Soaring In Fashion and Style

Contributors
Wonuola Okoye
is an entrepreneur whose journey into entrepreneurship was born out
of a need to be thrifty. Her business was a cool vintage retailer called,
Lagos Look. The challenges of reaching customer inspired her second
business, Le Petit Marche (LPM), which was Nigeria’s premier retail
platform and she did that successful for years. She finally launched
Apaart Africa, an exotic skin leather goods brand with only N6,000,
in 2017 and they have continued to be a market leader in the leather
goods industry. Her love for start-ups inspired her to start Big me for
business strategy and advice. She started Big StartUp with the aim
of sharing business experiences, developing strategy and designing
business models so that entrepreneurs can GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST
TIME.
Tunde Owolabi
Tunde Owolabi is the creative director of Tunde Owolabi Studios, a
multidisciplinary design and photography studio based in Lagos,
Nigeria. He is a freelance artist, designer and trained photographer
from the London School of Fashion. He has worked across various
multinational brands and is leveraging those experiences running
Ethnik by Tunde Owolabi, an afrocentric brand which specializes in
the design of aso oke, a hand-woven Nigerian fabric and creates
accessories with the fabric. Tuned loves coffee, travel, great food and
extreme adventures.
Oluwatosin Olaseinde
is a chartered accountant with over 9 years of experience spanning
across accounting, audit, financial management and taxation. She is
the Founder/CEO of Money Africa, a platform that enhances financial
literacy and wealth management coaching. Prior to Money Africa,
Oluwatosin was a commercial finance manager at British American
Tobacco, providing commercial & financial advice on capital
investment and managing marketing investment budget in the 14
different markets across West Africa.
Ozinna Anumudu
is passionate about two things – fashion & branding. Having secured
a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics in The United States, she pursued
a Masters in Communication, in Paris. Thereafter, she relocated to
Nigeria and has created a niche market for herself with branding
& the Nigerian Fashion Industry in under three years. Zina recently
founded a brand management company, The Style Concierge, which
caters to creatives & businesses in the fashion & lifestyle industry.
Fatima Togbe
An accomplished media publishing specialist, Fatima Togbe has
made a name for herself as Founder of Hayati magazine, Nigeria’s
foremost fashion and lifestyle platform for the Muslimah woman.
Hayati serves as a Muslimah’s answer to the question of culturespecific
content, and its reach has since 2012 grown to include a
dedicated website, social media platforms, a yearly fashion week
(Hayati Fashion Week) and an online store (Hayati Retail Shop) to
help promote Muslimah brands seeking to fill the vacuum for stylish
modest fashion.
Tamara Ncala
is a Youtuber under TamzyTingz with a lifestyle channel that
explores her journey with alopecia areata, her passion for cooking/
baking, her love for fashion and her all round personality. She is
Master’s Student graduate in Women’s Studies (Humanities) and is
a self-proclaimed Global Citizen. She is passionate about spreading
positivity and creating awareness around various issues. Her other
hobbies include, cooking, baking and singing.
Toun Odetola
is an avid shoe lover with particular interest in African Foot Fashion.
Her growing community of fellow footwear enthusiasts @kokoofrica
are dedicated to pushing footwear design from Africa across the
globe. Let her infect you with a dose of shoe fetish on Instagram @
the.shoe.mannequin
Simisola Oladigbo
is the founder of Made in Nigeria Brands, an online platform where
she curates locally made world-class products and services. A 17-year
veteran of the media industry, Simi has worked in television and
radio, and currently runs TagTm, a media production company based
in Lagos, Nigeria. She is a fellow of the Bloomberg Media Initiative
Africa, and the Cherie Blair’s Road to Women’s Growth.
Clemas Effanga
Clemas Effanga is an award-winning designer, CEO at Clemas
Garments Company Limited, and Founder – The Mobile Tailor – a
web and mobile application designed to ease tailoring challenges for
everyday Nigerians.
Kike Ojewale
Kike Ojewale is a corporate and commercial lawyer at ACAS-Law, a
top law firm in Nigeria. She specialises in all areas of intellectual
property, media, sports and entertainment law.
Lala Tshabalala
aka Miss Curvy Lala is a body positive activist, plus size model and
social media activist.
Toyin Henry-Ajayi
is a marketing and advertising expert who loves to share insight and
experiential knowledge with marketing professionals, enthusiasts and
businesses.
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