Ehime Eigbe-Akindele

Ehime Eigbe is the Founder and CEO of US-based frozen yoghurt brand Sweet Kiwi. Her pioneering business, was born out of the need to create a clean dessert recipe after she realised most available brands weren’t as healthy as they claimed.

After a health scare in 2009, Eigbe-Akindele made it her mission to focus on healthy eating. Unfortunately, this meant she’d have to give up her favourite dessert, ice cream. Now on a mission to find a healthier, yet just as satisfying dessert, she soon began to research the topic of nutrition. As she learned more, Eigbe-Akindele started to create her own recipes for frozen yoghurt.

With the launch, Sweet Kiwi has continued to expand its business in North America. They are currently in Union Kitchen grocery stores, Yes Organic Market, Streets Market, Dawson’s Market and several other grocery stores in the DC, Maryland and Virginia area. With the partnership with Rainforest, Sweet Kiwi is looking to expand throughout the East coast.

Eigbe-Akindele has also gone on to win several grants such as the VISA & I Fund Women Black Women-Owned Grant,Sara Blakely & Spanx’s Red Backpack Grant, Digital Undivide’s ‘Do You’ grant, and additional one for winning the Black Girls Ventures Pitch, all of which expanded her business and helped her gain more visibility.

Sweet Kiwi now has over 100 flavours and recipes. They also make smoothies, parfaits, waffles and have created unique flavours for and led partnerships with many exciting brands such as Moet & Chandon; Pepsi, Guinness, Baileys, Veuve Cliquot and Hennessy to name a few.

She has catered major concerts for Pepsi, serving over 3000 people. Sweet Kiwi was named one of the 100 most innovative companies in Nigeria in 2017 and 2018. Eigbe-Akindele is known as the remarkable pioneer of frozen yogurt in the West African market.

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