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Sunday, 4 February 2018 | Goodbye January. Hello February. And welcome Black History Month. In this week’s newsletter, we’re going back. Waaay back. From reclaiming our routes, trade routes that is…to the Hausa descendants of the Prince of Baghdad. This week’s newsletter is chock full of historical nuggets and, as always, the new-new.
But first, if you missed last week’s newsletter, Chimamanda’s epic clapback, Unilever’s market strategy, and Nigeria’s female media mavens were readers choice articles of the week.
Here’s a playlist of 20 Nigerian songs you should never forget, courtesy of Pulse. Press play, and get into this week’s newsletter.
LIVING IN BONDAGE
1 Wife, Mother, Or Prisoner? | Story by Doreen Caven via The Girls Like Me
Doreen Caven, founder and co-editor of The Girls Like Me, is a lil firecracker. A woman after my own heart. If you follow her on twitter, you know she brings the heat on topics of feminism, day after day, week after week. In a recent musing, Doreen shares, and dispels, the gamut of ideas that Nigerian women are often fed while growing up, and well into adulthood, as to how to be the perfect wife, mother…and prisoner.
SURVEY SAYS…
2 CEOs in Nigeria Indicate First Steps to Long Overdue Economic Recovery | Survey via Oxford Business Group
Oxford Business Group and Deloitte Nigeria launched their first ever Nigeria CEO Survey to measure the business sentiments of over 100 chief executives and chairpersons during the course of 2017. While 84% said they have either positive or very positive expectations for local business conditions in the coming 12 months, 75% of the businesses surveyed had a low to very low level of satisfaction with local suppliers and service providers. The good news is: challenge begets opportunity.
CONTAINER TO CROP
3 This Nigerian Entrepreneur Is Farming In A Shipping Container | Video Story via BBC
Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja, Founder of Fresh Direct Produce, started dabbling with hydroponic farming in her backyard in Abuja, and is now a leading supplier of locally grown greens to grocery stores and restaurants throughout Nigeria. Her container-to-crop model allows her to cut costs and wastage, while being lean and green.
COMMUNICATING THROUGH COMMUNITIES
4 Folasade Adeoso Is Uplifting Women Through Design and Tech | Story by Florie Mwanza via Popsugar
If you’re not familiar with Folasade Adeoso’s instagram page, get into it now. And if you’re a female entrepreneur in need of a website, you’re in luck. Folasade recently launched her web design business, F.A. Design Studio, with a focus on empowering female entrepreneurs through digital communications. Why? Because “to have tech is to communicate. Within communication, you build your communities.”
DESTINATION NIGERIA
5 15 Things You Need to Know Before You Visit Nigeria. | Story by ‘Funmi Oyatogun via Medium
Nigeria isn’t Dakar. It’s not Nairobi. And it certainly isn’t Cape Town. Nigeria is Nigeria. God’s own country. To know it, you have to experience it. And to experience it, is to love it. This list of 15 things you need to know before you visit Nigeria is spot on. What are you waiting for? Get INNE here.
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