africa’s tumultuous history, few individuals have borne witness to its defining moments quite like Ntate Peter Magubane. Renowned as a preeminent photojournalist, Magubane’s lens has not only documented the harrowing realities of apartheid but also intimately captured the spirit of resistance and resilience embodied by Nelson Mandela. With each click of his camera, Magubane […]
Baratang Miya: From Being Rejecting for being Pregnant to Teaching Girls Coding and Empowerment in South Africa
The list of challenges women must have faced during the apartheid season in South Africa would have been endless. It was a double edged sword – facing being owned in a man’s world to being regarded as a second fiddle, if at all – that pierced the women’s core at will. Countless women may have been denied successes just […]
Affiong Williams: Getting Funding Rejection, Expanding Dried Fruit Retailing and Empowering African Women
For any entrepreneur looking to build a formidable foundational in inspiring the next generation of agripreneurs, the challenges ahead would prove too insurmountable upon first glance. The sector is one that relies extant forces from the farmers’ farmlands to the consumers’ table. Other factors worth considering involves funding and government policies. These strigent measures pervading the Nigerian agriculture sector […]
Meet The Tech Geniuses, Surayyah Ahmad and Sanusi Ismalia, Turning Northern Nigeria Into Global Investors Paradise
A detailed look at Nigeria’s regional structures reveals development levels since the colonial days, a cursory study shows the fast rate at which the country is experiencing growth in human and capital resources. It has been described as the Giant of Africa and one of the fastest growing economies of the world at some point. The Northern part of […]
Tunji Andrews, The Nigerian Behind Raising Financial Leverage For Low-Income Earners, Giving Financial World A Rethink
Money is a tricky possession for a lot of people. It is one possession desired restlessly on end, daya and night. Whether working in the corporate sector or informal sector, people have subscribed to monetary rewards as one of the most satisfying rewards there is. It’s bargaining power turns heads, tide and conclusions in societal endeavours. In a continent […]
Higher Education, Technology, People: Nigerian Global Shaker, Gossy Nwanwoke Easing the Stress of Gaining Admission into African Universities
Higher education quest in Nigeria has become such as life-impacting phase that many seekers into the institutions of learning jostle for limited spots after writing qualifying exams in their thousands, only for aome to even find out that their choice of study interest is not available at all. This has led many to resign to whatever to study whatever […]
Nnimmo Bassey – Nigerian Environmental Activist Raising Awareness on the Eco-suicide Crimes.
Renowned and rentless environmental activist, Nnimmo Bassey, craves a world where nature is nutured and man’s incessant cruel waste disposal becomes a thing of the past in Nigeria. The Akwa Ibom native is in constant ecological battles with entities’ activities and biodegradable products dumped just about anywhere. He believes it is indeed a time to stand together to demand […]