Ekioja Podcasts: Recent Episodes
Destiny Oriakhi
Ekioja is Africa's largest online marketplace for Made-in-Africa products and the brands powering them. This podcast is dedicated to sharing stories about African products, brands, and the innovators, vendors, and producers behind them.
The CEO of Evelve Clothing wanted to relocate out of Nigeria and then decided he needed a skil he can work with, upon learning he found passion and discovered his dream, upon building that dream came Evelve clothing line.
Being conscious of what she puts on her skin, and with an understanding of the health implications of using chemical cosmetics and products, Omolara Odebe, CEO,D-briller Beauty Products, began her journey into entrepreneurship.
On Brand Story this week, this amazing entrepreneur shares her story.
Luxury Naturals is a skincare brand that formulates purely organic products for all skin types, male and female, young and old. Luxury Naturals help in solving skin problems, giving your skin the nourishment it requires and ultimately helping your skin to remain healthy and give it a natural glow.
The products from this brand are safe and made from natural ingredients.
CEO, Janet Olarenwaju started Luxury Naturals due to the challenges she encountered trying to get a solution to a particular skin problem, she decided to go all-in and build her brand which not only solved her skin problem but is also solving skin problems for others in the four years this brand has been in existence. Listen to her story.
You can shop for her products here.
This episode features Olarenwaju Abiodun, founder, and CEO of Adunni's Works. Adunni's Works makes beautiful leather works for both males and females, and it is interesting to know that this entrepreneur is a FEMALE!
Presently, she has several customers and this wasn't always the case.
Abiodun takes us through her journey, which started from just a personal development point during her service year. From her story, you can tell that it is a simple passion for creativity that has become a means of livelihood for her, admits her struggles where she had to deny herself a lot of things to get to where she is now.
Shop Adunni's Works on Ekioja today.
In this episode we invited the C.E.O of Oyetur Beauty Lounge as our guest Miss Linda, who explained to us how she started the journey into creating formulas for beauty product. Her story is very interesting because she had to search a way to get her skin better which is what made her to become a beauty product producer.
Mrs Laura is a Bsc holder in political science. However, having a degree in political science didn't stop her from pursuing her passion. This podcast takes You on a journey through her process of "becoming". In this edition of Brand Moments, we hosted Mrs Laura, Creative Director of Lani Stores. She shares very insightful nuggets from her story of starting Lani Stores _ @lani_stores.
This episode features Moses Ogunsola, founder and CEO of Onibata Mall, the Zappos of Nigeria. Onibata Mall is on course to making indigenous shoes household products. Today, several shoemakers call the mall home. But it wasn't always so... In this episode, Moses takes us through his founding journey, where, while at school he started the brand. From his story, you can tell that passion is never enough, and the greatest resources you can have are your team. Discover how he went from having no knowledge of financial management to creating a sustainable business. Onibata Mall is on course to becoming the Zappos of Nigeria.
Shop Onibata Mall on Ekioja today.
In this podcast, we host Amie, the smart and ever-blazing founder and CEO of Fluffydivacakes. She will be pulling the curtains behind to where she had to make a choice between corporate work or building a business.
She will share with us how she went back to hone her skill in baking and managed to build a brilliant and successful brand in a crowded market. Discover what your key priorities should be in the early stages of building your brand or business. She will intimate us with how she found her 'magic' and built a cult following for Fluffydivacakes on solid business systems: and she did all these as a mother in all stages of motherhood (pregnant, nursing, grooming, and building her beautiful home).
Fluffydivacakes is one of the top cake brands out of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Check them out at Ekioja, go to ekioja.com (search Fluffydiva Cakes).
In this podcast, we hosted the founder and CEO of Abie's Closet, Dr. Andrea Idusuyi. She took us through her journey, how she found her path and turned her struggles with her identity into a powerful and steadily growing brand.
Abies' Closet is an African-American clothing brand that highlights the splendor of the African design and prints in amazing and comfortable ways for modern-day fashion.
Andrea will be sharing with us her journey from exactly what started her on the journey.
A sneak-peak for you: Andrea's Nigerian name is Abieyuwa! Abies' Closet is basically a brand of identity, existing to help others find theirs. And this is deeper than just making a buck. You can shop Abies' Closet at ekioja.com (search Abies' Closet).