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Some of our Entrepreneurs

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An Entrepreneur

10th July 2019

These days we hear the word entrepreneur all the time, however, have you ever considered what constitutes being one?

The basic definition is a person who launches a new business venture, however, there is way more to it than that. The more modern definition of entrepreneurship is also about making a change in the world by helping to solve big problems.

Entrepreneurs have a strong vision of what they want to achieve, and they aren’t afraid to face the risks. There is no clear set of rules or suggestions on how to do it, yet entrepreneurs trust themselves when it comes to decision making.

See entrepreneur in action here.

You can find entrepreneurs everywhere - people with the talent and drive to succeed. But so often we imagine an entrepreneur as someone operating in a wealthy, highly developed country.

However, developing countries are full of people with entrepreneurial qualities. They have the braveness to stay committed to their goals through all the challenges and failures. These are the people who have all the talent and determination to be successful but lack the opportunity.

They are hidden entrepreneurs and with a little support, they can build businesses that feed families and educate children.

With your investment, these entrepreneurs can learn the skills they need to turn their potential into profit – and use that to feed their families and educate their children.

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Mowalola Ogunlesi

When Naomi Campbell was snapped in a white halterneck gown at her Fashion For Relief gala during London Fashion Week spring/summer 2020, a media storm ensued. The press focus was not on the exquisite column cut of the dress, but rather the trompe-l’œil bullet wound at its midriff, with scarlet rivulets trickling down the snow-white leather. 

 

It was the work of Mowalola Ogunlesi, the Lagos-born, London-based designer whose young eponymous practice is rooted in a punk marriage of music, sex, politics and visions of new futures. A piece from her spring/summer 2020 collection, “Coming For Blood” (an exploration of the emotional turmoil of falling in love), the dress was an articulation of the designer’s “lived experience as a black person,” she wrote on Instagram. “It shows no matter how well dressed you are or well behaved, we are time after time seen as a walking target,” she continued.

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