King Gina

(image source: www.pzimedia.com) Africa has a great wealth of incredible women who are passionate, driven and audacious. These women have broken glass ceilings, climbed up corporate ladders, entered unventured territories in business and have brought heels and pencil skirts into the boardroom. Some of these women are self-made dollar billionaires and what they all have in common is that they are African. I have always been obsessed with powerful, inspirational and successful women in Africa and to my delight more publications have risen to the occasion and have shared their stories. There is power in representation . The 50 women I have listed below have broken barriers in the private and public sector, they have carved niche markets and have shown the world that it is a better place with a woman leading it. I have followed most of their careers and business ventures and I have featured some of them on my blog already. In the near future, I will write a post on their...

(image via www.adjaye.com) Time Magazine has released its much anticipated annual list of The 100 Most Influential People and Ghanaian-British architect, Sir David Adjaye has made the list. He is the principal architect of Adjaye Associates which has offices in New York and London and have projects all over the world. The Time’s 100 Most Influential list is broken down into five categories namely: Icons, Titans, Leaders, Pioneers and Artists . Unlike other architects who have made an appearance on the list in the artist category before, Adjaye has been featured in the Icons list where he has been listed alongside RuPaul, John Lewis and Cindy Sherman. (image via www,npr.org) Sir David Adjaye will also be knighted in 2017 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his services to architecture. According to his biography on his firm’s site, Sir Adjaye was born in Tanzania to Ghanaian parents. His work has always been influenced by his deep African roots. Sir A...

(image via https://allevents.in) We are living in an exciting era in Africa. Luxury brands are cropping up all over the continent and buyers with disposable income are ready to join the tribes created by the founders of these companies. African brands are rising and creating an impact all over the world. It is definitely about time that the once coined "Dark Continent" gives international brands a run for their money. Everyone, after all, is opening up businesses in Africa; therefore it is only right that Africans do so too. We have witnessed an increase in the marketing and brand communication efforts of large luxury conglomerates in Africa especially in South Africa where most brands such as Gucci, LVMH et al have opened up stores in all the prominent malls in the country. Africa is definitely open for business. Below is a list of my top four proudly African brands that I am excited about in the luxury market. These emerging brands might have been in t...