After a promise for her wedding invitations fell through, Dami decided to create her own wedding invitations! Well, it turned out so good that her guests started to ask her create invitations for their events.

There’s so much more to the story. Listen to find out how Dami built a full-time business for herself from wedding stationaries, and more.

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What started as a blog to enlighten a few people about Nigerian food, is now a brand recognized in dozens of countries. Ronke Edoho, popularly known as 9jaFoodie shares the story of how working on her passion led to the discovery of a market opportunity for healthy Nigerian meals, and the creation of the Lose It Nigerian meal plans. 

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It’s great to have a successful career or business, but what if we redefined success by the level of impact we make in the society? Dr. Oye Owolewa is a practicing pharmacist with a big heart and passion for serving his community in DC at both the everyday levels in society and at the highest levels of government. 

Oye's Website - https://www.oye4dc.com 

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oye4dc 

Twitter - https://twitter.com/adeoyeowolewa Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Oye4DC/

For some, they get an MBA, find a business idea, strategize and build the business. For others, they have a burning passion and just put in a ton of work to cultivate it. On this episode, Nife Akingbe, also known as Skinny Hipster, shares her story of how she turned blogging from a hobby into her primary source of income.

A COO at age 32? Follow us on Ikepo’s interesting career journey to hear how she went from being an Analyst to rising above her managers and becoming COO at the same company.

You'd think her story ends there, right? Not quite... Ikepo went on to create a unique table for herself that she couldn’t have dreamt up a few years ago. This is a beautiful story of how hard work, opportunities, Providence, and even disappointments, can lead to phenomenal success.

On this special episode, Abisola Shof is joined by her husband and show producer, Seyi Shof, to discuss the death of George Floyd and the unfortunate series of events that happened around his death. As African immigrants in the U.S., we discuss our views on racism, our current emotions, and our hope for days, months, years ahead. Finally, we offer suggestions on what we as a people should be doing right now. 

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• Cheesepuff - Piano remix - https://freesound.org/people/cheesepuff/sounds/112071/

How does one go from being a New York City attorney, to traveling the world, posting breathtaking photos of beautiful destinations, and getting paid to do it?

Cynthia offers tons of great advice for creatives. She also talks about how she pitches top brands to get campaigns that rival an average salary.

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As you’d imagine, starting and running restaurant business is no joke. On this episode, Fola Jinadu, owner of Suya Spot, a destination restaurant experience in the Baltimore MD area, shares some creative ways he raised funds to start his business, and the highs and lows of running a successful restaurant.

He also shares the impact of COVID-19 on Suya Spot and what suya lovers can do to support his restaurant and other small businesses during this time.

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Suya Spot’s website - https://suyaspot.us

On this episode, Abisola interviews Bilkis Ogbonna, founder of the ACE Festival. Looking to build on her success organizing a festival in 2019 that pulled thousands of attendees, Bilkis' 2020 plans are disrupted by COVID-19. Yet amazingly, she pivoted to helping people impacted by the pandemic, in collaboration with The Successful Africans podcast.

Get ready to hear stories of real people that have been touched through our COVID-19 relief effort, from Maryland USA, to several states in Nigeria.

Click here to donate and see updates on our campaign - https://www.gofundme.com/f/supporting-maryland-families-through-covid

To learn more about Bilkis, and the ACE Festival, click here - https://africanculturalassociation.com/

On this episode, Abisola interviews Asafu Thomas, CEO of Naya Labs. Once upon a time, Asafu got laid off from his job, THE END! Or not... Asafu, used that as a prime opportunity to start his own company, which made $1.8M at its peak. Talk about turning your "bad" to "good"! Since then, Asafu sold his first company and started a second one. He also invests in other startups. 

Two things stand out in Asafu’s story. The first is how he has built a solid network of relationships that he often leverages. The second is his passion for Africa. Asafu sources talent in Africa, trains them, and hires them as developers in his company. Both of these are main factors in Asafu’s success, but even more so, his involvement in sourcing talent from Africa is his own unique way of giving back. 

Naya Labs Website - https://nayalabs.io/ 

COVID Relief Donation - https://www.gofundme.com/f/supporting-maryland-families-through-covid