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Better Than Nigeria: 60+ Under 60 Female Archievers
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<strong>Glamsquad</strong> Girl’s Fashion<br />
Guide: How to Wear Pants<br />
T<br />
hey are not your usual suspects: the list we<br />
compiled of 60+ Nigerian female achievers<br />
was a list of people who were not always in<br />
your face. As a matter of fact, I had not heard<br />
of many but their compelling achievements made it<br />
imperative for them to be included.<br />
Why did we compile this list? As Nigeria marked<br />
it’s 61st independence, with so little to show for it, in<br />
terms of development and infrastructure, we felt that<br />
the individual achievements of many Nigerians is an<br />
indication that the Nigerian is not the problem with<br />
Nigeria.<br />
The problem with Nigeria is the collection of<br />
individuals selected to run the country. In other<br />
words, the problem with the sick nation Nigeria, is its<br />
leadership.<br />
Successive election/selection of leaders who lack<br />
vision have brought the country to this state of near<br />
failure. Yet, while the country lies comatose, Nigerians<br />
all over the world are doing exploits; garnering<br />
accolades.<br />
We decided to focus on just women and, then,<br />
narrow the list to women under 60 years.<br />
Nigeria gained its independence about the time<br />
these women were born. While they have all gone on<br />
to do remarkably well, Nigeria, born around the same<br />
time with them, is still struggling to feed itself.<br />
Robbed of all its resources and potential, Nigeria<br />
is a sorry case. Who will rescue it? It’s a million dollar<br />
question; the answer is blowing in the wind!<br />
See our list of 60+ under 60 female Nigerian<br />
archievers who have done better than Nigeria.<br />
See pp 8.<br />
Our fashion pages feature the latest trends and how<br />
to do the Boss Lady!<br />
As part of our partnership with the Aberdeen<br />
Fashion Week, we have featured Vadanna, a talented<br />
designer from Singapore. Hear her vision. See her<br />
collection.<br />
Enjoy the package!<br />
See you next time!<br />
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Corporate<br />
Looks<br />
Decoded<br />
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FASHION<br />
<strong>Glamsquad</strong> Girl’s<br />
Fashion Guide:<br />
How to<br />
Wear<br />
Pants<br />
Word By Glory Uyi<br />
Hello Glam lovers, today<br />
we will be talking about pants,<br />
pants – pants! Gone are the<br />
days when ladies were stereotyped<br />
to skirts – long done are those days.<br />
Today, the different exciting array<br />
of pant options available in the<br />
market has given women the ray<br />
of hope to dress for any occasion<br />
without getting a wrong perception.<br />
In this article, yours truly will guide<br />
you on the most popular pants<br />
options you should consider and<br />
how to wear them right. I will also be<br />
giving a little something extra on the<br />
type of shoes – and tops you should<br />
rock these pants with.<br />
I am such a guardian angel –<br />
right? Oh yeah, I know. Let’s not<br />
waste words; I know you are all<br />
sizzling to go on with it, as I am.<br />
So, for this piece, I have picked<br />
my top 6 favourite pants – out of the<br />
one zillion of them we have in the<br />
market these days. Trust me when I<br />
say this is one for the girls, enjoy!<br />
Palazzo Pants<br />
Palazzo pants have been around<br />
forever and it is loved by women<br />
of all ages, sizes, and shapes. It is<br />
the direct opposite of skinny jeans<br />
because it is flared from the waist<br />
down to the tip.<br />
It is often made from beautiful<br />
fabrics and prints that give ladies<br />
a rhythmic movement which we<br />
all love. What to wear it with? Wear<br />
fitted tops to contrast the pants<br />
and I love it with hills – although the<br />
palazzo covers the shoes anyways.<br />
Boot Cut Pants<br />
There was a time when boot cuts were the<br />
real deal, they are not as popular as they<br />
used to be but are still in good demand<br />
– and highly fashionable. The pants are<br />
taped at the knee area before they flare<br />
out freely. For tops, it is best to go for a<br />
cropped top or bomber jacket.<br />
These pants were naturally designed<br />
to accommodate boots – hence the<br />
name. So, you should wear it with a<br />
boot, pointed pumps, or high-hilled<br />
sandals.<br />
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FASHION<br />
Tapered Pants<br />
A Tapered pant is somewhere between<br />
a straight cut and skinny pants. It has a<br />
normal fitting from the waist down to the<br />
thighs but gets narrower from the thighs<br />
towards the ankle. I can see the smile on<br />
your face, you know what I mean, right?<br />
They are also called Peg legged pants<br />
and are best when paired with a satin<br />
top – not longer than the waistline; and a<br />
good pair of strappy sandals. Since the<br />
narrow feature emphasizes the ankle,<br />
make sure your footwear is capable of<br />
turning heads.<br />
Straight Cut Pants<br />
Not my personal favourite, but I can assure you that<br />
this style of pants will flatter your body type – because<br />
it looks good on everyone. It is a straight-down type of<br />
pants – straight cut right from the waist to the ankles.<br />
The best shoes for this type of pants are shoes with heels.<br />
You can decide to wear ankle books or sky-high stilettos.<br />
However, if you have long legs to die for, feel free to<br />
wear ballet flats or any beautiful sandals. Any top will do!<br />
High-<br />
Waisted<br />
Pants<br />
As the name rightly implies,<br />
these are not the regular<br />
patterns of pants and they<br />
have their waistline that<br />
begins from the top of the<br />
navel. They broke into the<br />
fashion trend a few years ago<br />
and do not look like they are<br />
dying down anytime soon.<br />
The interesting aspect about<br />
them is that they can be<br />
skinny or flared at the bottom.<br />
It can also be used with a<br />
corporate or casual outfit.<br />
Throw in a turtle neck and<br />
blazer for a corporate look<br />
and sheer or lace camisole<br />
for a casual blend. The show<br />
can be from high heel to flat,<br />
the choice depends solely on<br />
you.<br />
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FASHION<br />
Corporate<br />
Decoded<br />
Words By Amenna Daayo<br />
In this article, we will highlight what<br />
constitutes corporate looks and also illustrate<br />
(with images) the right clothing items and<br />
accessories need to own the office dress<br />
code.<br />
I cannot say this enough, because it is so<br />
true – times are changing! When you talk of<br />
women’s corporate looks in the past only one<br />
thing comes to mind – a woman in a suit! A<br />
long-shirt suit for that matter!<br />
Thank goodness those days are long gone<br />
and today, there is a new definition of what a<br />
corporate look for a lady should be. in fact,<br />
until a few decades ago, pants weren’t even<br />
accepted as corporate attire for women.<br />
Today, things are completely different and<br />
ladies now have the time and freedom to<br />
experiment with their corporate looks. Unlike<br />
before, there is now more flexibility to play<br />
around with fashion pieces and still achieve<br />
that great corporate look you truly crave!<br />
Let’s move on to decode corporate looks<br />
and highlight what it takes to own the office<br />
space as the super fashionista that you are –<br />
yes, a super corporate fashionista!<br />
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naomi<br />
campbell<br />
clutch<br />
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FASHION<br />
Looks<br />
Rules for<br />
the Perfect<br />
Corporate<br />
Outfit/Look<br />
Trouser<br />
handbag<br />
blazers<br />
No Room for Sloppiness:<br />
A corporate outfit must be tailored<br />
to perfection. You cannot afford to<br />
have an oversize piece – except<br />
cause it is part of the fashion<br />
concept.<br />
It Must Be Respectful: Before<br />
your corporate outfit can command<br />
respect, it must first be respectful in<br />
itself. You should be conservative<br />
of some sort actually if you want to<br />
spot a corporate outfit.<br />
Create a Balance: Make sure<br />
you balance the outfit with the right<br />
attitude and approach and stick to<br />
only one statement piece, rather<br />
than trying to have a little bit of<br />
everything.<br />
Always Pay Attention to<br />
Detail: Your corporate outfit<br />
should be well pressed and devoid<br />
of any stains or dents. If it has one<br />
thing someone can point out to<br />
correct, then the entire outfit and<br />
purpose are ruined.<br />
Use the Right Colours:<br />
Always make sure that the colours<br />
are appropriate for the outfit and for<br />
the occasion. When in doubt, obey<br />
the golden rule by sticking to a white<br />
or black outfit – you can never go<br />
wrong with this.<br />
Wear the Right Shoes: What<br />
is a good corporate outfit without<br />
the right type of shoes? You should<br />
always wear closed-toe shoes and<br />
resist the temptation to wear slippers<br />
or open-toe shoes.<br />
black shoe<br />
jumpsuit<br />
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Vandana<br />
Evanna<br />
Vandana Evanna, the founder and designer<br />
of Evanna Fashions House in Singapore, has<br />
been honored by Worldwide Branding for her<br />
passion, leadership, and brilliance in fashion<br />
merchandising and design.<br />
Ms. Vandana got a Bachelor of Arts in fashion<br />
design and an advanced diploma in fashion<br />
marketing to prepare for her work.<br />
After launching her company in 2011, She<br />
participated in a few exhibitions, trade shows<br />
and organized 15 fashion shows in Singapore,<br />
and joined a few International fashion weeks,<br />
such as - “Miami Fashion Week”, “Mercedes<br />
fashion week Australia” and World Fashion<br />
Week in Malaysia. “Asia lifestyle week” and<br />
“Jaipur couture show” in India.<br />
She is featured in various interviews and<br />
fashion articles in <strong>Magazine</strong>s, Newspapers<br />
and TV channels in Singapore,Malaysia, India,<br />
USA & UK.<br />
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About Collection<br />
Agragrami was born from her<br />
articulation of edgy fashion sense<br />
and versatile designs. Her fashion<br />
label derived from the word<br />
“Agragrami’’ True to its meaning<br />
“Avant-garde” experimental or<br />
innovative.<br />
Vandana endorses this philosophy<br />
in all her collections. Agragrami<br />
is an original contemporary<br />
label, which reflects the spirit of<br />
its thrill-seeking, fun loving and<br />
adventurous founder. She focuses<br />
on balancing classic tailoring with<br />
an edgy use of silhouettes and<br />
colors, with classic details. She<br />
has constantly been inspired by<br />
paintings and art of different artists.<br />
The challenge of truly flattering<br />
the body remains integral to her<br />
take on contemporary fashion. Pin<br />
tucks, pleats and strong patterns<br />
dominate the collection and colors<br />
are metallic grey, brown, orange<br />
and black. Each outfit of this<br />
collection has a unique story and<br />
way of sustaining the livelihood of<br />
women artisans who worked for it.<br />
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A GLAMSQUAD C<br />
OF NIGERIA’S YO<br />
INTERVIEW<br />
REPORTAGE<br />
Words By:<br />
Gift Adene, Adeleye Kunle, Harry Choms,<br />
Ngere Ikenna, Kaybeewrites & Oma Damians<br />
As Nigeria marks her 61st Independence<br />
anniversary, Glam Squad <strong>Magazine</strong> is out to<br />
celebrate 60+ FEMALE under 60 achievers.<br />
Entrepreneurs, journalists, activists, scientists, socialites<br />
and entertainers who give everyone reason to hope<br />
that the future of Nigeria is bright are featured.<br />
Some are defying the odds and building<br />
businesses despite Covid-19; others are helping<br />
to fight the illness, serving on hospital frontlines or<br />
working to discover new things.<br />
60+ Female Under 60 achievers are regarded as<br />
the leading showcase for the brightest talent working<br />
across numerous niches and making tremendous<br />
changes around the world.<br />
In no particular order, see our full list below:<br />
- Literature<br />
Chimamanda<br />
Ngozi Adichie<br />
43-year-old Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a<br />
Nigerian novelist, short story writer, and nonfiction<br />
author. In Nigeria and around the world, she has<br />
remained a strong advocate for female equality.<br />
In 2012, American singer Beyonce sampled her<br />
TedEx speech “We Should All Be Feminist.” Her<br />
most popular novels include; Half of a Yellow Sun,<br />
Americanah, Purple Hibiscus, We should all be<br />
feminists and many others.<br />
- Advocacy<br />
Ayodeji Osowobi<br />
Ayodeji Osowobi is a multi-award-winning<br />
advocate for gender equality. She is the executive<br />
director of the Stand to End Rape Initiative (STER)<br />
and has extensive expertise addressing systemic<br />
social barriers that encourage violence against<br />
women and girls.<br />
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REPORTAGE<br />
INTERVIEW<br />
ELEBERATION<br />
UNG & THRIVING<br />
Ibukun Awosika<br />
- Banking<br />
Ibukun Awosika, who is 58 years old, was the Chairman<br />
of First Bank of Nigeria Plc. She is a businesswoman,<br />
motivational speaker, and author. Following the<br />
departure of Prince Ajibola Afonja on September 7,<br />
2015, Ibukun became the first woman to be named<br />
Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria. She serves on the<br />
boards of Digital Jewel Limited and Cadbury Nig Plc,<br />
as well as the International Advisory Board (IAB) of IESE.<br />
She also recently acted alongside Temi Otedola in<br />
Kunle Afolayan’s 2020 film “Citation.”<br />
- Literature<br />
Sefi Atta<br />
Sefi Atta is a Nigerian-American novelist, short story<br />
writer, playwright, and screenwriter who has won<br />
numerous awards. Her works have been translated<br />
into numerous languages, and her radio plays and<br />
theatrical plays have been performed all over the<br />
world. Several literary honors have been bestowed<br />
upon Atta’s writings.<br />
The Red Hen Press Short Story Award in 2003, the PEN<br />
International David TK Wong Prize, first place in 2005,<br />
the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa in 2006,<br />
and the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 2009<br />
are among her many honors and distinctions.<br />
Nkemdilim<br />
Begho<br />
- Technology<br />
Nkemdilim is the CEO of Future Software Resources<br />
Ltd. (Futuresoft). She is an Obama African Leader<br />
and a Forbes’s Top Ten Female Tech Founders<br />
in Africa. In 2019, she was appointed as a Non-<br />
Executive Director for Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc.<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
REPORTAGE<br />
- Medicine<br />
Dr. Yolanda<br />
George-David<br />
Dr. Yolanda George-David is a neurosurgeon with a<br />
background in obstetrics and gynecology. She’s also a<br />
Clinical and Relational Psychologist specializing in child<br />
development. She is a professor, a multi-award-winning<br />
international public speaker, and a host of a radio show.<br />
Through her work as the Founder and Servant-in-Charge of<br />
Aunt Landa’s Bethel Foundation and the convener of Aunt<br />
Landa Market Square, she is also a Human Rights Activist<br />
and humanitarian.<br />
- Banking<br />
– Banking<br />
Yemisi Edun<br />
Born in the late 1960s, Yemisi Edun was appointed<br />
as the acting managing director for the First City<br />
Monument Bank, FCMB in early <strong>2021</strong>. Yemisi was<br />
the bank’s immediate past Chief Financial Officer,<br />
a position she held after working for the bank in<br />
various roles since joining in 2000.<br />
- Business<br />
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REPORTAGE<br />
INTERVIEW<br />
Dr. Anino Emuwa<br />
Dr Anino Emuwa, an international management<br />
consultant is the founder of Avandis Consulting, a<br />
strategy and financial advisory firm based in France.<br />
Anino is a fervent believer in the role of entrepreneurship<br />
in economic development.<br />
- Business<br />
Dr. Emuwa is a proponent of gender equality in the<br />
workplace and organizes worldwide and regional<br />
gatherings of female CEOs and founders, such as<br />
Women@Davos and the African Women CEOs Network.<br />
Pamela Yough<br />
Pamela Yough until September 30 this year, was the<br />
chief executive of Zenith Bank (UK) Limited. With a career<br />
spanning over 25 years in banking, she has a plethora<br />
of knowledge. She managed and ran a self-owned<br />
Consulting Firm that provided Financial Advisory Services<br />
prior to joining Zenith Bank (UK) Limited.<br />
She worked with Zenith Bank PLC in various roles for<br />
nearly 13 years (1999-2012), notably as the General<br />
Manager of MCP Group (Multilateral, Conglomerates<br />
& Private Banking) and Investor Relations, where she<br />
arranged all of the Zenith Group’s long-term foreign<br />
finance.<br />
She has also led departments such as Treasury, Head<br />
Office Operations, Public Sector, Correspondent Banking,<br />
and Revenue Collection at Zenith Bank PLC. Ms. Yough<br />
has served on the boards of multiple Zenith Group<br />
entities, including Zenith Registrars and Zenith Realtors, as<br />
a Non-Executive Director. She is a Stanford and Oxford<br />
University alumna.<br />
Abimbola<br />
Bamigboye<br />
Abimbola Bamigboye is the founder of Audeo<br />
which provides business intelligence and supports<br />
to everyday business problems. She created Audeo<br />
in 2011 with the goal of providing organizations with<br />
cutting-edge help by implementing easy, costeffective<br />
back-office and decision-support solutions to<br />
common business issues.<br />
Abimbola also started The Healthy Salad Company<br />
to pursue her love for living a healthy lifestyle via good<br />
nutrition.<br />
Abike Dabiri<br />
- Politics<br />
Abike Kafayat Oluwatoyin Dabiri-Erewa was born<br />
in the Nigerian state of Jos Plateau. Nigerian<br />
politician who served as a member of the Nigerian<br />
Federal House of Representatives, representing the<br />
Ikorodu Constituency in Lagos State, for a period of<br />
eight years. Her previous position was the Chair of<br />
the House Committee on Media and Publicity.<br />
As Senior Special Assistant to President<br />
Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and<br />
the Diaspora, she was appointed in 2015. In<br />
<strong>Nov</strong>ember 2018, Dabiri-Erewa was promoted to<br />
the position of Chairman and Chief Executive<br />
Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission.<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
REPORTAGE<br />
- Movie<br />
- Media &<br />
Film Making<br />
Mo Abudu<br />
Mosunmola Abudu, also known as Mo Abudu, is<br />
a media mogul and philanthropist. The 57-yearold<br />
has been dubbed “Africa’s Most Successful<br />
Woman” by Forbes and named one of The<br />
Hollywood Reporter’s “25 Most Powerful Women in<br />
Global Television.”<br />
- Movie<br />
– Entertainment<br />
Apaokagi<br />
Adedoyin<br />
Maryam aka<br />
Taaooma<br />
Apaokagi Maryam popularly known as Taaooma<br />
is a Nigerian comedian, content writer, content<br />
creator and social media influencer. The 22 year<br />
old award winning comedian is known for her<br />
multiple roles in her comedy skit.<br />
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REPORTAGE<br />
INTERVIEW<br />
Funke Akindele<br />
Funke Akindele, 44, is a well-known figure in the<br />
Nigerian film business. The multiple award-winning<br />
role interpreter and producer “Jenifa’s Diary” and<br />
“Industreet” have been praised for generating one of<br />
the most memorable characters in recent years as<br />
well as encouraging fresh talent through her many<br />
comedy programs.<br />
Omo Ghetto: The Saga, her most recent project, is<br />
also the best-selling Nollywood film, having sold over<br />
500 million copies since its premiere in the Christmas<br />
season of 2020.<br />
Kemi Adetiba<br />
Kemi Adetiba’s commitment to her profession is<br />
deserving of all the praise she can earn. With ‘The<br />
Wedding Party 1’ and the critically acclaimed and<br />
commercially successful ‘King of Boys,’ Adetiba is<br />
unquestionably the best Nigerian director/filmmaker.<br />
Between 2010 and 2015, Adetiba shot ten music<br />
videos for major artists including as Banky W, Waje, Tiwa<br />
Savage, Olamide, and Niyola, with Niyola’s “Toh Bad,”<br />
Banky W’s “Lagos Party,” and Olamide’s “Sitting on the<br />
Throne” placing first in terms of quality.<br />
She surprised the industry when she decided to direct<br />
and produce her major feature, ‘King Of Boys,’ despite<br />
having only a few TV productions and shows to her<br />
name. The two-hour political thriller was in theaters for<br />
14 weeks before going on a worldwide tour, grossing<br />
approximately N104 million. She went on to film Part 2<br />
of The King of Boys: The Return of The King, which was<br />
sold to Netflix.<br />
- Activism<br />
Obianuju<br />
Catherine Udeh<br />
(DJ Switch)<br />
Obianuju Catherine Udeh, better known by her<br />
stage name DJ Switch, is a Nigerian DJ, singer,<br />
and musician who, at the age of 29, won the first<br />
season of The Glo X Factor in 2013.<br />
She earned her bachelor’s degree in geology from<br />
the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State.<br />
DJ Switch live broadcast the aftermath of the<br />
purported Lekki Massacre on <strong>Oct</strong>ober 20, 2020.<br />
They attempted to remove a bullet from a man’s<br />
leg in the video by putting a Nigerian flag around<br />
his leg.<br />
Mary Remmy<br />
Njoku<br />
Mary Nnenna Njoku is a Nigerian actress and film<br />
producer, as well as the Director General of the awardwinning<br />
Lagos-based film studio ROK Studios, which<br />
was recently acquired by CANAL+, French television<br />
powerhouse.<br />
Njoku started ROK Studios in August of 2013. ROK has<br />
produced over 540 films and 25 original TV programs<br />
since its inception in 2013.<br />
- Film Making<br />
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REPORTAGE<br />
- Business<br />
Dr Amy Jadesimi<br />
Amy Jadesimi is a Nigerian businesswoman and the<br />
chief executive officer of the Lagos Deep Offshore<br />
Logistics Base (LADOL). She completed an internship at<br />
Brait Private Equity in Johannesburg, South Africa, where<br />
she worked as a transaction executive in Private Equity.<br />
She later moved to Nigeria where she set-up a financial<br />
consultancy firm before joining the Management Team<br />
of LADOL (Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base).<br />
- Business<br />
Chidimma Umeh<br />
Chidimma Umeh, popularly known by her channel<br />
name “That Igbo Chick” is a Nigerian beauty and lifestyle<br />
YouTuber. With over 300,000 YouTube subscribers and<br />
138,000 followers on instagram, Dimma ranks among the<br />
most popular Youtubers in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.<br />
Aisha Yesufu<br />
- Activism<br />
- Lifestyle 47-year-old Aisha Yesufu is a Nigerian sociopolitical<br />
activist and co-convener of the Bring<br />
Back Our Girls Movement, an advocacy group<br />
that draws attention to the terrorist group Boko<br />
Haram’s abduction of over 200 girls from a<br />
secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria, on 14 April<br />
2014. She also protested against the government<br />
in Nigeria at the #EndSars protest in 2020. She has<br />
subsequently become known as one of the most<br />
iconic women of the contemporary era.<br />
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REPORTAGE<br />
INTERVIEW<br />
Dr. Nneka<br />
Abulokwe (OBE)<br />
Nneka Abulokwe, OBE is a British Nigerian entrepreneur<br />
in the fields of technology and digital governance. She<br />
is the founder and CEO of MicroMax Consulting and<br />
one of the first Afro-Caribbean professionals in the United<br />
Kingdom to serve on the board of a leading European<br />
digital transformation company.<br />
Queen Elizabeth II awarded her the title of Officer of<br />
the British Empire (OBE) for services to business in 2019.<br />
Abulokwe is one of the first black women to serve on the<br />
board of a multi-national IT firm in the United Kingdom.<br />
- Religion<br />
Laurie Idahosa<br />
- Religion<br />
Jemimah Mbaya<br />
53-year-old Jemimah is a philanthropist, gospel<br />
singer, author, motivational speaker, business<br />
coach, and the founder and senior pastor of<br />
the Latter House Christian Centre. She also has a<br />
background in public communication. She is the<br />
founder and CEO of several successful companies.<br />
She has won numerous honors and frequently<br />
volunteers for mentoring and empowerment<br />
programs, sharing her experiences with young<br />
Nigerians and the less fortunate.<br />
She most recently led a drive to raise humanitarian<br />
supplies and finances for the benefit of internally<br />
displaced people.<br />
Rev. Mrs. Laurie Whetstone- Idahosa was born in<br />
a pastor’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, United<br />
States of America.<br />
She has visited more than 40 countries and worked<br />
with well-known ministries. Her undergraduate<br />
degrees in biblical studies and ministerial training<br />
were earned at the School of Biblical Studies<br />
and School of Ministerial Training in New Castle,<br />
Delaware, and her bachelor’s degree in Christian<br />
ministry was earned at Chesapeake Bible College<br />
and Seminary in Maryland, USA.<br />
As well as becoming a missionary, she received<br />
training as an Emergency Medical Technician, a<br />
First Aid and CPR instructor, and a Disaster Relief<br />
Responder. She is a talented event planner, real<br />
estate investor, and business owner who has built<br />
a number of profitable enterprises. She is trilingual<br />
in Spanish, Pidgin, and English, and she is fluent<br />
in all three languages. Rev. Laurie has worked at<br />
Benson Idahosa University since 2003, and she<br />
is currently the Director of Campus Life Division<br />
and a member of the university’s Executive<br />
Management.<br />
She founded Nathan American Academy, a<br />
successful nursery and elementary school in Benin<br />
City, which opened in 2013.<br />
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REPORTAGE<br />
- Oil & Gas<br />
- Oil & Gas<br />
Catherine Uju-<br />
Ifejijka<br />
Catherine Uju Ifejika was born on 28 <strong>Oct</strong>ober<br />
1959 in Opobo in Rivers State to Chief Clifford<br />
Ogwu and Elizabeth Ikpeze of Ogidi, Present Day<br />
Anambra State. She graduated from Ahmadu<br />
Bello University, Zaria with a Diploma in Law and an<br />
LLB (Hons.) in 1985. She was called to the Nigerian<br />
Bar in 1986. Catherine is the first and so far, the<br />
only woman to become chair and CEO of an<br />
Upstream E&P Company in Nigeria.<br />
Her career in the petroleum industry started when<br />
she joined Texaco’s Legal Department as Junior<br />
Counsel in 1987 and rose swiftly to become<br />
Company Secretary in 1997.<br />
In 2003, her Government and Public Affairs<br />
responsibilities were extended to Cameroon, Togo,<br />
Benin, Cote D’Ivoire, and the Democratic Republic<br />
of Congo. She joined Brittania-U Nigeria Limited<br />
in 2007 as Chair/CEO and has since steered the<br />
indigenous company to its current market leading<br />
position.<br />
- Business<br />
Ijeoma Igbaji<br />
Ijeoma Igbaji is the founder and CEO of White<br />
Rabbit Favours, a dynamic gifts and surprises<br />
company that designs and delivers one-of-akind<br />
gift packages and gorgeous surprises for<br />
any celebration in order to wow the celebrant,<br />
make their day extra special, and leave them with<br />
unforgettable memories.<br />
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REPORTAGE<br />
INTERVIEW<br />
Godrey<br />
Ogbechie<br />
The Group Executive Director of Rainoil Limited,<br />
Mrs. Godrey Ogbechie, has made a name<br />
for herself in the banking as well as oil and<br />
gas sectors. A 1988 graduate of Agricultural<br />
Economics and Extension from the University<br />
of Calabar, she also holds a Master’s Degree<br />
in Business Administration. In this interview with<br />
KINGSLEY JEREMIAH, she spoke on critical issues<br />
in the two important sectors, challenges facing<br />
marriages, women in Nigeria and more<br />
Linda Ikeji<br />
- Media<br />
Linda Ifeoma Ikeji is a former model and pioneer<br />
Nigerian blogger, writer, and entrepreneur. She is wellknown<br />
for her famous blog (Linda Ikeji’s Blog). The<br />
40-year-old foremost Nigerian blogger and media mogul<br />
is unquestionably deserving of a spot on our list. Avance<br />
Media selected her to the inaugural list of 100 Most<br />
Influential African Women in 2019.<br />
- Entrepreneurship<br />
Irene Ochem<br />
With her feet firmly set in reality and a firm belief<br />
and resolve, AWIEF’s founder and CEO, Irene<br />
Ochem, will see them through any challenging<br />
circumstances that may happen. The fact that she<br />
has persevered across countries and continents,<br />
through daunting obstacles and deep-seated<br />
prejudices, has propelled her to where she is today,<br />
as the leader of a highly influential pan-African<br />
women’s economic empowerment organisation<br />
poised to become the number one, globally<br />
recognised platform for female entrepreneurship<br />
in Africa. A product of the University of London, she<br />
holds bachelors and master’s degrees in business<br />
administration as well as an MBA in International<br />
Management.<br />
- Entrepreneurship<br />
Abisola Akintunde<br />
Abisola Akintunde is a Top Nigerian Make up artist whose<br />
desire is to see women present the best version of<br />
themselves. She is the brain behind “Makeupbyashabee”.<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
REPORTAGE<br />
Kiki Mordi<br />
- Journalism<br />
30-year-old Kiki is a journalist, media personality,<br />
filmmaker, and writer from Nigeria. At the Nigerian<br />
Broadcasters Merit Awards in 2016, she was named<br />
Outstanding Radio Program Presenter. She and a<br />
team from the BBC Africa Eye aired a documentary<br />
in <strong>Oct</strong>ober 2019 about sexual harassment of students<br />
by instructors. Her film prompted the introduction of<br />
a senate measure to prohibit sexual harassment in<br />
institutions.<br />
- Life Coach<br />
- Advocacy<br />
Cassandra<br />
Akinde<br />
Dr Cassandra Akinde is a medical professional<br />
with a strong dedication to child health<br />
advocacy, humanitarian duties, human rights<br />
and environmental sustainability. Through<br />
her commitment to child health and social<br />
responsibilities, Dr Cassandra has gained 4 years’<br />
experience of working and making landmark<br />
achievements in various non-profit organizations.<br />
- Politics<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
Joana<br />
NnazuaKolo<br />
- Politics<br />
Joana is a 2018 graduate of Library Science from<br />
Kwara State University and the youngest commissioner<br />
in the history of Nigeria. She is a humanitarian,<br />
advocate for good governance, and the youngest<br />
serving commissioner in Kwara State. Joana was<br />
recommended for appointment two weeks before<br />
her NYSC ended. She is a grassroots mobilizer and<br />
enthusiastic advocate for community development.<br />
Emem<br />
Nwogwugwu<br />
Emem Nwogwugwu is a professional project manager,<br />
entrepreneur, author, and life coach. She has inspired<br />
people to strive to be the best version of themselves for<br />
more than a decade.<br />
She has organized events that have influenced people<br />
positively in various businesses and spheres of life, thanks to<br />
her warmth and passion for seeing people succeed.<br />
Emem has recently created the Parent Organiser, a one-ofa-kind<br />
planner and coaching program that tackles some<br />
of the most pressing family and parenting difficulties.<br />
Clare<br />
Omatseye<br />
Clare Omatseye, is the founder and Managing Director<br />
of JNC International Ltd. (JNCI). She graduated from<br />
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria with a Bachelor of<br />
Science degree in Pharmacy; and holds an MBA from<br />
Universidad De Navarra, (IESE) Barcelona.<br />
Clare founded JNCI in 1994 on the need to make a<br />
difference in the medical infrastructure landscape in<br />
Nigeria through the delivery of cutting edge medical<br />
diagnostic and interventional technology solutions<br />
and after sales service. Over the last 10 years, she has<br />
grown JNCI into a proudly ‘Nigerian National Corporate’<br />
company receiving several International and Nigerian<br />
Awards/recognitions such as the renowned Frost &<br />
Sullivan Award for Quality in Customer Service.<br />
- Oil & Gas<br />
Audrey Joe-<br />
Ezigbo<br />
Audrey Joe-Ezigbo is the Deputy Managing Director<br />
of Falcon Corporation Limited, a leading wholly<br />
indigenous midstream and downstream Energy,<br />
Gas Distribution & Trading Company which she cofounded<br />
in 1994.<br />
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REPORTAGE<br />
- Athlete<br />
- Business<br />
Barbara Okereke<br />
Barbara Okereke, born in 1991 is a Nigerian<br />
cake designer and entrepreneur, founder and<br />
managing director of Oven Secret Limited. In 2019<br />
she was included on the Forbes list of ‘30 under-30’<br />
people to watch in Africa.<br />
Barbara Okereke has a degree in Electrical<br />
Engineering from Anambra State University, and an<br />
MBA in Oil and Gas Management from Coventry<br />
University. She learnt cake design at Fair Cake<br />
culinary school in Greenwich, London. In 2015<br />
Okereke started her own cake baking business in<br />
Port Harcourt. She has created over a thousand<br />
cake designs, and trained over has five hundred<br />
students physically and online.<br />
– Business<br />
Chiamaka<br />
Ndukwu Theresa<br />
– Business<br />
Co-founder of AgroHive. AgroHive is an Agri-tech<br />
company that offers agricultural businesses and<br />
farmers’ trained and skilled personnels. The company<br />
recruits, trains and outsources agricultural experts for<br />
agricultural businesses such as farm managers, IT<br />
experts, attendants, interns.<br />
This initiative has helped 2,300 households combat<br />
hunger, created over 300 employment opportunities<br />
and ensured improved livelihoods of 300 people.<br />
AgroHive also organises agricultural advocacy and<br />
sensitisation activities.<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
Blessing<br />
Oborududu<br />
Blessing Oborududu is a freestyle wrestler from Nigeria.<br />
She is now listed as the world’s number two female<br />
wrestler, and she is the first Nigerian wrestler to win an<br />
Olympic medal. From 2010 to 2020, she was a tentime<br />
African champion.<br />
Oborududu, a Business Administration graduate<br />
from Niger-Delta University, went on to achieve even<br />
greater sporting success, showing great intent from<br />
the start in her struggle against Mongolia’s Battsetseg<br />
Soronzonbold to win the competition.<br />
Chioma<br />
Ifeanyi-Eze<br />
Chioma Ifeanyi- Eze is an Accounting guru with over 11<br />
years of finance, bookkeeping and business consulting<br />
experience spanning over several industries of the<br />
economy. An expert in start-ups, she has been involved<br />
in starting up finance functions for several companies<br />
and projects.<br />
Trained in PricewaterhouseCoopers Nigeria, Chioma<br />
had further career stints in BankPHB, Jumia and a host<br />
of other companies where she headed the Finance/<br />
Accounting functions.<br />
She is the Founder of Accountinghub.ng. Nigeria’s<br />
premier professional services online shop focused on<br />
offering brilliant bookkeeping and tax support to startups<br />
and small businesses at super-affordable pricing. She<br />
presents virtual, retail and tech-accounting in Nigeria.<br />
– Advocacy<br />
Carolyn Seaman<br />
Carolyn Seaman is the Founder & Creative<br />
Director of Girls Voices Initiative, promoting digital<br />
literacy and citizen journalism skills among girls<br />
and women, using digital media to amplify<br />
girls voices and advocacy through their stories.<br />
She is a 2016 World Pulse Voices of Our Future<br />
Award-winning Correspondent and World Pulse<br />
Mentor with the ‘Intel She Will Connect’ Project in<br />
Nigeria. Carolyn has trained women and girls on<br />
digital empowerment and is currently teaching<br />
girls the power of storytelling and using their<br />
stories to mobilize community action towards<br />
girls’ empowerment through her digital action<br />
Campaign, ‘Make Girls Voices Count’.<br />
- Business<br />
Damilola<br />
Olokesusi<br />
Damilola Olokesusi is a Co-Founder and CEO of a<br />
transport and tech company called Shuttlers, a start-up<br />
currently revolutionising the way professionals commute<br />
in metropolitan cities like Lagos.<br />
Olokesusi has a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical<br />
Engineering from the University of Lagos. As an<br />
entrepreneur, Damilola uses innovation and technology<br />
to solve economic and social problems. She possesses<br />
the ability to recognise opportunities in everyday<br />
problems as well as the tenacity and diligence required<br />
to break barriers whilst solving these problems.<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
REPORTAGE<br />
Chinwe Esimai<br />
Chinwe Esimai, an award-winning lawyer and the first person<br />
to hold the title of Chief Anti-Bribery Officer at Citigroup, has<br />
achieved many great things throughout her career.<br />
Chinwe Esimai is Managing Director and Chief Anti-Bribery<br />
Officer at Citigroup, where she oversees the firm’s global antibribery<br />
program. She was born in Nigeria and is passionate<br />
about inspiring immigrant women leaders. She shares<br />
leadership insights for immigrant women at chinweesimai.<br />
com.<br />
– Advocacy - Research<br />
- Healthcare<br />
Dr. Irene Olumese<br />
Mercy Chinwo<br />
- Music<br />
Mercy is a singer, songwriter, and actress who specializes<br />
in gospel music. She became famous after winning<br />
Season 2 of Nigeria Idol in 2012. On numerous streaming<br />
sites, her tracks have received millions of views.<br />
Irene Titilola Olumese is an Author, Inspirational<br />
Speaker, and a Faith-informed Transformational<br />
Coach. She is certified in Trauma-Informed Care<br />
and Integrated Family Therapeutic Counseling,<br />
and she is now pursuing certification in Integrated<br />
Systems Couples Therapy and Core Transformative<br />
Coaching.<br />
Irene is a Bilateral Amputee and a Lung Transplant<br />
Survivor. After twenty years of coping with chronic<br />
respiratory disease (Bronchestasis) and a crippling<br />
neurological-muscular disorder, she lost both legs<br />
owing to complications from a lung transplant<br />
(Myasthenia Gravis).<br />
Now, she uses her multi-faceted and lifethreatening<br />
traumatic experiences to encourage<br />
hope in individuals facing life’s obstacles and<br />
adversity.<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
Dr. Wendy Okolo<br />
Dr. Wendy Okolo is an aerospace engineering researcher<br />
at NASA’s Ames Research Center’s Intelligent Systems<br />
Division. She leads a group of engineers working on<br />
a space technology project aimed at developing<br />
guidance, navigation, and control systems that will make<br />
precise landings for deployable entry spacecraft a reality<br />
for planetary exploration.<br />
Dr. Okolois a recipient of the U.T. Arlington Distinguished<br />
Recent Graduate Award, the 2019 Women In Aerospace<br />
Award for Initiative, Inspiration, and Impact, and the<br />
2019 Black Engineer of the Year Award for Most Promising<br />
Engineer in the United States Government.<br />
- Entrepreneurship<br />
- Business & Activism<br />
Dr. Shola Mos-<br />
Shogbamimu<br />
Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu is a political<br />
and women’s rights activist who has taught<br />
intersectional feminism to female refugees and<br />
asylum seekers, scrutinizes government policies for<br />
gender and diversity inclusion, and co-organizes<br />
marches and social campaigns for women.<br />
She launched She@LawTalks to encourage women<br />
and BAME leadership in the legal profession, and<br />
she founded the Women in Leadership journal<br />
as a forum to inspire positive change on relevant<br />
problems that affect women internationally through<br />
compelling personal leadership experiences.<br />
Folake Kuye<br />
Huntoon<br />
Folake Kuye Huntoon, who was born in the Bronx<br />
and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, has been building<br />
her profession since she entered fashion school<br />
at the age of fifteen. She chose to make her<br />
own path rather than follow the standard fashion<br />
school route. After returning to the United States for<br />
college, her desire to create and her enthusiasm<br />
for fashion continued to illuminate the path<br />
forward.<br />
While Folake’s style evolves over time, it is always<br />
motivated by the aim to create pieces that are<br />
attractive, easily accessible, and affordable for<br />
the everyday woman. Her clothing are meant to<br />
be worn by everyone; she has developed a strong<br />
bond with women of colour all over the world and<br />
is a relentless advocate for equal representation in<br />
the fashion industry.<br />
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REPORTAGE<br />
- Lifestyle<br />
Natasha<br />
Akpoti<br />
- Politics<br />
Natasha is a politician, a lawyer, and a social<br />
entrepreneur. In 2019, she stood for the Social<br />
Democratic Party’s Kogi Central Senatorial District<br />
seat, as well as the Kogi State Governorship<br />
election, which took place in <strong>Nov</strong>ember.<br />
She is the founder of the Builders Hub Impact<br />
Investment Program (BHIIP), a social impact and<br />
sustainability enterprise that helps governments<br />
and businesses maximize the impact of their<br />
social investments.<br />
She rose to national fame after presenting an<br />
investigative report on fraudulent practices at the<br />
Ajaokuta Steel Mill before the National Assembly<br />
on March 1, 2018. The investigation highlighted<br />
the repeated misappropriation of government<br />
funding and theft since the steel mill’s construction,<br />
which has remained dormant despite many<br />
attempts to restart it.<br />
Tiwa Savage<br />
- Music<br />
Tiwa Savage is edging closer to being Nigeria’s<br />
most consistent female musician in recent<br />
memory. Since her debut, she has never gone a<br />
year without releasing at least three hit singles. She<br />
was the first African woman to win Best African Act<br />
at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2018. Tiwa has<br />
a large following among Nigerians.<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
Amara Kanu<br />
Nwankwo<br />
Amara Kanu Nwankwo is the wife of Nigerian<br />
football legend and a fitness expert and author.<br />
Speaking in an interview about her areas of<br />
specialty, she said, “I specialise in high-end<br />
residential homes and I have had valuable<br />
experiences working with high-end hotels in<br />
London like the London Marriot Hotel. I prefer<br />
designing high-end residential because I love<br />
modern designs, clean lines and practical<br />
spaces for living. I am referring to those that are<br />
visually appealing for the user.”<br />
Uche Pedro<br />
- Media<br />
Uche Pedro is a Nigerian businessman. She is the founder<br />
and CEO of BellaNaija, an entertainment and lifestyle<br />
media blog. BellaNaija’s social footprint has grown to<br />
be one of the largest on the African continent, with<br />
more than 200 million monthly impressions, thanks to its<br />
collective brands - BellaNaija.com, BellaNaija Weddings,<br />
and BellaNaija Style.<br />
Tope Oshin<br />
- Movie<br />
Tope Oshin is a model of dedication,<br />
perseverance, and professionalism. The awardwinning<br />
Nigerian filmmaker made a name for<br />
herself by directing up to 750 episodes of some of<br />
Africa’s most popular drama series, including MTV<br />
NaijaShuga, Tinsel, Hotel Majestic, and Hush.<br />
Tope was named one of OkayAfrica’s Okay100<br />
Women of 2017. She studied filmmaking<br />
at the Colorado Film School in Denver and<br />
cinematography at MetFilm School. She wanted<br />
to demonstrate her ability in cinema by directing<br />
‘Journey to Self’ in 2013 after working on various<br />
TV programs. Following that, she directed three<br />
highly acclaimed films between 2017 and 2018,<br />
including ‘New Money,’ ‘We Don’t Live Here<br />
Anymore,’ and ‘Up North.’<br />
Jade Rawa<br />
- Fashion<br />
Jade is the founder and creative director of Melia<br />
by Jade, a ready-to-wear Afrocentric fashion label.<br />
She makes clothes that appeals to people of all<br />
social classes and donates a portion of her profits to<br />
organizations that help women with breast cancer.<br />
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REPORTAGE<br />
- Beauty<br />
Tara<br />
Durotoye<br />
44-year-old Tara Fela-Durotoye is a Nigerian<br />
lawyer and beauty entrepreneur. She was<br />
a pioneer in the Nigerian bridal makeup<br />
industry, having developed the first bridal<br />
directory in 1999, as well as world grade<br />
cosmetics studios and the country’s first<br />
makeup school. She founded House of<br />
Tara.<br />
- Life Coach<br />
- Business &<br />
Advocacy<br />
Farida Yahya<br />
Farida Yahaya’s company, Lumo Naturals, is<br />
situated in Abuja, Nigeria, and specialises in<br />
natural haircare solutions. Aside from that, she<br />
works as a startup tutor and is the founder of The<br />
Brief Academy, a learning hub for female business<br />
entrepreneurs.<br />
Her duty is to assist you in simplifying techniques,<br />
developing a workable plan, and feeling confident<br />
enough in your business to assist it in growing!<br />
She’s learnt a few things from running a successful<br />
Natural hair care business for over 6 years and<br />
coaching over 300 entrepreneurs, many of whom<br />
are women, about where people get stuck, halted,<br />
or stressed out and how to get them growing<br />
again.<br />
- Law<br />
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Amba Eyang-<br />
Ajakaiye<br />
- Business<br />
Amba Eyang is a digital strategist, trainer,<br />
author and founder of “iDareNotDread<br />
Nigeria”, a platform crested to help build<br />
women communities online and empowers<br />
them with creative and innovative skills for<br />
business growth.<br />
Intisar Bashir Kurfi<br />
Intissar Bashir Kurfi is a Green Architect and a seasoned<br />
environmentalist who works in the field of green<br />
architecture. She is a strong supporter of the UN’s<br />
Sustainable Development Goals.<br />
She has also engaged out a large number of outreach<br />
activities on sustainability both within and outside of<br />
Abuja, Nigeria. In addition to educating people in the<br />
creation of briquettes, she has provided solar-powered<br />
lamps to a Fulani community in Abuja and trained<br />
young women in the production of reusable sanitary<br />
pads, among other numerous life-changing projects.<br />
Fabia<br />
Ogunmekan<br />
Fabia Ogunmekan is the Executive Secretary of Women<br />
in Successful Careers (WISCAR). She is a lawyer and<br />
corporate executive with over 20 years of experience in<br />
the domains of law and development in both corporate<br />
and nonprofit organizations.<br />
She has worked as an Associate with The Law Union in<br />
Lagos, as a Corporate/Admin Secretary with Hygeia<br />
Group, and as a Corporate/Admin Secretary with<br />
Pronatura Nigeria, a sustainable development NGO in<br />
Port Harcourt focused on empowering communities in<br />
the Niger Delta to achieve sustainable livelihoods.<br />
She is a 2018 Rise Up Leader who is passionate about<br />
Africa’s development and the role of women in making it<br />
possible.<br />
Asa<br />
- Music<br />
38-year-old Bukky Elemide, often known as Asa, is<br />
a Nigerian-French singer, composer, and record<br />
producer. Young African women were introduced<br />
to the beauty of freedom and faith in one’s intuition<br />
and creativity by the Nigerian recording artist, who<br />
is also a multi-instrumentalist. Asa has released four<br />
studio albums.<br />
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- Business<br />
Amba Eyang-<br />
Ajakaiye<br />
Amba Eyang is a digital strategist, trainer,<br />
author and founder of “iDareNotDread Nigeria”,<br />
a platform crested to help build women<br />
communities online and empowers them with<br />
creative and innovative skills for business growth.<br />
- Activism<br />
Ngozi Ejedimu<br />
Ngozi is a breast cancer survivor and the founder<br />
of WhatCancerNaija, a breast cancer awareness<br />
platform that includes everything from breast<br />
cancer prevention to post-surgery care.<br />
Adekemi<br />
Adeniyan<br />
- Health<br />
Adekemi Adeniyan is a dentist and the founder of<br />
Dentalcare Foundation, an organization which is<br />
focused on providing free oral health education<br />
and treatments to the less privileged, and more<br />
importantly people in rural areas.<br />
- Business<br />
Adesuwa<br />
Okunbo Rhodes<br />
Adesuwa Okunbo is a the founder and<br />
managing partner of Aruwa Capital<br />
Management, a growth equity gender lens funds<br />
in Africa. She also empowers women by investing<br />
in small and rapidly growing businesses.<br />
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HEALTH<br />
10<br />
Research-Based<br />
TIPS TO PREVENT<br />
CANCER<br />
Word By Glory Uyi<br />
All over the world, <strong>Oct</strong>ober is set<br />
aside for breast cancer awareness.<br />
It will be a play on words to say<br />
cancer has become ‘a cancer’ in our<br />
world today – but that is the truth.<br />
Within the last decade, cases of cancer<br />
appear to have skyrocketed, although<br />
medical experts claim the disease has<br />
been with us for far longer. They claim<br />
that awareness, especially through the<br />
online media has brought it to the fore –<br />
which they also claim is good if the world<br />
plans on winning the war against cancer.<br />
Many things can cause cancer, and like<br />
many other terminal diseases, it is easier<br />
to prevent it than to cure. Interestingly,<br />
cancer can be prevented by simple<br />
healthy habits and research has proven<br />
that those who adopt basic eating and<br />
healthy procedures lower their risks of<br />
cancer.<br />
However, this is not to say that some<br />
factors cannot be subdued, for example,<br />
age and family history. But it is better<br />
than do your part and reduce the<br />
chances of cancer rather than leaving<br />
up your chances to fate.<br />
Below, we have highlighted 10 researchbased<br />
tips that can help us prevent<br />
cancer. You will find out that these are<br />
simple everyday tips that can go a long<br />
way in making significant changes in the<br />
cause of our lives.<br />
Say<br />
No to<br />
Smoking<br />
It is as easy as that<br />
– or maybe not so<br />
easy. But the truth<br />
is that smoking is<br />
the major reason<br />
for lungs cancer.<br />
Research has also shown that smoking can cause<br />
cervical, bladder, mouth, and throat cancer.<br />
If you are having issues quitting smoking, think of cancer<br />
or watch videos of cancer patients online. If you want to<br />
prevent cancer, you should run away from smoking.<br />
Avoid Second Hand Smoke<br />
You do not smoke, but you are always around someone (or<br />
people) who smoke. Well, according to research, secondhand<br />
smoke is as dangerous as smoking itself – perhaps even more<br />
dangerous because you could get lungs cancer without ever<br />
lifting a stick of cigarette to your lips.<br />
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HEALTH<br />
Limit Your<br />
Alcohol Intake<br />
Alcohol increases the risks for liver, breast, throat,<br />
and colorectal cancers. This is as simple as it<br />
can get, the less you drink alcohol, the lower your<br />
chances of cancer.<br />
If you must drink, you should do so in moderation,<br />
i.e. one drink per day for women and two for<br />
Maintain Routine Medical<br />
Check-Ups<br />
When you maintain routine medical checkups, you<br />
lower your risks of cancer by half.<br />
One reason why a lot of people die from cancer is<br />
that they often get informed late – at a time when<br />
there is little or nothing that can be done. You should<br />
choose a health care center with the necessary<br />
equipment and diagnostic technologies that can<br />
catch cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages.<br />
Be More Physically Active<br />
According to research, physical activity reduces<br />
different types of cancer, like colon and breast<br />
cancer. You should try to engage more in walking,<br />
sports, yoga, or household chores – something to<br />
keep you off on your feet.<br />
According to the American Cancer Society, adults<br />
are recommended to get at least 150 minutes of<br />
moderate-intensity activity each week, while children<br />
and teens should get at least 1 hour of moderateintensity<br />
activity each week.<br />
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Eat More Vegetables<br />
It is no news that our choice of food can increase or<br />
reduce our chances of cancer. To be on the safer<br />
side, always get vegetables or make them a significant<br />
portion of your daily diet.<br />
The American Cancer Society recommends that<br />
eating a healthy diet, with an emphasis on vegetables<br />
prevents the risks of cancer. You should take more<br />
vegetables and fruits, and reduced the intake of<br />
processed foods and meat.<br />
Watch Your Weight<br />
You need to consciously watch your weight if you<br />
want to reduce your chances of cancer. Too much<br />
weight – especially around your midsection area can<br />
increase your chances of different types of cancers,<br />
like breast and colon cancer.<br />
Not to mention that being overweight also<br />
significantly increases your chances of diabetes.<br />
So, isn’t it best to consciously watch your weight and<br />
reduce your chances of cancer – and diabetes?<br />
Be on Your Feet More<br />
According to recent studies, sitting too much – especially<br />
on one spot can increase your chances of cancer. So if<br />
you want to prevent cancer, you should stand up more.<br />
Researchers advise that you should stand up and walk<br />
around every two hours to help promote blood circulation<br />
and prevent your chances of cancer.<br />
Protect Your Skin<br />
The ultra-violent ray from direct sunlight has been<br />
discovered to be a cause of cancer. So, you should<br />
protect yourself from direct sunlight more, if you want<br />
to reduce your risks of cancer.<br />
If you must be under the sun for tanning, you should<br />
always apply sunscreen to reduce the effect of the<br />
sun on your skin, to prevent your chances of having<br />
cancer.<br />
According to experts, when you’re in the sun, always<br />
apply sunscreen to your skin that has at least a<br />
sun protection factor (SPF) of 15. Some doctors<br />
recommend at least SPF 30.<br />
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