The Luxury Network which was launched in the UK in 2007, is an invitation-only private business club specialising in creating highly lucrative business partnerships between the world’s premium brands and high-end service providers, thereby providing access to a wider pool of pre-qualified, high-net-worth clients.

The appointment is set to bring together the finest brands in Nigeria and foster unique partnerships and collaborations in the luxury industry. The new director will be responsible for corporate communications, building brand awareness and establishing key partnership opportunities.

According to its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Cas Ojo: “The Luxury Network Nigeria is delighted to welcome Bukky Karibi-Whyte as our Director of Public Relations and Strategic Partnerships.

Since our launch, we have been analysing the Nigerian luxury market and are excited to roll out some exciting developments over the coming months. Bukky will be pivotal in defining the face of the Network over the next 12 months, and we have drawn up a shortlist of the finest Nigerian companies who will be invited to join the Network.

We have commenced discussion with a number of the selected brands and high end service providers, alongside some high-profile international luxury brands and there are plans to create some truly unique partnerships for the Nigerian luxury Industry.”

The Luxury Network Nigeria will be working with The Luxury Network UK and renowned brands and organisations in the British Luxury industry to build an international perspective on the business of luxury.

Source: Guardian Newspaper

Two weeks ago, media mogul Mo Abudu announced that EL TV had signed a distribution deal with Sony Pictures and are already in talks to distribute three series around the world.

In her latest interview with CNN, Mo talks about what to expect with the TV series about women warriors of Dahomey as it will be the first to be produced.

Watch her interview below.

According to a report by the Kenyan government and the United Nations, 75% of Kenyan children experience physical, sexual or emotional violence, according to the findings of the first nationwide household survey of more than 3,000 young people aged 13 to 24.

The good news is, Kenya is now doing everything possible  to stop the assault against the female gender by the male gender. School boys in Kenya are now being taught how to defend girls against sexual assault.

Collins Omondi, the co-ordinator of a program called ‘No Means No Worldwide’, run by the charity Ujamaa Africa, teaches adolescent boys to stand up against violence toward women. Collins is reinforcing positive masculinity in these young boys.

Researchers from Stanford University, University of Nairobi, and United States International University-Africa have found the training to be highly effective in improving attitudes toward women and increasing the likelihood of successful intervention. The successful intervention rate of boys that go through the training when witnessing physical or sexual assault also went up by 185%, from 26% to 74%, according to their study to be published later this year in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Interventions in verbal harassment also increased, and rape by boyfriends and friends of girls in schools where ‘No Means No Worldwide’ operates dropped by 20 percent, from 61 to 49 percent, the researchers said.

The program also runs vocal and physical trainings for girls; and is expanding internationally.

According to Ujamaa’s data, many of the schoolboys start out with very negative attitudes toward women, the trainers found, believing that it is legitimate to rape girls who they take on expensive dates or who are out after dark. Before the class, more than 80 percent of boys said that girls wearing miniskirts were inviting boys to have sex with them. Afterwards, it dropped to 30 percent.

Every secondary school child in Nairobi – some 130,000 students – will undergo the six-week program by the end of 2017 with funding from the British government, which is focusing aid on finding out what works to prevent violence against women.

Source: konbini.com