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Young people are creating new stories about Africa, revamping the image of what Africa is, and taking us to the world.Forbes, for the 7th year, has recognised 30 young African ...
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10.04.2018
Features

Your Better Self with Akanna: Don’t Read This Article…

Don't look – you might see. Don't listen – you might hear. Don't think – you might learn. Don't make a decision – you might be wrong. Don't walk – you might stumble. Don't run – you might fall. Don't live – you might die. I would like to add one more thought to this depressing ...
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10.04.2018
Inspired!

#The25Series: Meet Oniosun Temidayo Isaiah, the 23-year old who wants to make Africa the Next Frontier in the Space Industry

At 23, Oniosun Temidayo Isaiah is already a pioneer in the space industry, not just in Nigeria, but in Africa. Majority of the space programs all over the world are focused on the outside universe, but Temidayo is looking inward, using spatial technology to make life on earth better.In ...
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09.04.2018
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#BellaNaijaMCM Gbenga Sesan is Advocating for Digital Rights for Under-served Youths through Paradigm Initiative Nigeria

While attending the Federal Government College, Idoani, Akure, in the early 90s, our #BellaNaijaMCM this week Gbenga Sesan was rebuked by a teacher who told him he could not understand how to use computers because they are not for people like him. The school had received two sets of ...
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09.04.2018
Features

Adenike Jemiyo: Breaking Bad Habits & Forming New Ones

Habits are powerful.Many times they slip up on you 'seemingly' in ghost mode, become quite established in your life, then become nearly impossible to kick out or change.If you read my last article and participated in the action challenge, then you should be a little more aware of your ...
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08.04.2018
Career

John Boyega spoke on his Journey to Hollywood at “Accelerate TV Masterclass: The Journey” & It was Inspiring! Here are 5 Takeaways

British-Nigerian actor, John Boyega who is currently in Nigeria, promoting his film Pacific Uprising met with film makers, actors and film enthusiasts at the Accelerate TV Masterclass: The Journey.The actor told a compelling story of his journey to mainstream Hollywood as well as answering ...
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06.04.2018
Features

Eniola Olaosebikan: Taming the Voices In Our Heads

To an extent, life wouldn’t be the battle it is, if not for the voices in our heads. The voices makes us feel inadequate and somehow unsure of ourselves. They make us feel, and act awkward in a crowd of people. We're constantly thinking of the things we are not doing right, instead of the ...
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06.04.2018
Inspired!

“We need to constantly see beyond our supposed flaws, they are all in our heads” – Funke Adesiyan on Self Love 

Nollywood actress Funke Adesiyan Friday morning shared an inspiring message on her Instagram based on a personal story."We need to constantly see beyond our supposed flaws, they are all in our heads," she said, after sharing how she felt her facial mark was a "flaw" but soon grew to ...
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06.04.2018
Career

Executing & Getting it Right: Fikayo Ogundipe of ToLet.com.ng speaks to Dotun on Building the Future Podcast

Hello BellaNaijarians,We’re bringing to you episodes from the second season of podcast series: The Building the Future Podcast with Dotun Olowoporoku of Starta.We have entrepreneurs, industry leaders, founders of startups who are writing the narrative that will be told about the African ...
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06.04.2018
Inspired!

Life Lessons from the Coolest Man in Hollywood! Samuel L Jackson covers Vogue Man Arabia

Hollywood star Smauel L Jacskson has been dubbed the coolest man in Hollywood by Vogue Man Arabia for their latest Issue.In the interview, the A-list star speaks to the magazine about the movie that made him into a big star, how finding success at a later age was a good thing, the ...
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05.04.2018
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Saudi Arabia’s 35-year Cinema Ban to end with “Black Panther”

"Black Panther" will open the first movie theatre in Saudi Arabia since the kingdom lifted a 35-year old ban on public cinemas.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie will be given a gala premiere on April 18 in Riyadh at the first AMC-branded cinema, a 620-seater theatre ...
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05.04.2018
Career

Adebola Williams, Serah Makka, Chude Jideonwo, Omoni Oboli selected for Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellowship 2018

The African Leadership Institute has released the list of the 2018 cohort of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellowship.Among the emerging African leaders are Adebola Williams, CEO of RED; Omoni Oboli, actress and film director; Chude Jideonwo, Founder of Joy, Inc.; Oluseun ...
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04.04.2018
Career

How #BellaNaijaWCW Aramide Abe of Naija Startups is helping Entrepreneurs in Africa Succeed

The Africa Rising narrative cannot be shared without the stories of startups, especially small and medium scale business who are providing solutions to various problems people in the continent are facing, as well as serving as a source of income to millions.Do business anywhere and at ...
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03.04.2018
News

Microsoft donates Laptops to Ghanaian School where Teacher drew Microsoft Word on Chalkboard

"From zero to hero," a Facebook user commented on Ghanaian teacher Richard Appiah Akoto's photo of his drawing of Microsoft Word on the chalkboard.Why? Because since that photo of him went viral, Akoto has attended the Microsoft Global Education Exchange Summit in Singapore, and has ...
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03.04.2018
Features

Your Better Self with Akanna: The Love Detective

Rachel, to the best of my knowledge, had never dated anyone. She was on our cross country running team and very competitive. I would call Rachel my friend. I think I could have called everyone my friend. This is because I got along with everyone, and I guess people found me easy to talk to. I ...
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02.04.2018
News

Arike Ogunbowale makes Shot of a Lifetime… Twice!

Arike Ogunbowale, a US born college basketball player of Nigerian descent, twice made the shot of a lifetime to win her team, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the NCAA championship.Competing against the number 1-seeded Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs, Ogunbowale scored a 3-pointer with ...
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02.04.2018
Features

4 Barriers that Keep Nigerian Women From Achieving their Full Potential & How to Break them Down

In the average Nigerian home, male children are raised quite differently from females. The boys are given privileges that girls are deprived of. Girls are expected to conform to certain norms or live up to certain standards, that boys are not.From birth, the female child is already placed ...
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02.04.2018
Career

With ToLet.com.ng, #BellaNaijaMCM Fikayo Ogundipe is Easing Property Letting & Sale in Nigeria

Apart from food and clothing, one basic need anywhere in the world is shelter. In Nigeria particularly, it can be a herculean task to find a good property. Trust and fraud are two of the largest contributors to this problem.Our #BellaNaijaMCM this week Fikayo Ogundipe and his friends ...
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29.03.2018
Features

The Andela Woman: 5 Ways to Develop the Leader In You

Nigeria provides an interesting cultural study of the effects of patriarchy on the psychology of women. In what ways do we as women, limit ourselves because society tells us what we can or cannot do?Women have often shied away from taking the lead in various scenarios because we believed we ...
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28.03.2018
Career

How #BellaNaijaWCW Simi Fajemirokun of R2S Africa is Improving Public Primary School Education in Nigeria

Nigeria has over 10.5 million out-of-school children, the highest you can get anywhere in the world. That's one problem. The other is that even the children in school, especially in public primary and secondary schools, do not know how to read and write and/or are being taught with outdated ...
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27.03.2018
Events

Amara Kanu celebrated International Women’s Day with ‘An Afternoon with Amara Kanu’ Seminar to Empower Women & We’ve got the Scoop!

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Amara Kanu invited 40 guests to an afternoon filled with wisdom, motivation, food and laughter in the heart of London. Upon arrival guests were given the opportunity to mingle, eat, and take pictures before being seated.The seminar kicked off ...
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BN Playlist of the Week

  1. Super Star Ice Prince 4:18
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  4. Aboki (Remix) ft. Sarkodie, Mercy Johnson, Wizkid, M.I & Khuli Chana Ice Prince 4:22
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  6. I Swear ft. French Montana Ice Prince 4:00
  7. That Could Be Us Ice Prince 3:06
  8. Jambo Ice Prince 3:33
  9. BOSS Ice Prince 3:06
  10. Replay Ice Prince 3:12

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