We sat down to speak with Bukky George-Taylor in July 2021, a few weeks after she had been named the Director for Strategic Partnerships at the Luxury Network Nigeria for the second time. It was also a few months after she launched CRAWL, her fully self-owned social app that curates the best acti…
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In Conversation with South African Artist and World Traveler, Reggie Khumalo.
Prior to my conversation with South African artist, Reggie Khumalo, who is as celebrated for his travels as he is for his art, I had seen his work. I was immediately struck by how profound each of them are, despite a perceived simplicity of appearance at first glance. Reggie is like that. On the …
ASPIRE Ones to Watch, 2022
2021 was such a year of hope. We had just exited the worst of a global pandemic and, for Africans living on the continent, an additional uncertainty heightened by protests and economic instability. We daresay almost everyone approached the new year with some level of positivity, as to do otherwis…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Valentine’s Day Gifts by Montaigne Place
How are you celebrating Valentine’s Day? An underwater proposal? A decadent holiday with all its trappings? A large bouquet of roses shipped from all over the world and arranged all over a rooftop restaurant for a private dinner? A champagne party with friends in a yacht that takes you all over t…
From the Editor: The Best of ASPIRE in 2021
Happy New Year!!!! May 2022 grant us all the best of life and its blessings! You might be right to say that it’s too late in the year for new year greetings, but then again…just one more from a brand you love should not be too much, right? 2021 was definitely an interesting year! We […
Dunia Camp Makes History as the First, All-Female Safari Camp
Safaris may have been around for a long time now, but it is an industry dominated by men. That is, until the rise of Asilia Africa’s Dunia Camp, the first, all-female safari camp run by Tanzanian women. First opening in 2016, Dunia closed temporarily last year because of the pandemic. It has now …
ASPIRE CEO: Olatowun Candide-Johnson, Creating a Space for Female Leaders
On November 13, 2021, GAIA Africa officially opened the doors of its Clubhouse to the general public, three years after its founder and CEO, Olatowun Candide-Johnson launched the premium, all-female membership club. Commenting, Ms Candide-Johnson, in an official press release, said, “It is incred…
Rich Mnisi balances Opposing Emotions in Nyoka, His First Solo Exhibition
What are you most scared of? What if your greatest fear is only a dark curtain you need to pry apart to reveal true beauty? What if “joy and tragedy, light and darkness, dreams and nightmares are connected” and not opposite concepts at odds with each other? These are part of the questions South A…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Nigerian-Based Winston Leather is Fast Becoming a Global Accessories Brand
Winston Udeagha, founder of Nigerian-based leather and fashion accessories brand, Winston Leather, was watching the news one day when a light bulb went off in his head. The story was about a family of cocoa farmers living in Ghana that had never tasted chocolate despite growing the main ingredien…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Bunmi Agusto and an ‘Escape to Within’
To the rest of the world, she is an artist – one that may be further described as brilliant, incredibly talented, and all other adjectives that aptly capture the work she produces. But for Bunmi Agusto, she is more than the bold drawings and paintings that draw life from the deeply-rooted i…