Posted on Friday, December 6th, 2013 at 1:44 PM
By BellaNaija.com
Forbes recently released its 20 Young Power Women
in Africa list and 3 Nigerians make the cut.
They include the creative director of beauty brand
House of Tara Tara Fela-Durotoye, designer
extraordinaire Folake Folarin-Coker and founder of
Flying Doctors Ola Orekunrin.
According to Forbes, these women are the continent’s
emerging power brokers, the Amazons to watch, and
the custodians of tomorrow.
Check it out!

Tara Fela-Durotoye (Nigerian. Founder, House of Tara)
The Nigerian born entrepreneur and lawyer is the
founder of House of Tara, Nigeria’s leading beauty and
cosmetics company. House of Tara develops a wide
range of African-themed beauty products and perfumes
and also operates Nigeria’s foremost beauty academy.
In 2013, Fela-Durotoye was nominated as a Young
Global Leader by World Economic Forum.
Folake Folarin-Coker (Nigerian. Fashion Designer)
Coker is the founder of Tiffany Amber, one of Africa’s
leading fashion labels. She is the first African-based
designer to showcase for two consecutive seasons at
the New York Fashion Week. In 2009, she won
Designer of the Year at Africa Fashion International in
Johannesburg, South Africa followed by Fashion Brand
of the Year at Arise Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria.

Ola Orekunrin (Nigerian. Medical Doctor & Founder,
The Flying Doctors)
Orekunrin, 25, is the founder and Managing Director of
Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd., an air ambulance service
based in Lagos, Nigeria. Orekunrin’s company is the
first air ambulance service in West Africa to provide
urgent helicopter, airplane ambulance and evacuation
services for critically injured people. She is a 2013 New
Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute and was named a
Young Global Leader in 2013 by the World Economic
Forum.

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Trail ii: Why always yorubas.......

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Trail ii: Why always yorubas.......

Are they not Nigerians anymore ?