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SUPER EASY WAYS TO KEEP YOU LEADING ALL YEAR – ISATU NIANG
Leadership is getting people to do things not because they are asked but because they want to. A model leader’s desire is to make people want to take up responsibility. Once you make people see themselves in the decisions they take, they are genuinely motivated to take part in the process and then a great team is formed. A true leader lives by example and instils confidence and trust in the people.I believe leaders can be born but one can also learn the skills of great leadership. We have people who have the natural aura and charisma to pull people but those skills need to be learnt. My name…
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THIS CONVERSATION WITH THREE POWERFUL WOMEN WILL JUMPSTART YOUR 2020
The lights and fireworks to ring in the decade have been beautiful, phenomenal and heavenly. We love how excited most people are to start afresh. We are left wondering what the new trends will be. Our social media accounts pop-up with ‘new me- new year’ taglines, nicely wrapped with the 10-year picture challenge.How can we keep this momentum, to nurture a daily motivation that goes beyond January to outlast a new decade? One word came to mind – NETWORK. The power of one’s network reigned right through 2009- 2019, this decade starting 2020 we could firmly predict as the decade of collaborations and synergies. To achieve this, we will need to stay positive…
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CHEERS TO 5 YEARS- THE MAKING OF POWER WOMEN 232
Thank you for growing from strength to strength, and for demonstrating excellence. Let me break down my definition of excellence. From the outside, I see that you share leadership with rotating chair positions; I see that you give one another the opportunity to shine by handing the mic over and spotlighting the greatness of each individual in the collective, I see that you hold leadership retreats; I see that you stand by one another. In each of these instances, I witness the work it takes to move the collective together – forward as one. From the outside, it is delightful to watch because you show us that it is possible.…
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THE ART OF BEING HAPPILY SINGLE- TIYANI TELLS ALL
My name is Tiyani Majoko. A part of my dream is to create large scale legal solutions that will make the delivery of legal services worldwide faster, excellent and more accessible. I created The Legal Werk, my startup that focuses on legal professionals, which I aim to launch in North America over the next few months. My parents were both lawyers and ran a law firm with branches in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and Francistown in Botswana. My mother passed away when I was 13 years old and I decided to pursue a career in law so I could carry on in my mother’s legacy. Now, I am a lawyer and I…
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MEET NIGERIA’S MINISTER OF HAPPINESS: MICHEAL OLUCHI MARY
Happiness is not something you propose for the future its something you design for the present. Our world can be cold, bitter and cruel . On the flip side it can be sunny, hearty and hail. Regardless of what life throws you, life is what you make it! This may sound cliche to some and rhetoric to others but for every single success story there are grey areas, bumpy stretches and moments that may not be clear. The ability to transcend through challenges is ours through the power of the mind. Micheal Oluchi Mary is doing just that as a survivor of Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM). AVM is an abnormal…
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MEET PEAGIE WOOBAY-FODAY – ‘AN INSPIRATION TO ALL GIRLS’
Peagie Woobay-Foday is a girls champion and self- appointed ambassador for Sierra Leone. It’s amazing how Peagie, pregnant at 15 has progressively turned victim hood into triumph. Back then, her family support was strong enough to spur her own inner determination into pushing the boundaries of shame, guilt and neglect that shroud teenagers who fall pregnant in School. At 48, she is living and working in Sweden pursuing her passion of re-branding how Sierra Leone- her home country is perceived by the world. She is married with three children. Peagie loves travelling, dancing, reading and writing. In 2018, she released her auto-biography – ‘Thursday’s Child- My Journey So Far’ – Her…
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ONE WOMAN’S – BIG IDEA: ‘ON THE SPOT WITH STELLA’
Stella Bangura stumbled into media and journalism by chance. She graduated high school with the thought of becoming a lawyer, but somewhere along the line she went through the phase of starting a business rather than going to university. Eventually when she did go to university, she read business administration due to her desire to become an entrepreneur. Before gaining admission into university she started working for an exploration company and then her supervisor encouraged her to consider radio broadcasting. In his opinion she had the personality for it. She decided to try it out, that was when her unexpected journey into the world of media began. …
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BE LIKE EUNICE NAFFIE MUSTAPHA- SIERRA LEONE’S ASPIRING THOUGHT LEADER
Eunice Naffie Mustapha is a 21-year-old female Sierra Leonean that has been championing kids and youth issues in her country since she was a teenager. Eunice started her advocacy in 2015 after the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, as she was motivated by the desire to promote the empowerment of kids and youth in her country. In 2015, she was awarded an Orange Belt in her school for excellent performance and she was made the President of Children’s Forum Network-The Annie Walsh Memorial School branch (A Child Led Organization). A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE During her days as President, she championed the weekly engagement of girls at her school…
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YENIVA SISAY: WALKS US THROUGH THE POWER OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING
Yeniva Sisay (M.A. Ed) is a value creator and change agent, who is passionate about the development and transformation of Africa. In 2007 Yeniva relocated to her ancestral home Sierra Leone, with a vision to develop the next generation of Sierra Leonean leaders, innovators, and change-makers. It was then that she founded EXCEL Sierra Leone; an educational organization that provides academic enrichment, character and leadership development to senior secondary school students in Sierra Leone. She is a master in instructional leadership and education consulting, with an emphasis on building and developing human capital in the ‘African context’. Over the last decade, as a trained and qualified teacher, a mentor and coach, Yeniva has…
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BEHIND THE SCENES WITH AJARA MARIE: CEO WOMEN MEAN BUSINESS
Ajara Marie Bomah is a child of God, a go-getter, trend setter, dreamer, mom, sister, partner and friend. She complements this professionally as a marketing and communications executive and a rising business mogul. With over 15 years of experience, Ajara specializes in diaspora engagement, development and investment in Africa with a critical focus on women in business. She is a humanitarian that works to change the lives of young people, especially girls in Africa. She is intent on teaching them how to be advocates, who channel their voices and gifts to create positive change. With a Masters in Social Work and a plethora of career experiences in social service…
