Our cover stories unpacks the successes, challenges, and insights of Africa’s Most Inspiring Founders.
Angela Adebayo Agbe-davies the global intellectual property specialist
Angela is a Nigerian-British lawyer who pursued her legal education at Sussex University and the Inns of Court School of Law.
In 2013, she founded Silvax Legal, a full service law firm. Since then, the firm has collaborated with the esteemed global IP agency Inventa International to offer intellectual property services to Nigeria and West Africa, operating under the name Inventa Nigeria. This initiative marks Inventa Nigeria as the first international trademark and patent agency established in Nigeria.
Ogey Emefiele: The chairwoman
turning ideas to profit
one business at a time.
Ogey Emefiele is a renowned interior design, hotel, and beauty entrepreneur. She’s the founder and CEO of Goodland Africa, an integrated interior design and real estate company; she’s also the founder of Geycci Beauty, a beauty, wellness, and skincare brand; and she’s the group managing director of 2020 Hotels and Apartments, a hospitality brand in Nigeria.
Her creativity, expertise, leadership skills, relationship-building skills, team management abilities, and unwavering passion are personal assets that make her indelible.
Maryam Elisha: The Visionary Behind Rikaoto By ME, Nigeria’s Leading Fashion Brand
Entrepreneurship became the major means of survival for African youths in the early days of 2010 just about the time Maryam launched her business. The high rate of unemployment informed most millennials to get creative with their passions and skills. Conferences and meetings that converged young people to teach them how to turn their passion to profit was popular then as it was a surrogate to a financially stable life.