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In Career Gems July 20, 2018 By Women of Rubies

TWITTER APPOINTS NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA AS AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Former Finance minister of Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has been appointed as an independent director for the top social media platform, Twitter.

Co-founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, announced her appointment on Twitter.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

✔@NOIweala

Thanks for the privilege, Jack.

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✔@jack

We’re adding Ngozi (@NOIweala) and Bob (@authorzoellick) to the Twitter board. Welcome! Sadly we’re also saying farewell to our friend Marjorie (@marjscar). She’s been an amazing advocate for journalists everywhere, and pushed us constantly to better inform people. Thank you M.

11:46 PM – Jul 19, 2018

Acknowledging the appointment, Okonjo-Iweala said:

“Twitter is a powerful platform that continues to be used as a strong connector for the global community, and I’m thrilled to be a part of the team,”

“As we strive to build a better world for tomorrow, Twitter can amplify messages and drive critical conversations around today’s most important issues. I look forward to partnering with Twitter’s talented directors and leadership team as we work to leverage the power of Twitter for good.”

In Career Gems July 19, 2018 By Women of Rubies

MARY AKPOBOME, COMEDIAN ALIBABA’S WIFE, LAUNCHES PURPLE GIRL FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION

The Purple Girl Foundation has been established to help young girls who lack the means to further their education by reason of their family background, location, or social status.

According to the board of trustees, the launch of the Purple Girl Foundation is intended to bring together key stakeholders in the education and social development space from both the private and public sector to provide more insight around the issues around girl-child education in Nigeria. One of the major goals of the foundation is to proffer conceivable resolutions to these issues that will significantly assuage the plight of indigent young girls in Nigeria who face obvious challenges in pursuing their education.

The theme for the event was “Girl-Child Education for Nation Building” and it gathered together industry experts and professionals in various aspects of social development and education. Mrs. Toyin Saraki, Founder and President of Wellbeing Foundation Africa delivered the keynote address and Mary Akpobome addressed guests on major reasons why the foundation has come alive.

The panel discussion session involved Professor Yomi Fawehinmi, Advisor, Horizons & Pathways, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Dr. Abosede Lewu, Founder, Girlsaide Initiative; Mr. Mohammed Ahmed,Director, Schools, Education & Society, British Council; and Mrs. Chinedum Oluwadamilola, Head of School, Corona Secondary School.

Other guests in attendance include ace comedian Alibaba, DayStar Pastor Sam Adeyemi, Nike Adeyemi, representative of the Lagos state deputy governor, former deputy governor of Lagos, Mrs SarahSosan, retired AIG of police Tunji Alapini, Richard Mofe Damijo, amongst others.

For more about the event, visit www.purplegirlfoundation.org or write to info@purplegirlfoundation.org

Culled from Pulse

In Career Gems July 19, 2018 By Women of Rubies

DESTINY’S CHILD SINGER, MICHELLE WILLIAMS WILLINGLY CHECKS INTO A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY

US celebrity gossip website TMZ has reported that Destiny’s Child singer, Michelle Williams, has checked into a mental health facility in California.

Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams says she has “sought help” for the good of her mental health.

The 37-year-old has previously spoken about being depressed and “suicidal”.

In an Instagram post, Michelle said that as a mental health awareness advocate, she “listened to the same advice” she’s given to others.

She’s had messages of support from artists including original Destiny’s Child member LaTavia Roberson and Missy Elliott.

“For years, I’m in one of the top-selling female groups of all time suffering with depression, Michelle Williams said in an interview on US TV in October 2017.

“It got really, really bad, to the point of being suicidal.”

She added:

“I was at that place where it got so dark and heavy because sometimes you feel like ‘I’m the provider, I take care of people, I’m not supposed to be feeling this way – what do I do?’

“I wanted out.”

Missy Elliott responded to the news on Twitter, saying:

“I want to lift our sis up in prayer because there are so many people battling this and many trying to deal with it alone”.

She added:

“Let’s keep the ones who are openly dealing with it uplifted and be encouraging to them”.

Credit: BBC, TMZ

In Career Gems July 10, 2018 By Women of Rubies

GREENHOUSE CAPITAL OPENS APPLICATION FOR FEMALE TECH PROGRAMME

GreenHouse Capital opens application for female tech programme

The Venture Garden Group, GreenHouse Capital, has opened 2018 application for the first-female-focused tech accelerator program in Nigeria. The three-month accelerator programme begins mid-August and will run through mid-November.
According to the Director of GreenHouse Lab, Tosin Durotoye: “To tap into the vast brainpower and opportunity for innovation necessary to propel Nigeria and Africa as a whole forward, our mission at GreenHouse Lab is to level the playing field by providing early‑stage, women-led, high‑ growth technology start‑ups with investments and support infrastructure within the range of 250, 000 USD.
“We also provide exceptional teams with the resources and mentorship network they need to drive growth and scale their companies both in emerging and international markets.”
Durotoye noted that the program is residential and will be hosted at Vibranium Valley tech campus in Lagos. The accelerator ends with a demo day where companies get to pitch their businesses to a wider network of local and international investors.
In a research conducted by Disrupt Africa, $195.1 million in venture capital funding was invested in African start‑ups compared to $129.1million in 2016, an increase of 51 per cent. With $63.3 million in startup investments in 2017, Nigeria was the top investment destination in Africa followed by South Africa and Kenya. As Nigeria continues to emerge as a technology hub, one thing is clear, women are missing on the playing field.
The research further revealed that of the 25 per cent of women in tech, only 21 per cent are tech executives and of these, only 11 per cent are African technology officers. Currently, more than half of global executives report a shortfall of tech workers, which slows or prevents businesses from growing.
“In addition to being under-represented in the tech space, women are also severely under-funded. In 2017, women-led start-ups received just 2.2 per cent of all available venture capital dollars although women-led startups have been found to produce over 30 per cent higher return on equity.”
The first-of-its-kind in Nigeria, GreenHouse Lab is a three-month accelerator focused solely on early stage, women-led technology start-ups in sub‑Saharan Africa, as well as African-run startups domiciled in the US or UK with products that are scalable in African markets. GreenHouse Capital will also invest a minimum of 100, 000 USD in companies that qualify and reach specific milestones at the end of the program. For additional information, contact GreenHouse Lab at lab@greenhouse.capital or visit www.greenhouse.capital/greenhouselab.

In Career Gems July 10, 2018 By Women of Rubies

“DO NOT LET FEAR STOP YOUR DREAMS” – PEACE HYDE SPEAKS AT THE ESSENCE FESTIVAL

British Ghanaian Media personality, Peace Hyde over the weekend inspired a room of young female entrepreneurs at the annual Essence Festival held in New Orleans Louisiana.

The inspirational founder of education non-profit Aim Higher Africa joined the group of millennial businesswomen including entrepreneur and TV personality Vanessa Simmons, entrepreneur and author Karen Civil, founder and CEO of curlBOX, Myleik Teele and artist, author and entrepreneur MC Lyte.

In Career Gems July 9, 2018 By Women of Rubies

TIWA SAVAGE, NAOMI CAMPBELL ATTEND ‘GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL MANDELA 100’ PRESS CONFERENCE

To announce the star-studded lineup as well as other details about the upcoming Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 event, a press conference was held today at Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The press conference was attended by Tiwa Savage, Naomi Campbell, Sho Madjozi, Precious Moloi Motsepe, Kweku Mandela as well as Minister of Energy for South Africa Jeff Radebe, CEO and Co-Founder of Global Citizen Hugh Evans and more.

See photos from the press conference below.

Source: Bellanaija

In Career Gems July 2, 2018 By Women of Rubies

CHIKA IKE”S NEW BOOK “BOSS UP” TALKS ABOUT CONQUERING & LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE

Nollywood actress Chika Ike has just unveiled her new book ‘Boss Up!‘ in which she’ll be sharing a Guide to Conquering and Living your Best Life.
According to her, Boss Up! is a 41-chapter book that covers most of the obstacles we all confront – fear, love, money, self-esteem. Some are internal, existing only in our minds, and some are external, found in other people’s attitudes.

The book is a guide on how to overcome such obstacles by some of the lessons and experiences of Chika Ike.

The actress shared the cover of the book on her Instagram page where she wrote:
It took me over seven years of writing to finally publish Boss up! Seven years of documenting my thoughts, emotions, truth and events that taught me some life lessons and brought me to this point . Three years ago before my mum passed , she was also an author and was aware of my unpublished book, she looked at me, held my hands and told me to tell my truth.

I’m a very guarded person, my walls are up because life has thrown me so many curved balls, I brought down all my walls in this book , because the truth is we are on this earth to share and not just to take. I finally bossed up and got my book published.

Boss up is one of my ways of giving back. Telling my truth isn’t so comfortable, it has been a roller coaster ride to get here. I have failed, made mistakes, trusted, had my lows and highs. But today I stand firm, stronger than ever and living my best life.
Boss up is a 41 chapter book, which covers most of the obstacles we encounter in life, fear, convention, betrayal, love, self-esteem and money. Some are internal existing in our minds and some are external found in other people’s attitudes. It will give you a guide to conquering such obstacles and living your best life. You asked and I answered, all my tips and tricks on how I became this successful are in this book.
A girl who had nothing but just her dreams, now a successful Filmmaker, a Harvard trained business woman, philanthropist and passionate about empowering people. I remember the days I struggled to pay rent, now I don’t just live in my dream home but I also develop and rent out properties and my list is endless. So dip in with both feet and enjoy the book.From me to you with love .❤️#bossup#focus #living #conquer #book@bossupbook

In Career Gems June 30, 2018 By Women of Rubies

360 WOMAN HOSTS DIALOGUES AND COCKTAIL

360 women Africa, a leading personal development enterprise for women in Africa, held the first edition of its personal development, mentoring and networking event called Dialogues and Cocktail in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.
Founded by Yvonne Chioma Ofodile a UK certified personal development coach, public speaker, and business woman, the objective of the event was to engage women in Africa by creating a platform that seeks to deliver transformational knowledge, impact and soft skills to its participants.
Dialogues and Cocktails round-table meeting gave its participants access toreal talks from expert speakers on lives success, failures, hope, clarity of vision and a total paradigm shift; access and opportunity for speed mentorship, among other things.

The event gathered great speakers and industry holders such as Ayo Mairo-Ese, a multiple award-winning broadcaster, event compere and public speaker; Felicia Odumosu, an astute HR Consultant with over 17 years work experience and Alexandra Amuche Asogwa, TV personality, dancer, writer and brand/social influencer who recently emerged fifth runner-up at the Big-Brother Naija 2018.
The first speaker Felicia Odumosu spoke on Becoming and Remaining Employable. She went further to speak on what employability skills were and desirable employability skills across all employment sector.
Alexandra spoke on The Road To Discovery: How Real Can It Get? She also went further to share her journey and tools that has helped her in this process of evolving. Ayo Mairo-Ese spoke on Been Limitless.
She started with sharing her success story and how she has emerged. She encouraged her audience to engage in a lot of personal development activities like reading, researching, affirmations, seeking mentorship and hard-work.
The dialogue session had a lot of questions and answer for the speakers and it ended with the founder speaking on The Power of Imagination.

The event was powered by 360 Woman Africa and fully supported by Veleta Sparkling Wine, Talent Bureau Limited, YMC Beauty and GuardianWoman.

In Career Gems June 30, 2018 By Women of Rubies

NIGERIA’S ZURIEL ODUWOLE LISTED AMONG TOP 15 EMERGING BLACK WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD

The phrases “Action” or “Cut” and “That’s A Wrap” are truly synonymous with the entertainment industry, specifically filmmaking and motion picture development.
But these scenes do not occur, without the backing and funding from studios, production houses or deep pocket independent producers and directors.

A new generation of powers behind the industry is emerging – Black Women, and this month, 15 of such influencers are profiled in a new feature in LA Magazine, and they are directors, movie funding gatekeepers, producers, program executives and writers from big-name players such as Paramount Pictures, BET Networks, Extra!, AEG, City National Bank and Revolt.
And then a certain 15-year-old documentary filmmaker called Zuriel Oduwole, youthfully perched at the top left of the group portrait, made the cut.

She made her first film at the age of 9 about the Ghana Revolution, and her fourth film at the age of 12, showed in 2 movie theatre chains overseas and screened in Ghana, the UK, Nigeria, South Africa and Tokyo – Japan.
It made her the youngest producer in the world to show their self-produced and self-edited film in a commercial movie theatre chain. Indeed, a new dawn is breaking in Hollywood.

In Career Gems June 27, 2018 By Women of Rubies

WUNMI OBE BAGS NEW APPOINTMENT WITH PUNCH

On Tuesday, June 26, 2018, Mrs Valerie Omowunmi Tunde-Obe was appointed as a non Executive Director by the Board of Punch Nigeria Limited.

She attended Grange School and Queen’s College, Yaba, Lagos. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Lagos. Between 1995 and 2001, she worked as a Senior Manager, Copywriting at LTC/JWT Advertising. In 2001, she and her husband founded KOPYKATS & Associates, a scriptwriting, music production and marketing company.

Tunde-Obe is the owner of Hair Afrique Beauty Salon, a subsidiary of United Hairways Beauty Company and Iya Ibadan Local Cuisine and Foods which promotes foods from Western Nigeria.

A certified member of the Association of Advertising Practitioners of Nigeria since 2004, Tunde-Obe is a director of Punch Commercial Printing…..

Continue reading on http://punchng.com/punch-appoints-new-chairman-director/

Culled from Punch

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