Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva looks amazing and ageless as she covers the latest issue for Genevieve Magazine.
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Kenyan songstress Victoria Kimani has signed her first ever endorsement deal and it’s with Maybelline. She revealed that she’s the new face of American beauty line, Maybelline.
She made the announcement on Instagram:
“My first Endorsement deal guys! I’m so glad to finally announce that You are looking at The new face, brand Ambassador for MAYBELINE NY – from Kenya 🇰🇪 Indeed… AFRICA to the World! This is such an honor and a beautiful crowning for me because well…. if you know me, you know that I LOVE MAKE UP and a good face beat !! And When it comes to my dreams …. I am known to MAKE IT HAPPEN! Regardless of language, location, time, Rules, obstacles and hurdles that I face… nothing can stand in the way of A girl on a Mission! #Maybeline Thank you to my namesake in Kenya for fighting for me!!!”
Sharon (Photo: CNN)
That’s where 17-year-old Sharon grew up, the 11th child in her family. For girls like Sharon from underprivileged communities, their future usually entails getting married, having kids and carrying on the same business that their mothers did.
But Girls Coding, a six-year-old initiative of Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin’s Pearl Africa Foundation, is trying to teach them more, and level the playing field. The program is free and it seeks to educate girls about computer programming.
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Sharon attended Abisoye’s classes and on completion, recognizing that her family was underpaid and at a disadvantage with the middle-men who retailed their fish, created a website named Makoko Fresh to bridge the gap between her family’s products and willing consumers.
Speaking with CNN Heroes about how it all began, Sharon said:
“It was around 2015 when Ms. Abisoye came to Makoko community to train girls about computer. I said okay, I would go… I learned how to use computer very well, to build websites. That’s why I’m creating an app with my team.”
Sharon hopes to attend Harvard one day, and eventually become a software engineer.
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Kannywood actress, Rahama Sadau has revealed in an interview that she almost got married at the age of 13.
This experience pushed her to become an advocate against child marriages, sexual harassment, and child abuse.
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In a report by Wall Street Journal, Njideka‘s highest selling artwork at the moment is a 2017 botanical piece named ‘Bush Babies.’
According to the report, New York based art company dealer, Sotheby’s estimated that the ‘Bush Babies,’ would sell for up to $800,000 but ended up selling for $3.4 million.
The ‘Bush Babies’ artwork was sold during an auction at the Christie’s in London, United Kingdom.
The artist, who once sold artworks for $3,000 apiece has joined the leagues of top-flight artists in United States of America and United Kingdom.
It was also reported that least 20 public museums are on a waiting list for works which Njideka hasn’t painted yet.
At 35 years old, Crosby from Eastern Nigeria, has since been awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.
The MacArthur Fellowship, also referred to as the Genius Grant, awards $625,000 to artists, writers, teachers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and people from all works of life who have shown exceptional creativity.
The grant is doled out in instalments, made over a period of five years.
Aside the grant, Njideka has also been decorated with honours for her artworks by the New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art and London’s Tate Modernhave come calling.
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