Festus Akanbi writes on the milestones of Nigeria’s billionaire industrialist and former world’s richest black woman, Chief (Mrs) Folorunsho Alakija, who clocked 70 years last Thursday
In a society accustomed to male dominance of power and political leadership, it has been argued that the prevailing system in the country appeared to be wired to whittle down the chance of Nigerian women to easily clinch top political positions and corporate leadership.
For instance, while there is no clear-cut rule that forbids women from aspiring into any position in Nigeria, there seems to be a conspiracy to confine female politicians to certain electoral offices.
Nigerian fashion pioneer Folashade Shade Thomas-Fahm will be celebrated at Africa Fashion exhibition
Updated 14th May 2021
Written by Sana Noor Haq, CNN
She s been called one of Africa s most important designers, and a pioneering figure in Nigerian fashion.
Now, Folashade Shade Thomas-Fahm is among the names being celebrated by London s Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum. Set to open next year, its Africa Fashion exhibition will commemorate past and contemporary African designers including Mali s Chris Seydou and Ghana s Kofi Ansah.
Often described as the country s first modern designer, Thomas-Fahm is a former president of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria and received a lifetime achievement award at Arise Magazine s Fashion Week in Lagos in 2011.
AISHA ABUBAKAR-ACHONU
The fashion industry, like many other sectors in the economy, has been negatively impacted by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, permanently changing lives, livelihoods and societies. The industry, during this pandemic, has witnessed loss of sales, resulting in many cancelled orders, store closures, job losses, and tough times for existing workers and suppliers. Adedayo Adejobi speaks with Founder Fashion Spaces, Aisha Abubakar- Achonu, who gives a bird’s eye view of COVID-19 impact on the fashion industry and how Nigerian fashion industry is navigating troubled waters
How has COVID-19 pandemic affected the Nigerian fashion industry?
I think it made people realise that fashion was not a basic need, during the lockdown, people were not buying fashionable pieces anymore. Most purchases were basic pants, T- shirts, Kimonos, convenient clothes that could be worn every day for their zoom meeting and at home. Professional women were buying things that are easy to u
Dr. Folashade Okoya of the famous Eleganza dynasty and the youngest wife of industrialist and business mogul, Chief Rasaq Akanni Okoya, is a woman of many parts. She is beautiful, brilliant, industrious, hard-working, fashionable, and resourceful. Her entrepreneurial spirit is second to none. With over 20 yearsâ experience within the Eleganza conglomerate, she has learned the ropes and gradually becoming a business tycoon running the Eleganzaâs factory with multiple lines of productions. Funke Olaode unveils the unique world of Okoya, the deputy managing director of Eleganza Industrial City Limited
The sprawling Eleganza Industrial City Limited situated on 35 acres of Land on Lagos-Epe Expressway cannot be easily missed. Gigantic and expansive, it is a multibillion-naira business estate where household items of various types are manufactured. As you enter the premises the humming of industrial machines of various sizes can be heard churning out finished products. The facto
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Biography of Chief (Dr) Mrs Folashade Noimat Okoya
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Chief (Dr) Mrs Folashade Okoya (Nee Adeleye) was born in Lagos on the 25th of April 1977 into the family of the late Afhaji Taju and Alhaja Nimota Adeleye. She is a Muslim and from Ijebu Ode in Ogun State.
Her early education was all in. Lagos where she grew up, she studied at Lagos State Polytechnic Isolo, where she obtained an OND in Banking and Finance.
She later studied Sociology at the University of Lagos.
A Banker and Sociologist.
Chief (Dr) Mrs Shade Okoya is the: