by Salha Kaitesi | Jan 12, 2016 | Business, Culture, Hair & Beauty
Jennifer Blaine, the young founder and entrepreneur behind the startup company ToyiToyi Toys, which designs and manufactures a range of darker skinned dolls in South Africa, spoke with ElleAfrique about how the shortage of black representation in the worldwide toy...
by Teakisi | Dec 24, 2015 | Culture, Hair & Beauty
Article by Fatoumanta B. Diallo I recently watched some excerpts from “Light Girls”, a documentary on the Oprah Winfrey Network about the colorism that exists among African-Americans in the United States. This time, though, it was presented from the perspective of...
by Teakisi | Nov 6, 2015 | Fashion & Style, Hair & Beauty
By Diana Awino The year was 2012. A youthful Diana, fresh from graduation, packed her bags and was on the next bus to Northern Uganda to practice the career that she had taken slightly over two decades to build. Northern Uganda, though in recovery, still exhibited...
by Teakisi | Dec 22, 2014 | Business, Current Affairs, Empowerment
This is not a new list made by Forbes, keep calm and breathe! Rather, it is a very interesting monthly show on Bloomberg TV Africa. If you are in the Banking industry, you know all about Bloomberg, which is a privately held financial software, data and media company...
by Teakisi | Apr 8, 2014 | Empowerment, Health
By Elma Asio I have my own long story about my own journey up and down the weighing scales. I’m quite certain most women do too. My greatest issues with weight began when I was a teenager. All my friends were much smaller than I was and those who were big as I, seemed...
