Sarah Jane Atinuke Jemirifo is the founder of Hydration London, a fashion label inspired by “my journey from a comfortable life in London to the slums of Nigeria and back again!” From luxury, jewel-encrusted velvet tracksuits to showstopping dresses, each piece in the collections is more than just a garment, it’s a narrative, a memory….
Continuing our series of profiles of women of colour making their mark in business and across industry. Tokunbo Koiki is the founder of Tokunbo’s Kitchen a pop-up service that offers people from diverse cultural backgrounds a chance to experience delicious and nutritious home-cooked Nigerian food. She launched the business in 2015. What drove you to start your own…
Leadership is a matter of influence. I first realised this in a profound way when I was growing up in Nigeria. I am the eldest child in our family (as was my father) and come from a high-achieving Nigerian background. Anyone from a similar background will fully appreciate the weight of responsibility that goes with…