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Ecobank Partners Linda Ikeji's Selfmade Woman Conference

як Jerrell Bordelon (2021-10-19)


Linda Ikeji is a famous blogger in Nigeria who in 2013 made it onto the list of Forbes influential bloggers which is no easy feat!

u003d1Her blog provides news, beauty tips, and celebrity gossip to her readers.

She started blogging when she was 17 years old with no background in journalism or list.ly writing experience.

Today, Linda Ikeji she has over 3 million followers on Facebook where she posts almost daily.

With so many people following her work, Linda Ikeji has been able to make a living for herself by running the blog as well as taking advertisements from various companies.

She has been able to launch her own beauty line as well as a clothing line via print on demand.

She was also named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2014 and awarded an honorary doctorate from Babcock University.

Linda Ikeji continues to work hard to provide her readers with the latest posts and https://unsplash.com/@kevinbeet3 information on entertainment news.

She has been in the spotlight for her success and achievements as an entrepreneur while being one of Nigeria's most successful bloggers to date.

EIV9FaHWsAEkb_X.jpegHer blog began when she had just finished school with no further ideas about what career path to take until she discovered blogging.

The Managing Director, Linda Ikeji Ecobank Nigeria, Linda Ikeji Patrick Akinwuntan has said the decision to partner with the media entrepreneur and blogger, Linda Ikeji to host the latest edition of her yearly popular empowerment programme, 'Selfmade Woman Conference (SMWC) 2021' is in line with the bank's empowerment policy for Linda Ikeji women, stressing that the challenges facing the nation has made it more imperative to recognize the potentials in women and develop it. According to Mr. Akinwuntan, Ecobank recognizes women as the bedrock of most families and entrepreneurship in society, and if we must succeed as a nation, it is imperative that we recognize their unique potentials and support them sufficiently.


"Our decision to support Linda Ikeji conference aligns with our women empowerment policy. As a bank, we have been playing a leading role in this respect. Like you know, we have a long-standing partnership with Tera Kulture, that is Bolanle Austen Peters who has come out with various movies such as 'Bling Lagosians', 'Moremi The Musical', 'Fela and the Kalakuta Queens,' 'The Oluronbi Musical' and others. Recently, we also supported 'The Wait', a movie inspired by the popular book from renowned lawyer and entrepreneur, Yewande Zaccheaus. We are also currently working with the Ogun state government to promote the Adire industry which is also primarily women-driven. In the agric industry, we have supported the Anchor borrowers programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria across the six regions of the country to reach out to farmers, especially the womenfolk to support them financially to increase their farm size and yield capacity through the introduction of new techniques. Let me also add that Ecobank has a women empowerment programme "Ellevate" for women in Business; this will be publicly launched across the country in July. With Ellevate, we want to ensure we raise and recognize our women for the significant role they have always played to ensure a better society for us all".


The Linda Ikeji Self-Made Woman, which debuted in 2013, is an advocacy project with the sole aim to mentor and provide financial empowerment to young female entrepreneurs or aspiring ones. it is essentially to build stronger economies and improve the quality of life for women, men, families and communities. Speakers for this year's conference scheduled for Saturday, June 19th at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, include Tara Durotoye, renowned beauty and make-up entrepreneur; Dr. Ola Brown, Founder of the Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Company; and Dr. Nancy Nnadi, Serial Entrepreneur & CEO of Telecom Distribution Company. They will provide actionable strategies and hope to women who would like to start their own businesses, enhance their impact in various industries or broaden their creative roles in traditional industries.