Ijeoma joins me on The Iveoma Show to discuss why her boutique that she started in Enugu, Nigeria collapsed, how it took her life savings’ and the extremely useful business lessons she learned. TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Why Ijeoma rel

#35: How Tiphub Helps African/Diaspora Businesses Find Their Unfair Advantage With Chika Umeadi

Jul 23rd, 2017 37m 4s

Chika Umeadi co-founder of TipHub joins me on I Am The Diaspora to talk about how entrepreneurs can find/develop their unfair advantage in business and gives advice to people who are moving to Africa to start businesses. Tiphub is an accelerato

#33: How To Avoid Common Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make In Contracts With Temi Siyanbade

Jun 28th, 2017 51m 18s

#32: How To Become A Media Personality With Liz Akinbode

Jun 15th, 2017 34m 48s

#31: Invest In Africa Virtual Summit With Nako Mbelle

Jun 1st, 2017 29m 39s

So you’re thinking about building your own business or investing in Africa? Nako Mbelle, the founder of the Invest In Africa Virtual Summit & Fintech Recruiters, joins me on the I Am The Diaspora show to talk all about why NOW is the time for t

#30: Screenwriter To Entrepreneur

May 19th, 2017 22m 35s

The founder of Aso-Swap, chats with I Am The Diaspora about pursuing her creative passions. She broke out of the typical role expected of a Nigerian-American and pursued journalism, tv presenting, screenwriting and entrepreneurship. We talk abo

#29: Building Symbian Electronics In Kenya With Ismail Sabrie

Mar 17th, 2017 10m 45s

Today's episode is with Ismail Sabrie, the founder of Symian Electronics, chats with The Iveoma Show about what it takes to be an entrepreneur in Kenya, the tough reality that you must have some money in order to scale a business, and why he lo

#28: How To Make Money Online Doing Research With Chigozie Ezugwu

Mar 15th, 2017 25m 59s

Chigozie Ezugwu, the founder of Raadaa, talks about how to make money online doing research. Raadaa gives researchers, publishers, and students, an avenue to monetize their own research like video creators can do on YouTube. He has created an e

#27: Creating Beautiful African Clothing With Fadieye Loum (YALI Interview)

Mar 15th, 2017 19m 36s

Faideye Loum, the founder of KABIO, an engineer turned fashion designer sits down to chat with The Iveoma Show. I met Fadieye when she was a Mandela Washington Fellow a part of the Young African Leaders Initiative. There is a corresponding vide

#26: How To Build A Facebook Community With Maria Makanjuola

Mar 1st, 2017 39m 54s

Maria Makanjuola, the biochemist founder of Sweet Cake TV School, discusses how to build a Facebook community from scratch (she literally went from 0 to 25k+ members in one year). Maria discusses how to create an online school from consumer fe

#25: Why Nigerian Is The New Cool With Toib Olarinde

Feb 28th, 2017 18m 53s

Today I am talking to Toib Olarinde about how he built his multiple fashion businesses, doing what you believe in, having pride in being a Nigerian, and how to stand out in fashion. TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Why Toib left his 9-5 to p

#24: Issouf Simpore Is The Painter From Burkina Faso

Feb 27th, 2017 17m 22s

Today's episode is for artists and creatives. Issouf Simpore, artist & interior designer from Burkina Faso joins me on The Iveoma Show. We dive into making money as an artist, how to sell art through art festivals and shows around the USA, and

#23: The Future Of Nigerian Graduates With Emeka Ossai (YALI Interview Series)

Feb 20th, 2017 31m 8s

Emeka Ossai, the founder of the Nigerian Campus Enterprise Challenge, talks about his goal of training 1 million Nigerian entrepreneurs by 2020. He also discusses how the networks that he his building during his time as a Mandela Washington Fel

#22: Aquaponics, Farming Without Soil, With Chipokosa Tepula (YALI Interview Series)

Feb 20th, 2017 18m 35s

Chipokosa Tepula, the co-founder of the Kaychi Aquaponics, talks building the first aquaponics farm in Zambia, how is is going to become a distributor to major retailers, and training farmers in his region. He also discusses how the Mandela Was

#21: How The Diaspora Can Invest In Nollywood & Real Estate With Nicholas Oghieakhe

Feb 13th, 2017 24m 51s

Nicholas Oghieakhe, singer, songwriter and finance guru, is on The Iveoma Show talking about how the Diaspora can invest in Nigerian real estate and Nollywood.

#20: YALI Interview With Agnes Yahuma

Jan 31st, 2017 16m 42s

Agnes Yahuma, a Mandela Washington Fellow for Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), joins me to discuss how her startup Onu Gas Limited is tackling the high unemployment rate of young people in Nairobi, Kenya. Agnes' startup Onu Gas Limited

#19: YALI Interview With Adjo Dede Asare

Jan 31st, 2017 10m 19s

Adjo Dede Asare, a Mandela Washington Fellow for Young African Leaders (YALI), joins me on The Iveoma Show to talk about how her family grew Alfie Designs, a fashion house in Ghana, to 8 Sub-Saharan African countries.

#17: Losing Weight With Toluse Dove Francis

Jan 16th, 2017 10m 1s

Toluse Dove Francis, the founder of The Eat Fit Academy, joined me on The Iveoma Show to talk about how to avoid gaining or even losing too much weight during times of stress.

#16: Building Strategic Sales Solutions With Derick Ofodirinwa

Jan 16th, 2017 29m 14s

Derick Ofodirinwa, the founder of Strategic Sales Solution, joins me on The Iveoma Show to discuss why he decided to go into software sales and why sales is the art of building relationships with people.

#15: How To Become A Valuable Person With Ayomide Shittu

Dec 18th, 2016 29m

Ayomide "Ayo" Shittu, a bankruptcy lawyer and super connector, describes networking as the process of planting seeds for the future. She refers to networking as making friends plus being intentional about the relationship. And today on The Iveo

#14 - Creating Aso-Swap, The 1st Online African Consignment Store

Dec 11th, 2016 27m 4s

The founder of Aso-Swap, joined me on the Iveoma Show to discuss how she created the FIRST online African consignment store. Elizabeth noticed that many of her Nigerian friends and family spent an average of $200 making fabulous outfits (mater

#13 - Professional Basketball Player Turned Artist With Abiola Wabara

Dec 9th, 2016 25m 6s

I have the pleasure of introducing Abiola Wabara, professional artist and owner of Art By Abiola, on The Iveoma Show. Abiola was born and raised in Italy, moved to Texas to play basketball for Baylor University, traveled around Europe playing p

#12: How To Build A Music Empire With Myoa

Dec 9th, 2016 29m 51s

I am excited to welcome Myoa Sobamowo, singer and songwriter, onto the Iveoma Show. I was curious about the business side of music and Myoa indulged me and told me the secrets of how musicians and singers make money. She also talked about how

#11: Opportunities In Renewable Energy With Ifeoma Malo

Dec 9th, 2016 39m 45s

Ifeoma Malo, the founder of the Clean Technology Hub & Country Director of Power For All, joined me on The Iveoma Show to talk about the opportunities in renewable energy for Nigerians, especially women. Ifeoma discusses that 60% of Nigerians a

#10: TAP Magazine With Moses Mutabaruka

Nov 28th, 2016 52m 22s

Moses Mutabaruka, founder & CEO, of The African Perspective Magazine (TAP Magazine), is joining me on The Iveoma Show to talk about why it is important to care about the negative perception of Africa in global media and how TAP Magazine is figh