The next interviewee is Pablo OLIVERA FAIX. He is an independent commercial, a partner of an international parcel delivery and package reception company in several European countries to Equatorial Guinea. In addition to his role as an entrepreneur, he is a film and television producer, with more than 10 years of experience. Founding member of …
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Pamela Ohene Nyako has always been captivated by history. When she was young, she devoured books about ancient Egypt and Greece, learnt about the Holocaust from her German grandmother and was drawn to black history, including learning about legendary American civil rights movement leaders Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. “It was actually easier for …
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“We have incredible wealth here in the Congo Basin,” says Priscilla Omouendze, the Gabonese founder of natural cosmetic product company N’kira. “But people don’t value what we have, they don’t believe in it much.” Priscilla launched her natural cosmetics firm in 2016, which uses plants from Gabonese forests in their oils and butters. She named …
Bisila Bokoko is a leading businesswoman, inspirational speaker and philanthropist. But on her journey to success, she first had to learn how to fail. And it was these failures – from a struggling wine business to being fired from a prestigious role in international trade – which ultimately pushed Bisila into successful entrepreneurship. “Earlier in …
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Rootencial is delighted to introduce Diane Audrey Ngako, a Cameroonian entrepreneur based in Douala. After spending her teenage and early adulthood years in Paris, Diane returned to her native Cameroon to build her business legacy. She’s since launched Omenkart, a communications agency. She helped build VisiterLAfrique, a website dedicated to travel in Africa. And she …
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Waissö is the woman you are inside, the one you know or the one you are ready to become. Brave. Elegant. A Fighter. Independent. With personality. Waissö Clothing is a unique and exclusive brand created by Verónica Bosio Baita, a Spanish entrepreneur who hails from Equatorial Guinea. This brand is based on a casual design …
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“Promoting local production and consumption,” says Edwige when asked about the objective of her trademark “Terroirs d’Afrique” – which, in English, means Soils of Africa. Edwige is a Togolese entrepreneur who left behind a career in finance to contribute to promoting African heritage. How? By embracing African’s local natural products! These include honey, natural …
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“Africa has so much to bring to the world,” says Jacques Jonathan Nyemb. “I am increasingly convinced that the world can learn from Africa’s example in so many different fields – from sustainable development to consensus-based decision making in the community.” A Cameroonian lawyer trained at Harvard and the London School of Economics, Jacques Jonathan …
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Born and raised in rural northeastern Nigeria, Stephen Akintayo read ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ when he was 17 years old and his life changed forever. With his eyes opened to the world of entrepreneurialism, Stephen started his first business with only limited resources. Stephan has grown his business empire across continents and industries in the …
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Rootencial is delighted to introduce Alejandra Evui Salmerón Ntutumu, a telecommunications engineer born in Spain to an Equatorial-Guinean mother from Niefang and to Spanish father from Murcia. Alejandra also defines herself as a multidisciplinary engineer, or social engineer, due to her passion for social projects, charity, and empowering the community. ” I believe that my …
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