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Annesophie Achera: Bringing African fashion to the forefront of the retail industry

Annesophie Achera is the founder and creative director of AAchera Designs, a chic African fashion brand born in Nairobi, Kenya in 2011. She created the uni... Read More...

Chioma Ogbudimkpa: On creating Redbutton and using Green Fashion to meet the SDGs goals

Ugochi Obidiegwu

Chioma Ogbudimkpa is a certified project management professional who has served in different capacities and projects across 5 countries and different industrie... Read More...

Kenim Obaigbena: on becoming a Media Mogul – woman in film

Hilda Awomolo

"I wanted to tell stories that matter". Kenim Obaigbena is a Nigerian-British-American filmmaker and entrepreneur. With a background in fine art painting, cre... Read More...

Joanna Steele: 2019, my year of return – from London to Equatorial Guinea

Joanna Steele

I was born in London in the 80s to Jamaican immigrants who arrived in the UK as young children in the 1950s. My mum studied and worked as a nurse for the NHS ... Read More...

Cynthia Jones: From Banker to Baker

Tatenda Rungisa

Cynthia Jones born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. She worked as a banker at some of the most reputable banks in Zimbabwe. She started her own business and transitioned from banker to baker.... Read More...

Dear Entrepreneur. It’s time to develop a Global Perspective

Onyi Anyado

I’ve called 2019 the year of global distinction, and I believe we are in the most exciting period in recent history. In fact, I’ve called this the era of creati... Read More...

Erika Atienza: From solo backpacking through Africa to becoming a Digital Entrepreneur

Erika Atienza

This is not a success story of a freelance solo backpacker who became a digital entrepreneur. Not a story of someone who went from nobody to become somebody. ... Read More...

MUST READ -The Misadventures of a New Entrepreneur: 5 Things They Won’t Teach You in Business School

Andrena Sawyer

So, you want to be an entrepreneur? There’s bad news and good news. The bad news is that it may not be at all like what you see on social media—the serene photo... Read More...

Adelaide Odhiambo: The experience I gained as an employee has helped me run my own business

Marie Mulli

If sitting at your desk, working on the same thing month after month year after year, chips at your soul, it can feel like Lingchi, the Chinese form of murder w... Read More...

Here’s how you can jumpstart your career and business in 2019!

Afua Osei

New year, new you right? 2019 is all about turning ideas into goals and turning concrete goals into actual results whether it’s in your career or business. H... Read More...