Three Nigerians On Forbes “20 Young Power Women In Africa 2013”
Folake Folarin Coker (Tiffany Amber), Tara Fela-Durotoye (House Of Tara) and Ola Orekunrin (The Flying Doctors) were honoured by Forbes online magazine in a “20 Young Power Women In Africa 2013” list compiled by Farai Gundan.
The annual “20 Young Power African Women” list illuminates the brightest stars and Africa’s most outstanding female game changers. According to them, they enlisted a group of young, professional African women to help identify the most innovative, courageous, daring and successful young women aged 45 and under. It is a subjective list, no doubt, but it’s the closest you will get to a definitive list. Read their profiles below:
Tara Fela-Durotoye: Founder, House Of Tara
The Nigerian-born entrepreneur and lawyer is the founder of House Of Tara, Nigeria’s leading beauty and cosmetics company. House of Tara develops a wide range of African-themed beauty products and perfumes and also operates Nigeria’s foremost beauty academy. In 2013, Fela-Durotoye was nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
Ola Orekunrin: Nigerian. Medical Doctor & Founder, The Flying Doctors
Orekunrin, 25, is founder and Managing Director of Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd., an air ambulance service based in Lagos, Nigeria. Orekunrin’s company is the first air ambulance service in West Africa to provide urgent helicopter, airplane ambulance and evacuation services for critically injured people. She is a 2013 New Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute and was named a Young Global Leader in 2013 by the World Economic Forum.
Folake Folarin-Coker: Nigerian. Fashion Designer
Coker is the founder of Tiffany Amber, one of Africa’s leading fashion labels. She is the first African-based designer to showcase for two consecutive seasons at New York Fashion Week. In 2009, she won Designer of the Year at African Fashion International in Johannesburg, South Africa followed by Fashion Brand of the Year in 2011 at the Arise Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria.
Other people on the list include Lupita Nyong’o (Kenyan Actress), Isabel Dos Santos (Angolan Investor), Vera Songwe (Cameroonian Country Director, World Bank), and much more. You can check out the full list here
The annual “20 Young Power African Women” list illuminates the brightest stars and Africa’s most outstanding female game changers. According to them, they enlisted a group of young, professional African women to help identify the most innovative, courageous, daring and successful young women aged 45 and under. It is a subjective list, no doubt, but it’s the closest you will get to a definitive list. Read their profiles below:
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| Tara Fela-Durotoye |
The Nigerian-born entrepreneur and lawyer is the founder of House Of Tara, Nigeria’s leading beauty and cosmetics company. House of Tara develops a wide range of African-themed beauty products and perfumes and also operates Nigeria’s foremost beauty academy. In 2013, Fela-Durotoye was nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
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| Ola Orekunrin |
Orekunrin, 25, is founder and Managing Director of Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd., an air ambulance service based in Lagos, Nigeria. Orekunrin’s company is the first air ambulance service in West Africa to provide urgent helicopter, airplane ambulance and evacuation services for critically injured people. She is a 2013 New Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute and was named a Young Global Leader in 2013 by the World Economic Forum.
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| Folake Folarin-Coker |
Coker is the founder of Tiffany Amber, one of Africa’s leading fashion labels. She is the first African-based designer to showcase for two consecutive seasons at New York Fashion Week. In 2009, she won Designer of the Year at African Fashion International in Johannesburg, South Africa followed by Fashion Brand of the Year in 2011 at the Arise Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria.
Other people on the list include Lupita Nyong’o (Kenyan Actress), Isabel Dos Santos (Angolan Investor), Vera Songwe (Cameroonian Country Director, World Bank), and much more. You can check out the full list here
Three Nigerians On Forbes “20 Young Power Women In Africa 2013”
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