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Kemi Onabanjo (Engagement Manager at McKinsey)

We love Kemi because she lives the life most people dream about. We’re inspired by her because she takes it even a step further by actively pursuing her dreams. Kemi is the Engagement Manager at McKinsey Nigeria, serving a broad range of clients in the public and private sector. A valedictorian of her MBA Class at INSEAD – we can’t forget how utterly inspiring her graduation speech was. Kemi is passionate traveler, and visited 30 countries before she turned 30. Whoop!!

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Joycee Awoojodu

From her skin care brand that has its raw materials sourced from Africa to her luxury spa, Joycee and the Oriki brand are a standard of class and excellence. As an organic skin expert, she is empowering farmers and maximizing the use of natural ingredients Africa is blessed with. It’s refreshing to see Nigerians creating brands that can compete on a global landscape.

Oriki is sold in US, Europe and Africa.

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Yorubas are the movers and shakers of Nollywood

Isabella Akinseye
Her irrepressible love for arts and her desire to diversify her talent led her quit a job at Nestle to start her own production outfit, Yellow Tamarind Productions. Today, Isabella is an award winning essayist, writer, film journalist and OAP. She currently has three TV shows ‘Clapperboard’ ‘The Movie Buff Show’, and ‘Africana Literati’, shows that focus on her love for all things African cinema and literature

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Owambe Candles

laudate:
Bros!! Well done! but you are using old figures to calculate how much 'The Wedding Party' has made till date.

As at January 2017, it had made a little above =N=200 million, but by end of February 2017, it had recorded ticket sales of over =N=400 million. It has just been launched on DVD. By the time you calculate what that film has made from February till date, you would discover the Wedding Party has made well over =N=500 million naira.

Damnnnnnnnn That's half of a billion naira o.

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Hajara Pitan, Founder Owambe Candles





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Yorubas are the movers and shakers of Nollywood

Amazing! Nigerian Movies Gross over N1 billion in 2016

Here’s how 2016’s Top 10 Chart looks like for Nigeria – Please note that not all the figures are verified rather we have used Filmhouse Cinema’s weighted average market share to come up with box office estimates for films not released by FilmOne.

The Wedding Party – FilmOne Nollywood – Over N500 million - Yoruba Producer
A Trip to Jamaica – FilmOne Nollywood – N178.5 million - Yoruba Producer
Batman Vs Superman – Warner/Crimson – N140 million (Estimated)
Captain America – Marvel/Disney/Crimson – N119 million (Estimated)
Suicide Squad – Warner/Crimson – N116 million (Estimated)
London Has Fallen – Independent/Okhma – N90 million (Estimated)
Doctor Strange – Marvel/Disney/Crimson – N85 million (Estimated)
Gods of Eqypt – Independent/Okhma – N80 million (Estimated)
Mechanic Ressurection – Independent/Okhma – N75 million (Estimated)
76 – Silverbird Nollywood – N72 million (Estimated)


From AY Makun‘s “30 Days in Atlanta”, Ebonylife‘s “Fifty”, Omoni Oboli‘s “Wives on Strike” to Kunle Afolayan‘s “The CEO”, and now “A Trip to Jamaica”, “The Wedding Party”, “93 Days”, “76” and many more, it is clear that the Nigerian movie industry has the potential to rake in billions of dollars in revenue.

The Wedding Party, Nigeria’s latest blockbuster movie, has broken box-office records at every milestone since it was released nationwide on December 16 2016. It took just two weeks to eclipse the record of N178 million, held by ‘A Trip to Jamaica’, emerging with a staggering N200 million before the New Year weekend was over. Both films led a strong lineup of popular Nigerian films in 2016, including ‘Wives on Strike’, ‘The CEO’, ‘93 Days’ and ‘76’.

The Wedding Party debuted with the biggest opening weekend in Nollywood history with N36 million; the best-ever opening week with N66 million; the biggest week ever with N110 million; and a jaw-dropping Christmas box-office total of N146 million.

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Funke has carved a niche for herself in the events industry. As the CEO of Cocktails In and Out and Grill In and Out, the stunning mother of three caters for top notch events. Her cocktail company is at the forefront of introducing new ideas and trends with their variety of exciting drinks and creative delivery. We love how she’s constantly innovating and staying ahead of the pack. Funke is also one of the visible and highly successful female entrepreneurs based in Abuja, Nigeria.


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OPCNAIRALAND:
I am shocked by some of what I read in here. I know a lot of Yoruba investments around the globe and here at home but not this deep. This one is a surprise gaan ni papa!

OP God bless you! God bless all those that contributed inputs.

Collect contributions from Baba Ijebu, Okoya, Doyin, Adenuga, Tejuosho, , ... put their contributions together and Yoruba will purchase all of Iboland.

We never add Obasanjo money o, we never add Fernandez, or Alakija, Otedola, Adenuga, Kase Lawal, Kola Karim, Jimoh Ibrahim.

Kase Lawal ranks number 2 on Top Ten Black owned companies in US.

The floor at World Economic Forum in Davos is typically given to Govt and world bodies for their representatives to make presentations. Its not a place for private investors to deliver speech. Kola Karim was given the floor in Davos to speak to world leaders. The Vatican is not your Church, if you want to worship Jesus go to your neighborhood Church and kneel down....but the Pope gave the floor to IFA Priest Prof Wande Abimbola to pray for the Universe. America does not glorify KINGS and Royalty, they fought a war to remove their sovereingty and separate from the Crowwn....but to Ooni of IFE Philadelphia shut down and even facilitated his access to perform a ritual to Olokun and Sango in the City.

How many we want talk? We might live under rusted roof but we rule the World! Yoruba ti re ko ja!!

Like seriously....very eye opening

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Bunmi represents the new face of fitness in Nigeria. It’s not just the weight loss results that inspire us, but her consistency in improving the lives of people. As the boss lady at Shredder Gang, Bunmi George is producing fitness accessories that ease the weight loss journey and with every new customer, she’s creating a movement!


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Bola Onada Sokunbi
If there’s one thing many women are struggling with it is becoming financially independent and free of debt. Bola Sokunubi started Clever Girl Finance to solve that problem. She is a certified financial educator, money coach and the go to person when it comes to women turning their financial dreams into reality.

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Bisola Borha
When it comes to making events memorable and exquisite, Bisola Borha is well known for that. She went from planning a friend’s introduction to becoming one of the most sought after event planners in the country in a few years. As the CEO of Trendy Bee Events, Bisola has planned many high profile weddings and corporate events like the launch of MAC cosmetics and Clinique

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Bidemi Zakariyau is the kind of woman that holds the door open for other women in the workplace to shine through her exemplary leadership. She is a problem solver, PR Guru, CEO and Founder of LSF|PR, a Lagos based full service Public Relations agency. Her company boasts of high profile clientele like Nissan, Medplus, Remy Martin and a lot more.


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mubrix:
D rate at which Nigerians Biafrans commit crime in India and d world is alarming...

Fixed

Chaiii awon lying developers

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Featured on Goldman Sachs: http://www.goldmansachs.com/citizenship/10000women/meet-the-women-profiles/ayodeji-profile.html

Ayodeji Megbope, the CEO of No Leftovers, a full scale catering outfit started her business selling moin moin with just N1, 000. Today, No Leftovers records sales worth millions of naira every year , and empowers hundreds, by creating employment. From her humble beginnings to addressing the Annual General Meeting of Goldman Sachs and meeting Michelle Obama, Ayodeji is definitely a woman we are all proud of.

Yoruba women - Beauty and Brain

Adenrenle Sonariwo
Logically, most people wouldn’t quit a lucrative job as an auditor and dive into the unexpected by setting up an art gallery. However, Aderenle has proven that it can be done. Even though she studied Accounting at Howard University and went on to work at PricewaterhouseCoopers, her intense love for arts led her to seek for more out of life. She set up the Rele Gallery and became a trailblazer when she hosted “What’s cooking”, a culinary art photographic exhibition in Nigeria, the first of its kind.

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Abimbola Alale

It is a big deal to know that in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Abimbola Alale is the only female boss of a major satellite company. As CEO of NIGCOMSAT, Abimbola is championing the move to bridge the digital divide Nigeria is experiencing with great passion.

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ARTCO INTEGRATED CONCEPT NIG. LTD.

Operates in Nigeria and Europe.

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DonBobes:
Please where can i get these shoes abeg.

They're located in Ibadan.

You can also contact them through their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/itelefootwearshop/

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20CRATES:
http://venturesplatform.com/

Wooow I know this guy.

He Just built a Ventures Platform Tech Hub, The first WORLD CLASS Innovation Hub in the FCT completed last year.
The building is bam!

This is toooooooooo awesome.

Yorubas and international standard

Chief (Dr.) Harry Ayoade Akande
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

AIC’s multi-discipline project skills, with the ability to secure financial closure, offers our many clients-National, Regional and International-the most comprehensive of service.

AIC’s rapid growth in the last few years has been an expansion into international markets throughout Africa and the Caribbean.

Origamist:
lol you should be.
You try now.AIC limited

Thanks dear

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Adepeju Jaiyeoba, Founder, Mother’s Delivery Kit

In 2011, I founded Brown Button Foundation which has trained about 45,000 birth attendants. Equally crucial as training birth attendants, ensuring the right instruments are available and accessible at childbirth is key to saving lives. This realisation inspired me to set up Mother’s Delivery Kit Ventures.”
A skilled community development advocate, Adepeju is a Coady Institute Alumna and participated in the 2013 Global Change Leaders programme.

Adepeju has also led Brown Button Foundation into the top world 350 ideas for social change of about 4,000 entries in the prestigious Echoing Green Fellowship.


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Origamist:
Okway,baba check out http://aiclimited.net/history.php by Harry Akande

I'm weary of clicking on links on NL. lol

What is the name of this company?

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Meet Ire Aderinokun, One of Three Google Developer Experts in Nigeria

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