Victoria Obiakor is the Director of Sales, Sheraton Luxury Collection in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). Well done!! Please note: To nominate other high achievers of African Descent Worldwide, visit http://www.mipad.org/nominate To become a MIPADian, enroll for Connectology: A Practical Guide to Connect for Success www.mipad.org/connectology To begin to think and operate like a true MIPADian, enroll for our Online Course …
Angelica Nwandu, Founder and CEO of media company and Instagram’s third most actively-engaged account, ‘The Shade Room‘ for which she was named one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Media She is a 2014 June and May Sundance Screenwriter Fellow, as well as a 2014 Time Warner Fellow for a script she co-wrote called Night …
Ariel Fitz-Patrick is a singer, songwriter and digital content creator born and raised in Montreal, Canada. She is known for her skits on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook where she goes by the name Ariel Fitz. Her videos are known for sharing the message of the Bible in a fun, relatable manner and—in just over a …
Charreah K. Jackson serves as an International Communication Strategist, CEO of Studio Social and Author of Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman’s Playbook for Love & Success on St. Martin’s Press. Her informed point-of-view has been featured by Good Morning America, Business Insider, and Fast Company. She is also a career coach and corporate trainer with …
Damilare Kujembola is an entertainment lawyer and entrepreneur originally from Lagos, Nigeria with experience in the entertainment and media world in various capacities as a record label lawyer, digital platform in-house counsel and CEO. He launched his career with in 2013 at G-Worldwide Records, as its first in-house lawyer where he oversaw the signing and …
Ntombezinhle Jiyane, known professionally as DJ Zinhle, is a South African DJ, producer, media personality and businesswoman. Zinhle has also pursued an acting career. She made her on-screen debut as judge in Jika MaJika,Idols South Africa, Turn It On, and 1’s and 2 (2021) and appeared as a guest on the television series eKasi: Our Stories (2011), Play Your Part (2012), Tropika Island (2012), The Close …
Efa Iwara is a celebrated Nigerian actor, who has achieved a lot. The actor is known for his roles in Shuga (2013), The Eve (2018), Put a Ring on It (2016) and This Lady Called Life (2020). His acting career started after performing in Ola Rotimi’s play The Gods are Not to Be Blamed. His career …
Faven Ressom is a social entrepreneur who owns, among other companies, Faved Events, which hosts some of the most popular events in Atlanta — from brunches to food festivals — and she’s focused on developing other arms of her business, including a non-profit and a docu-series for television. On this episode of the Support is …
Fifi Peters is an Award Winning Financial Journalist, Senior Anchor at CNBC Africa, and Host of SAfm Market Update with Moneyweb. Fifi is the face of power Lunch South Africa where she leads conversations on the forces driving economic growth and development across Africa. She has worked in some of the most reputable financial newsrooms …
Mayowa Adegoke is a Producer at Channels Television. “I’m a “joyous” bundle of a human being who loves to tell stories through media – I’m a media professional and international journalist serving as Channels TV’s Dubai correspondent. I was born as the second child of a lower-middle-class family living in Papa Ajao, Mushin LGA, Lagos. …