So you’ve just gotten this amazing job offer or promotion. You’ve been dreaming about this position for years and now you are finally there. You get the contract and hurriedly tear open the envelope. Your smile turns upside down and you mentally calculate what your monthly take home would be after tax and pensions…..not what you expected but its ok, you’ll work really…
I wanted to own my own business, have 4 kids and the perfect marriage by the time I was 30. Let’s just say it didn’t go quite as I planned. Many times we plan out our lives, create laudable goals and strive each day to fufil them….and then life happens and we don’t. I loved this article by Amy Carroll…
Single and happy? Isnt that an oxymoron? The rush to the alter is real, happiness is tied to saying I do and those who haven’t said the sacred vows are banished to the land of misery until the knight in shinning armor turns up and gives us the kiss of life that is marriage…. Marriage is a wonderful thing and…
This week we are crushing on serial entrepreneur and business tycoon Sim Shagaya Aka CEO of online retail giant konga.com. In 3 years, under Sim’s direction Konga has grown to become one of the top online shopping sites in Nigeria. But we aren’t only crushing on Mr. Shagaya’s successes, which are obviously laudable, we are also crushing on his failures.…
I am always pleasantly surprised by how much women learn when they come together. Wana Udobang and I put together the #RedefiningFinance Event in April this year. As we planned the event, we weren’t sure what to expect. All we knew was there was a dearth of personal financial planning amongst our peers and we wanted to create a platform…
Lately, I have been wondering what it means to seek God. Does seeking Him mean praying, and if it does for how long? Does it mean reading the bible? To be honest, I am still not sure what practical ways we can use to seek God. And by seeking God I don’t mean just having usual fellowship- although that is…
We love it when women stand out! Not only because of their accomplishments but because of their character! Blessing Okagbare, Africa’s fastest woman has been getting a lot of buzz lately, not just because of her medals (which are clearly very impressive) but because of her drive and focus! She shares some of what inspires her on this Nike Interview,…
We are all passionate about something. But most times passion isnt enough! How do you scale your passion to create opportunities for income? That’s what my guest vlogger Uzo Orimalade, CEO of Uzo’s Food Labs is talking about- How to turn your passion into a business. Uzo provides personal insight from her own journey as she transitioned from an investment…
2 weeks ago I published an article on how to acknowledge your own beauty. I think many women spend so much (unnecessary) time fussing and fighting about what they look like instead of embracing their true beautiful selves! I watched this video on BuzzFeed and I just had to share it. “There is no need to love your body with trepidation…”…
In recent weeks, we’ve published a 2 part article on the do’s and dont’s of the side hustle and we received great feedback. However, I think we need to take a few steps back and actually help to demystify the very early start up stages and challenges that must side hustle entrepreneurs face. Whether you’ve started a side hustle to…
