Shine Out Loud Show

Gift Ajimokun is the founder of OKE Jewellery, a Culture Curator,  the Founder and Chair of a Successful Employee Network Called Colour[full], & a Community Engagement Agitator. She is challenging tradition by representing my Mother’s heritage rather than my Father’s. She is a proud Urhobo woman in the diaspora seeking connection with others near and far from my ethnic group. That is why I’m excited about OKE. I want to raise the profile of my people, create beautiful art to symbolise my journey of learning, and express the unique beauty of the Urhobo people.

OKE is a demi-fine jewellery brand aimed at increasing the visibility of the Urhobo people of Nigeria. The jewellery is sustainably and ethically made in the motherland and is inspired by Urhobo history, culture and heritage.

Connect with her:

Via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/oke_london/

Namita Kabilas is a global marketing agency that builds successful profitable businesses for entrepreneurs simply by building them the RIGHT online presence. She is all about helping entrepreneurs attract their ideal clients, pulling them in their dream opportunities and partnerships AND increase their profits, moving their businesses forward to the next level simply by changing the way they present themselves and communicate to their target market. Namita has worked with many businesses from different industries including fashion, medical, tech, personal development and lifestyle.

After working in the industry for 10+ years for various media and film production houses on commercial and reality-based projects, Namita wanted to create opportunities of her own by setting up her own marketing agency where she is able to help others present themselves and project their messages effectively to the world with the power of film, video and digital media in today’s digital age where ALL business and communications have all gone VISUAL and SOCIAL.

After just 4 years in business with her own marketing agency, building successful businesses, Namita decided to share her own entrepreneurial expertise and experiences with others by setting up her own entrepreneurial community for women in her family island of Mauritius called FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS MAURITIUS as a way to serve her local communities.

FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS MAURITIUS is a women’s community that gathers women across Mauritius, together, helping them build a business and life they love through the power of entrepreneurship! Namita helps women in Mauritius build successful profitable businesses, helping them unlock their true potential from their unique talents and skills they hold and turning them into something BIG and profitable for the long run so that they can start building their own dreams, provide for their families and take control of their futures.

Mabble Munyimani is a qualified mental health nurse with experience of over 15 years. She has worked with families and children who experience challenges in all walks of life, school, at home, peer pressure etc. Through her experience, she has identified that lack of expression and understanding of the child’s strengths and abilities, contributes to children’s frustrations and can be a contributory factor to some mental illnesses e.g. anxiety and depression.

Having lived in 3 continents, born in Zimbabwe Africa, studied, and lived in the UK for 12 years and now living in Australia, Mabble has acquired insights, experience and exposure to different cultures and developed an understanding that allows her to empathise with the families she works with.

Mabble has identified and is cultivating her children’s gifts, strengths, and talents. Her boys have now come out the other side as high achievers and are amongst the top young athletes in the country and working to become professional athletes.

Seven years ago, when her first child was younger, Mabble found that she needed more parenting solutions that would help her, not just differently but a method that would help her bring out the best in what her children had within themselves, without feeling like there is something wrong with him and that he needed fixing. She was after a parenting style that empowered her children and left her feeling happy and confident with her abilities as a parent.

Now living her purpose and passion as a personal strength and talent development expert, parent coach, she successfully manages Intentional Living Coaching. Mabble created Intentional Parenting, to provide the support parents need to raise confident human beings who know and value their unique genius and how to leverage it. .via workshops, coaching programs, and masterclasses. Her edge is that she is not teaching, but as an instructor, teaching from both experience and theory. She is a great storyteller sharing her journey and her life lessons to bring her message home. 

She is the author of the upcoming book, Living The Gift Out Loud.

Connect with her via Instagram:@intentionallivingcoaching

Noreen Makosewe a sought-after international Strategy Advisor, Keynote Speaker, Tech Inclusion Advocate and Business Woman highly experienced in helping small-to-medium enterprises launch, grow and expand through competitive strategies, information systems, innovative technologies and market expansion solutions. Regions of focus include EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) and APAC (Asia-Pacific).


Using her own research-based CRYSTALLIZE™ strategy consulting framework or the CLUSTER EXCELLENCE methodology, Noreen works with CEOs, business leaders and company boards designing transformational strategies that drive accelerated growth and increased profitability.

Through her network, she facilitates linkages that yield strategic partnerships, knowledge sharing, access to new markets and investment opportunities. It is such an honour to interview her again as she was my first guest in 2009 when I started my first Podcast Waking Passions.


With a background of 15 years of experience working at different Fortune 100 in London whilst establishing her consultancy, The Radical Leap Company. She now has 12+ years under her belt working with senior leaders & business owners from a broad range of organisations across 6 continents, and sharing thoughts and insights at business, leadership and tech conferences, and media platforms (papers, magazines, radio & TV).

Whether delivering keynotes at large conferences, giving talks to small groups, training or contributing to live panels and media discussions, Noreen delivers research-based real-world thought leadership to inspire change. She covers topics related to business, SMEs, leadership, strategy, technology and performance.

Outside of business, Noreen's philanthropic passion projects focus on youth development, women's empowerment and special needs children. 

Connect with her via:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/noreenmakosewe
Twitter: www.twitter.com/noreenmakosewe
Website: www.radicalleap.com

Dr Yvette Ankrah a transformational coach, consultant and recovering overachiever! She began coaching in 2013 and is an accredited Neuro-Linguistic Programming (practitioner and Executive NLP coach) and a Spectrum Performance coach, meditation practitioner, and a degree in Journalism and Psychology and a Masters in Communities, Organisations and Social Change.

She won a Microsoft/O2 award for business in 2013, was shortlisted for Best Coach at the Best Business Women Awards in, 2015 and was awarded an MBE for her work with women in business in 2017. In 2019 she was awarded a PhD in sociology and focus on identity, race, class and belonging.

After experiencing her own bout of burnout, she became a recovering overachiever. Working with female leaders and business owners, and is dedicated to helping people make the most of their potential. I do not empower women - I help them connect to the power that is already there.

She helps them find ways of working that eliminate stress and avoid burnout, reconnect to their passion, set boundaries and build confidence and resilience.


Connect with her via


LinkedIn


Facebook


www.yvetteankrah.com        

Instagram

Elayne Fluker is a Founder, Author, and Podcaster who has a brand new book titled Get Over "I Got It" (HarperCollins Leadership), where she encourages unapologetically ambitious women to learn how to embrace support not only for their success but also for their peace of mind. Elayne is also the host of the Support is Sexy podcast featuring interviews with more than 500 diverse women entrepreneurs around the world, and she is the founder of SiS.Academy -- an online learning platform educating and empowering Black Women entrepreneurs. Most recently Elayne was named a "Founder of Change" for SiS.Academy as part of the American Express "100 for 100" program featuring 100 innovative Black women entrepreneurs.  As she shares her journey to "Embracing Support is Sexy"

Elayne believes that too many ambitious women strive to accomplish all their goals alone, leading to dangerous levels of stress and anxiety. This mindset is partially responsible for the increase in suicide rates for girls and women and the reason so many women end up depressed, overwhelmed, isolated and unfulfilled. To combat this alarming trend, She helps women learn how to build their own networks, make meaningful connections, and understand how even some of the most successful women in the world, like Oprah Winfrey and Spanx founder Sara Blakely, had tremendous support networks that helped them achieve their dreams.


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Cinnamon is a Digital Marketing Strategist and serial entrepreneur who after her 40th birthday she decided to ditch the American Corporate Dream for a Life less ordinary. After the passing away of a friend, she decided to reassess what was important to her and what living and thriving meant to her.

She packed up and left the United States and moved to Lisbon, Portugal for a new life. As a solo traveller and Black ex-pat. Cinnamon is currently sharing her transition to ex-pat life as well as the experiences of other ex-pats on her Youtube channel, as she creates a community of Black ex-pats. Her goal is to encourage busy professionals to spend more time focusing on their personal goals and aspirations rather than committing to the restrictions and pressure of building someone else’s dreams.


She is launching her Portuguese Language school to help new ex-pats to be able to learn the language and live like a local in Portugal.


Connect with Cinnamon via Instagram @drivenspice

Ungenita Prevost who is Coach, Femprenuer Power Connector and Feminine Leadership Advocate. She went from being a former Hollywood Body Double, Music Video Dancer who became an Award Winning Feminine Leadership Expert. She is the founder of FEMME 500 ™, SellingINStilettos®, CHIEF Feminine OFFICER™ and The BILLION DOLLAR ROLODEX.

Based between the US and UK with a global international clientele in over 23 countries and a career that spans beauty, fashion, entertainment, real estate and digital marketing. She advises start-ups, corporates, business leaders, celebrities and feminine power brands.

Her story started from being left on the steps as a kid, going through the foster care system and being ‘Aged out’ of the foster care system at 18 years, she’s experienced every financial hardship you can possibly imagine (homeless, jobless, car-less, cashless and parent-less). She learned to leverage her failures, conquered obstacles and mastered the art of “selling herself” serving 50,000+ women and closing millions of dollars’ worth of sales in her career.

She is one of the world’s most preeminent POWER CONNECTORS and has made her mark on FIVE CONTINENTS, infiltrates international markets in her sleep and has a BILLION DOLLAR ROLODEX filled with decision-makers, celebrities, business leaders, wealthy and influential people. Discover in her own words her journey
Connect with Ungentia via

www.instagram.com/UngenitaPrevost 


www.twitter.com


Follow her on Clubhouse @UngenitaPrevost


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BREIS (pronounced breeze) is a dynamic rap artist of Nigerian heritage based in South London. His name stands for Brother Reaching Each Inner Soul. His musical education was influenced by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Fela Kuti and rap legends, EPMD and A Tribe called Quest. He has shared the stage with musical legends such as Big Daddy Kane, Black Thought, Angie Stone, Omar Sosa to name a few. 

He says: “I believe my purpose is to inspire, educate and entertain people through my music.”

As a purveyor of lyricism, BREIS’ smooth flow is full of witty lyrics, peppered with wordplay and humour. He tackles a wide range of topics in his songs, leaving listeners uplifted and inspired. Since 2001, BREIS has impacted the learning of thousands of students by facilitating Hip Hop inspired rap and poetry workshops in schools across the UK and across the globe. He has been invited to Washington DC, Amsterdam, Mozambique, Zanzibar, Vienna and Malaysia as a performer, workshop facilitator and creative consultant. In 2009 he founded the Hip Hop educational company Student of Life and in 2011 he became a published author by birthing the UK’s first interactive Hip Hop rap book entitled Brilliant Rappers Educate Intelligent Students.

He is a remarkable live performer who has performed worldwide with his fusion of Hip Hop, Jazz and Afrobeat rhythms. His eclectic new EP, Arise & Shine is OUT NOW.


Connect with BREIS via


@MrBreis Twitter


@MrBreis  Instagram

On the show, I have the Author, Presenter and Change Agent with a Psychotherapy and HR background, Lisa Bent. Who is a Jamaican descent writer from South London, whose work examines the inner self-work required to heal and thrive. Her degree in Counselling influences her writing style, and she champions the continuous journey of self-exploration. In 2015, after six years, she concluded the award-nominated blog Deeper Than Twitter. She has contributed to Precious Online, The Tribe and the KOL Social Magazine. She is sharing her journey to creating her first novel Symona's Still Single.

Her brand new novel Symona's Still Single centres on the journey Symona takes to her forever relationship. Symona Brown is a 37-year-old Jamaican British woman living in South London looking for her Mr Right whilst her biological clock loudly ticks on. After a boozy Sunday brunch, she announces to her close girlfriends that she is ready to up her game and starts actively dating, to their surprise and delight. After being consciously single for several years, Symona remembers what worked and what did not in the dating arena.

We delve into Lisa's other works beyond being an author, as a presenter and change maker. We take the conversation on a journey looking at everything going on in the world from George Floyd's death and the Black Lives Matter movement to Black women owning their right to thrive.


Connect with Lisa on Social Media Via

Instagram- www.instagram.com/iamlisabent

Twitter- www.twitter.com/iamlisabent