Organic skin and hair care products giant, Avila Naturalle recently dispatched its top distributors to Dubai for a mandatory training on essential oils, as it seeks to equip them with the requisite knowledge with which its products can be marketed in a safe and beneficial manner. Avila manufacturers have turned dozens of plant oils into essential oil products, with some
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Meet Adedehinbo, a successful farmer who started with two spoonfuls of vegetable seedlings….. Below is an excerpt of his interview with one of our correspondents. 1) Hello! May we know you? My names are Adekoya Adedehinbo Oluwasegun, I hail from owe kija, Ijebu, Ogun State. I am a 25-year old graduate who comes from a polygamous family. I graduated in
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Thebe Magugu is a guy who always had big dreams and was bold to pursue them. With a strong passion for fashion from a very young age, Thebe resolved to be hardworking and dedicated to his dreams. It is no mean feat to be recognised at any fashion week, especially the London Week. Thebe took the first prize this year
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Temie Giwa-Tubosun, a Nigerian entrepreneur has nicked the land Jack Ma’s $250,000 (over N90m) prize money for innovation in business, dusting nine others to cart home the prize. Founder and CEO of medical distribution company LifeBank, Temie emerged top of the first three best initiatives selected by a group of four judges at the grand finale of the first annual
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In a move to support quality education for national development in Africa, Kenya is set to host a three-day high-level workshop on national book and reading policies in Africa, Scheduled to begin to start next Monday, the workshop will be held under the auspices of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Books and Learning Materials section
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Game of Thrones star Owen Teale was in attendance at the Amnesty International Blackheath & Greenwich Group’s annual book sale which held on Saturday (15 June), boosting the profile of this already hugely popular yearly event. The all-day book sale held in the Church of the Ascension, Dartmouth Row, Blackheath SE10 8BF (9 am-5 pm) is extremely popular with book-lovers
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Hello! May we know you? I am Mr Kehinde Lateef. I hail from Ilorin, kwara state How did u end up doing branding and printing? It was a natural talent which one of my secondary school mates liberated me with advice to use the talent as a means of livelihood. I also developed the talent by learning from a
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The Burial of Kojo is a 2018 drama film set in Ghana that has made history as the first Ghanaian film to be nominated for the Golden Globe Awards. The groundbreaking magical realism film was shot on location in Ghana and stars newcomers Cynthia Dankwa, Joseph Otsiman and Kobina Amissah-Sam. Blitz Bazawule produced ‘The Burial of Kojo,’ alongside Ama K
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Some look at challenges as stepping stones to great achievements and history records these crop of people as great achievers. Lebohang Monyatsi is one of such people. She is the first African woman to model in a wheelchair. Popularly known as ‘The Rolling Goddess,’ Monyatsi is a physically challenged person who defied her condition to focus on her dream of
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It is no news that Nigeria is endowed with various natural deposits. One of these which has not really been exploited is gold, but all that seems to be changing with the foray of Nere Teriba into the sector. Teriba, 37, is an entrepreneur, mediator and a strategist. She holds a BSE and MSE from Carnegie-Mellon University in Electrical and
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