Tuesday 17 April 2012

The former finance director of Nigeria who is now a managing director of the world bank is no other than the informous CASH MADAM - Ngozi Okonjo Iweala -


Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.  Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP


She was only just 14 years of age when the Biafran War broke out. when she was 18 she was opportune d to go to the USA to study economic at Harvard before joining the world bank, where she became vice - president. Then she was appointed Nigeria's finance minister in 2003, at that time only one of three women held such a position, it meant leaving her husband, a surgeon and their four children in washington DC to go and live in Abuja. She returned back to the world bank, where one of her priorities is to raise money for international developments. She has also co-founde the private equity Makeda Fund to invest in small businesses owne and run by women in Africa.




CASH MADAM  FATI ASIBELUA
Africa 's Top Fashion Designer



Fati Asibelua, the founder of MOMO and one of Africa's most celebrated designs talents launched her new international luxury label ASIBELUA to the global community 
In an e interview with shadder.net, she states  " The street energy of Africa is really special to me," she said. "But I also love London which is like my second home to me. My goal is to build ASIBELUA into a true luxury African fashion label with genuine international appeal. 

Fati Asibelua’s capsule collection consists of sophisticated dresses, speaking directly to the 
elegant, refined woman who appreciates fine quality fabrics and finishing.  
Designer Fati Asibelua of Asibelua walks the runway at Arise Made In Africa Spring 2012 Designer Collective at Mercedes Benz NY Fashion Week at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on September 15, 2011 in New York City.
(September 14, 2011 - Photo by Mark Von Holden/Getty Images North America)



CASH MADAM - TONTO DIKEH


CASH MADAM Tonto Dikeh, also known as Tonto Dike (born June 9, 1985) is a Nigerian actress from Rivers State and is of the Ikwerre. tribe Dikeh is from a family of seven.

In 2005 she competed against other contestants on a reality TV show called The Next Movie Star; she was the first runner up. Dikeh's appearance on the show was as a means of getting closer to the "big time", she says, and her start in the Nigerian Movie Industry came soon after. Nollywood, as it is colloquially known, is second only to the Indian film Indusrty in number of movies produced each year.

Dikeh says that after her second movie Holy Cross, more movie directors and producers were willing to cast her, and she has appeared in scores of movies since. Dikeh's role in the movie Dirty Secret has generated controversy amongst Nigerians, because the movie contains nude scenes. While some criticize her role of being untraditional and un-African, others say that Dikeh is merely being professional.

















































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