Mariam Jimoh: Your passion can become your profession

Mariam Jimoh is a social entrepreneur. She is the founder of Women in the City Afro-Carribbean Network, known as WCAN, the ethnic food delivery service Oja, and the publisher Onwe Press. When she set up WCAN at university in 2013, it was the first organisation of its kind. Six years on, WCAN supports 4000 black women in their professional and personal development.

https://twitter.com/TheArtofMariam

https://www.wcan.uk/

https://www.my-oja.com/

https://www.onwepress.com/preorder

Host: Charlotte Lorimer

Music: Milly Ashbridge

Artwork: Amber Haas

Definitions

Fundraising: Seeking financial support for a charity, cause, or other enterprise.

Bootstrapping: Starting up with minimal financial resources.

Books

Daughters of Nri, Reni K Amayo

https://www.onwepress.com/books/daughtersofnri

Queenie, Candice Carty-Williams

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Candice-Carty-Williams/Queenie/23449724

"I Will Not Be Erased": Our stories about growing up as people of colour, gal-dem

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/gal-dem/I-Will-Not-Be-Erased-Our-stories-about-growing-up-as-people-of-colour/23674482

What We're Told Not to Talk About (But We're Going to Anyway): Women's Voices from East London to Ethiopia, Nimko Ali

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Nimko-Ali/What-Were-Told-Not-to-Talk-About-But-Were-Going-to-Anyway/20394734

The Multi-Hyphen Method, Emma Gannon

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Emma-Gannon/The-Multi-Hyphen-Method--The-Sunday-Times-business-bestseller/23289114

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