Category Stories

“If empowering a lot of women is what I am able to do in my lifetime, I would have lived a happy and satisfying life”. I just finished an interview on a Television station, and I was smiling from ear…

“Mummy Mo!” is what some friends and people in my community call me. In Nigeria and (I assume) in other places in Africa too, there is a tendency for people to venerate you. I didn’t want to become a “Mother…

I am pro-leave Nigeria and there are reasons why.  A friend asked me if I think leaving Nigeria is necessary, and my response to her;  “See, I don’t even know how to tell you, I don’t know how to describe…

My name is Rose and this is largely the story of my educational journey. My journey is one of continuous learning; understanding life through my eyes and expanding my knowledge through the eyes of others, both in and out of…

My name is Gbenga and I am going to tell you my story in two parts. In these two parts, I will share two sides of myself: the first part is what people say about me – what it looks…

I am the co-founder of a nonprofit, Ingressive for Good, and building it has been one of the proudest moments in my life and career; having gone from zero to 200,000 people in a community in two years, and being…