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In this exciting and inspiring interview,  Seyi Awobadejo, the Founder and CEO of @wosiwosiuk WosiWosi UK Ltd, 80 restaurant @80krestaurant , and Global Hedge UK Limited shares the journey of building WosiWosi UK into a known brand in the United Kingdom.

Seyi is a Chartered Accountant and serial entrepreneur with years of experience in the Financial Services sector of Nigeria but took a full detour into the world of entrepreneurship in 2006 building different businesses in Nigeria and now running several businesses in the UK.

You will gain deep insights and strategies to thrive in a regulated business environment like the UK watching this interview.

Check out www.wosiwosi.co.uk for you Afrocaribbean Food

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In this explosive interview with Idris Ayodeji Bello, he demystifies the world of #Angel #Investing and #venture #capital #funding in the #African #tech space.

Idris Ayodeji Bello is an ‘Afropreneur’, award-winning strategist, and global thought leader with far-reaching and diverse experience in technology, strategic planning, and project management in different sectors (energy, healthcare, education, consumer goods, NGOs, government). 

The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Ayodeji Bello is a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the early stage-Afropreneurs Fund, and co-founder of The Wennovation (WE - nnovation) Hub. He is one of Africa's most sought-after angel investors and startup advisors.

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In this highly informative, inspiring, and educative interview, Omolola Omotoso; a Registered Nurse and a Practice Education Facilitator with one of the NHS Trust in West Midlands, UK shares deep insights on how to work in the UK as a qualified nurse especially if you are coming from outside the UK.

In Nigeria, Lola was a lecturer in philosophy at the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife and as an education link for students, Lola helped new starters settle in. When she trained as a nurse in 2010 she always knew she wanted to have a career in education and training. Lola says her proudest achievement is changing career to retrain as a nurse. On seeing the post advertised at the Trust, a friend and colleague encouraged her to apply, saying it would be perfect for her. She got the job and loves what she does.

Lola is responsible for the training and development of the Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) and says she feels like she’s only just begun, with greater feats to accomplish. She runs induction and training and develops programmes to support staff learning and development. She often helps staff in clinical areas, offering pastoral support, especially during the pandemic.

Lola is married with three daughters and lives in Wolverhampton, UK. She’s very creative and in her spare time loves to sing and to make her own beauty products.

Here is the link mentioned in the interview: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/j...

Timestamps:

1:05 - About Omolola Omotoso

6:18 - Don't give anyone money to be recruited as a nurse to work in the UK

11:20 - Here are the different routes to becoming a registered nurse in the UK

12:36 - What is the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and how long does it take?

15:55 - How did you really pivot into the Nursing career

22:02 - What informed a shift into the nursing education route?

30:06 - Take every opportunity you get and be fearless about it

38:53 - Here's what you need to know as a fresh nurse in the UK

47:17 - Coping as a medical couple

50:04 - Final words

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Mary Ogundimu is a phenomenal young woman who has distinguished herself in her sphere of influence. She bares it all in this no-holds-barred interview session unveiling deep insights, disruptive mind-shifting ideas capable of transforming teenagers, youths, and even adults.

Mary Ogundimu, is a multiple award-winning speaker, trainer, and coach who specializes in using storytelling and deep content to reconstruct and correct everyday narratives and life experiences. She is a self-conscientious motivated lady passionate about women's development and enhancement.

She is the founder of the MultiWoman Network, a youth-led organisation that empowers women and the girl child with basic skillsets for maximizing their potentials and becoming global citizens. Every year, she convenes the MultiWoman Conference, a signature event that brings women from all works of life to tell their stories, share and proffer solutions to issues of economic empowerment and grassroots development for women. She is a member of the Global Social- Economic and Financial Evolution Network. In August 2020, Mary was re-appointed as the President of the Young African Women Congress, Nigerian Chapter after serving faithfully in the last two years.

In the same year, she became a Google Womenwill Co-Lead for Yaba, Lagos. In the last 6 years, Mary worked as a customer service personnel and data analyst respectively in Access Bank plc and later went on to switch career paths to first being an Interior designer, and later a Google certified Digital Consultant. Noteworthy to also mention that Mary is a premium event host, who brings her expertise in people management, interpersonal relationship,s, and humour to create unforgettable memories for her clients. Mary started her career as an On-Air- Personality in Unilag FM, presenting on a radio magazine show called Onstage and also co-hosting the weekly series of interviews on The Ambassadors Radio Show with outstanding entrepreneurs, using their stories to inspire over 5000 youths in Lagos.

She is an Alumni of the SMILE social Innovators program, an Alumni of the Nirmala Chellarams Accelerator Program, a YALI fellow, and Alumni, where she served as the Events and Networking Chair for YALI RLC Alumni, Nigeria, 2020/2021. Mary currently serves as the programs manager for OAR & D ( a research and development firm, helping to build a productive and prosperous Africa and Project Manager at Otaso, a Digital Agency in Covenant University.

She has been featured in several media houses including TVC Africa, Superscreen TV, Star FM, and Unilag FM, among others. She is the author of “Suffering and Smiling (A Tale of a Lagos Bank Worker)”. Other books written by her: She is the author of STRETCH, (a book on self-development), The Clarity Handbook, and Productivity Extra.

Her Legacy is... To build a community where every woman matters.

I long for a time when in history, there is nothing such as a “fight” for gender equality because everyone will understand that both males and females have the potentials and capacities to be everything and anything.

A time when there is nothing such as gender violence because everyone understands what it means to respect the other and treat the other as human, not necessarily as male or female.

A time when everyone is free to become and we look forward to each other’s success because we understand that in life’s race, there is no competition, everyone has their space and should be in charge of that.

A time when we can truly look into each other’s face and say, you are indeed my bother and sister. Where the only cord that binds us is love.

You can connect with her through any of the following channels: www.maryogundimu.com FB: https:facebook.com//maryogundimu Instagram: @maryogundimu Twitter: @maryogundimu ogundimumary1993@gmail.com

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In continuation of our #October series dedicated to the girl child, ladies, and women in our world, we hosted the CEO & Founder of Healthtracka; Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson.

In this episode of #thementorslounge, Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson shares how she leveraged her career trajectory and network to build a health-tech company. She is thriving in the tech space that is highly dominated by men in #Nigeria, as such, this interview is a must-watch for ladies and women who nurturing such ideas.

Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson is the CEO/Founder of Healthtracka - a venture-backed health tech company making medical diagnostics accessible with at-home lab testing and digital results.

She is a graduate of Biochemistry from the University of Ilorin and holds an MBA from the University of South Wales, UK. Ifeoluwa s career spans several industries. She has over a decade of experience as a marketing professional at tech startups, FMCG, and the healthcare industry.

Ifeoluwa is experienced at consulting for startups, having helped several startups with product launches and go-to-market strategies. She is also a marketing lecturer at the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK.

Ifeoluwa is passionate about building solutions that solve African problems and believes that nobody is coming to save us, we have to save ourselves. She is a mentor to many and loves to see people break boundaries to achieve their set goals.

Ifeoluwa is married with 2 children and lives in Lagos.

You can follow her on her social medial handles:

Twitter: ife_adeyemi

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ifeoluwad...

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In this explosive interview, which is the first in our October series dedicated to women and the girl child, Olutope Olatilewa shares her experience of starting from a humble beginning to becoming a global changemaker. She encourages women to be versatile, has a global mindset, and go for the opportunities to grow.

Olutope (Topsie) Olatilewa E. is a Business Strategist & Change Leader. Vital Voices Fellow, Ashoka Changemakers Scholar, Lead City Voices. She is a visionary entrepreneur, business strategist & change leader. She teaches economic empowerment by helping organizations and people turn their ideas into reality. She is the Founder/CEO of Business Without Boundaries(BwB), African ChangeMakers Initiative (ACi), and co-founder of Africa Volunteering Week (#AVW). An awardee of AFLI (Project Pakati), 2020 Equal in Tech award (Leadership in SME), WeforGood award (100 African Women Creating a Better Africa), Voices Fellow, Ashoka Changemakers Scholar, Lead City Voices, West Africa Ampioneer for Ampion Venture.

She has led and collaborated with professional teams both locally and globally to execute the various projects in a timely manner among those who are MasterCard Foundation, Ashoka Changemakers Future Forward Program, Global VA Week-Africa, OIVAC, African VA, Global Entrepreneurship Week, etc. She actively seeks and establishes business relationships with global companies that want to have a business presence in Africa. Being an African lady, Olutope is passionate about the African people and passionate about transforming their human capital skills. She has trained and mentored thousands of people in various business start-ups, career development, growth, and expansion. She is championing entrepreneurship, leadership development and social innovation, youth policy, AfcFTA, and Africa Union Agenda education for youth, women, and girls in 54 African countries.

Olutope embarked on her professional career in the USA at the Medgar Ever College (Cuny), New York for Computer Information System, took the online certificate and diploma training with Alison and VAClassroom in business and ICT before returning to Nigeria. She is an Ashoka Changemakers Scholar, Vital Voices Fellow, Lead City Voices Awardee 2015, and West Africa 2014 Ampioneer for Ampion Venture. Get to know her more & present her with global business and career opportunities for collaboration & partnership.

You can follow Olutope through her social media handles:

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/iamtopsie

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamtopsie

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamtopsie/

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In this second special interview series of this month on the Mentor's Lounge, Mr. Tunji Adeniran, mni shares some deep insights about life, real-estate development, raising children, and succeeding in life with us.

He is a seasoned C-level Property Development and Construction Management Executive with over 30 years of industry experience. Twenty-three of these have been as senior management executive managing a property portfolio of $15 million USD. He has several teams across different construction and real estate firms to deliver residential, commercial, and industrial properties to achieve improved rental yield. He led the transformation of a subsidiary of leading indigenous asset management and investment company from a cost centre set up to manage own real estate assets to a profitable company doing real estate business with an annual turnover of over N2billion.

‘Tunji is a graduate of Building from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, where he was the first beneficiary of the Late General Murtala Mohammed Scholarship, awarded by the Federation of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors in Nigeria in 1984 for excellent academic performance. He obtained an M.Sc. Construction Management from the University of Lagos in 1991, and a Master of Business Administration, specializing in Production and Operations Management in 2011 from the same university. He attended the Advanced Management Programme of the Lagos Business School, in 2015, where he bagged a certificate as the industry champion in the Business Strategy Game. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Building, licensed to practice as a Builder by the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria. He attended the Senior Executive Course 41 at the National Institute for Policy & Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos and is a Member of the National Institute (mni).

Some of the real estate assets created under his leadership include i. The Flowergate, Apo-Dutse District, Abuja - 88 Units of mixed housing with full infrastructure and homely ambiance on about 50,000 square metres of land, completed and sold within a 24-month period. ii. Fairview Courts, GRA Ikeja, Lagos (16 Units of Luxury 3-bedroom Flats); Olympia Estate, Kaura District, Abuja (44 Units of Mixed Housing Units); The Oakville, Kado District, Abuja (11 Units of Terrace Houses); Highgate Apartments, Wuye District, Abuja (66 Units of Mixed Housing Units). He is happily married to Modupe and they are blessed with five children: three boys and two girls. He teaches in the Sunday School department in his church and enjoys reading, listening to music, cycling, traveling to see landscapes, imparting knowledge, and mentoring.

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In this explosive no-holds-barred interview with the CEO of Background Check International (BCI), Mr kola Olugbodi shares deep insights about his #entrepreneurial journey and how he was able to create an industry that was nonexistent and has grown to become a global brand today. Kola Olugbodi was born in the city of Lagos, and he attended Atunda-Olu School for the Handicaps for his primary education from 1971-76. For his secondary school education, he started from Baptist Academy, Obanikoro-Lagos in 1977 but concluded at Ede Baptist High School, Ede, Osun State in 1983. Kola gained admission into the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 1984 where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Demography and Social Statistics in 1988. He observed his service year with the National Population Commission (NPC) and he was retained by the Commission as a Population Statistician immediately after he concluded his service in 1989. Kola left NPC for the North-South Bank (NSB) in 1992. He became an Entrepreneur immediately after he left NSB in 1995. He was the CEO of Josh Cyrus, a Human Resource and Outsourcing Organization. After which he became the inaugural CEO of Background Check International (BCI), pioneers of the background check industry in Nigeria and West Africa in 2004. Kola Olugbodi pioneered the background check industry in Nigeria and he is the CEO of Background Check International, Nigeria’s first background check company. He is Africa's leading background check expert, and the Chairman of, Board of Trustees of the Association of African Professional Background Screeners. Kola is a Fellow of the Institute of Information Management (IIM), Africa, and also the first African member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), USA. Kola is also an Advisory Board Member of the International Due Diligence Association (IDDA) USA, and an alumnus of the US Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). Kola is the author of "Through It All", an account of his many trials and triumphs in life. He is also a workshops and conferences facilitator, a public speaker, a pastor, and a preacher by calling whose hallmark in life is to always impact other people’s lives for God and for good. Kola is also: ● Member of, Association of Christian Investigators (ACI) ● Kola was a Speaker at the 2018 edition of the Excellence in Leadership Conference, an annual program of the Daystar Christian Centre. ● A Fellow of the Institute of Information Management, Africa (FIIM) ● The First African member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), USA ● Advisory Board Member of the International Due Diligence Association (IDDA) the USA ● An alumnus of the US Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) ● Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), USA ● Member, ASIS International, USA ● Member, the Nigeria Institute for Industrial Security (NIIS). Kola is a winner of several awards, some of which are the: ● CNBC’s West Africa Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist ● PSR National Development Merit Award in the sphere of Background Checks, Screening & Verification Services. ● Rotary International Achievers’ Merit Award Kola is widely traveled and he is a public speaker and he facilitates workshops and conferences. He is an Encourager whose hallmark in life is to always impact other people’s lives for good and for God. He is married and blessed with two precious children.

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In this unscripted interview with Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, he shares deep insights, life lessons, and pragmatic strategies that have defined his life as a Pastor, Leader, Mentor, Corporate Executive, and role model to millions of people.

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In this podcast, the Lead Consultant and Host of The Mentor's Lounge; Dr. Lanre Lewis share more insight into the vision behind the launch of the Mentor's Lounge.

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In this second interview on The Mentor's Longe, Mr. Afolabi Adetola @flo2baba, shares interesting insights and background to how won the Intern Show hosted by BankPHB and how this singular experience helped him to develop the profile he has today.

He is the Managing Partner, Cedar Advisory Partners, Nigeria. He is currently a lead faculty, West African Capital Market School (WACMS), FATE Foundation, and the winner of the 2007 Bank PHB Intern Business Reality Show.  He is also a member of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors.

Afolabi Adetola has over 15 years of experience in Banking, Equity, and Debt Capital Markets Execution, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Advisory Services, Private Equity, Turnaround Management Services, and Marine Brokerage Services. Afolabi has worked on numerous high-profile transactions for various institutions in Nigeria through Private Placements, Public offerings as well as Strategic investments in varied industries.

He holds a BSc. Degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, and MSc. in Global Finance from two leading Universities- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and The New York University.

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In this explosive interview, Mr. Babatope Lewis shares the backstory of the birth of Olumo Foods UK. He carefully presents principles, strategies, and insights on how he was able to overcome the challenges faced at the beginning to build the brand known today. This interview is going to open your eyes to some secrets and life patterns that you need to embrace on your journey to birth what God has deposited in you.