We love smart women and we cannot lie! There is so much to crush on when it comes to Rolake Akinkugbe that we are quite literally spoilt for choice! But we love a challenge- so we’ve come up with a 5-bumper-packaged-bullet-point-crush-list that is sure to make you crush on Rolake as well….that’s if you aren’t already! 1. Her resume: Rolake’s…
We put out a call yesterday on our instagram page for you to send us a list of women you are crushing on….we asked, you replied and we listened…so here goes! Meet the icon that is behind the popular fashion brand Iconola! Olamide Agunloye Olamide Agunloye is the creative director and founder of Iconola- which arguably is Nigeria’s first Ready…
The First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Plc., yesterday announced the appointment of Mrs. Ibukun Abiodun Awosika as its new board chairperson. This appointment makes Ibukun the first woman to assume this position since the establishment of First Bank of Nigeria in 1894. She was a non-Executive Director of the Bank before her appointment. Here are 10 things you should know about…
Humanitarian (hjʊˌmanɪˈtɛːrɪən/): A person concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare. Today is world humanitarian day and the one year anniversary of the death of Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, the doctor whose resilience and selfless sacrifice helped contain the outbreak of Ebola in Nigeria. Much has and will continue to be said about Dr Adadevoh’s courageous actions which ultimately…
This week we are seriously crushing on Uzo Orimalade, the Creative Director of Cupcake Couture and Managing Director of Uzo’s Food Labs. Now here’s a woman that really packs a punch. The only way to describe Uzo Orimalade would be intelligent and gutsy! I mean how else do you describe someone who leaves a highly lucrative job as an investment banker to…
If there is any skill a woman needs to learn it is how to make and manage the money she earns! That’s why we are SERIOUSLY CRUSHING on our #WCW today Arese Ugwu. A woman after our own heart, who has turned her life’s passion into a ministry! We LOVE IT! Arese holds an M.S.C in Economic Development from University…
IBG is all about celebrating women and each week we choose one woman as our Wednesday crush. For the longest time we’ve been crushing on Honey Ogundeyi the founder and CEO of Fashpa.com, Nigeria’s Leading Online Fashion Retailer, and here’s why….. She’s built/building a strong NIGERIAN brand In a relatively short time Fashpa.com has established itself as No1 Fashion…
I’ll be honest, Elaine Shobanjo is my cousin and one of my best friends but that has little to do with her featuring on the Inspire Series Shero’s list. I remember when, almost 7 years ago now, we were trying to come up with the name of her business. I always get a kick out of hearing people say, ‘Shomya…
It is no secret that Blessing Okagbare did millions of Nigerians and indeed Africans proud at the recently completed 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow. Blessing won gold at both 100 and 200 meter races and set the games record time of 10.85sec for the 100meter race. The first African woman to achieve such a feat. On her successful performance…
The first time I met Uche Eze Pedro was in 2010 at the lobby of Southern Sun Hotel in Ikoyi. Until then we’d been emailing back and forth and she had published my articles on Bellanaija.com. She looked decidedly different from what I was expecting. I had imagined the Editor in Chief of Bellanaija.com would turn up in Louboutin heels,…
