Latest Banana business group Podcast Episodes
The Intrepid Diplomat Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - December 21, 2023 06:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsWith nearly 30 years as an international civil servant working with the UN, Yewande Odia has been in all the hotspots - Somalia, Haiti, Goma, Tchad and yes, even New York (the original hotspot)! In this episode, we discuss: UN or bust - how to get your foot through the door; Trevor Noah, Ch...
The Trump In Law episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - November 22, 2023 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsAs if Sarah Boulos’s backstory (past imperfect?) was not epic enough, her present continuous one merits its own Hollywood (or is it Nollywood?) biopic. Born in Burkina Faso, schooled in France and US, Lebanese father and French mother; living in Nigeria for many decades, Sarah has truly bloomed...
The Work Life Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - September 14, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 3 ratingsBlessing Adesiyan established WorkLife Africa, a think-tank focussed on transforming the continent's workforce and work spaces. She has made quite a journey from tech to care, not the first pivot that springs to mind but as the mistress of making lemonade from lemons, she now sits comfortably i...
The Creative Entrepreneur Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - September 14, 2023 15:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsUgoma Ebilah is a polymath - she has been an economist, successful financier, clothes designer, art dealer and now, one word which might just work when trying to box the unboxable would be 'creative entrepreneur'. In this episode, we discuss: The corporate lane, having an eye, wanting more an...
The PR Strategist Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - April 03, 2023 12:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsOnly the paranoid survive! Only the paranoid survive? Yes! Tokunboh George - Taylor lives by that mantra and she really should know. She is THE foremost PR strategist in Nigeria and founding Managing Director at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Nigeria. Served her and her clients well (very well) and...
The Newswatch Survivor Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - February 21, 2023 22:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsUzo Nzeogu, a talented artist who studied Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka with greats like Bruce Onobrakpeya and El Anatsui seemed all set to claim his place as a fine artist. But then, he did the maths, ditched paint and chose pragmatism. Pragmatism led him to Newswa...
The Beauty Queen Entrepreneur
Banana Island Living Podcasts - February 06, 2023 22:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsHelen took a short trip away from university and came back as Miss Nigeria 1979! Sharp, shrewd and always impeccably turned out, Helen Prest Ajayi neatly turned the beauty currency into entrepreneurship, into businesses way ahead of the times. In this episode, we discuss: using what you have ...
The Multi-tasking OAP (On Air Personality).
Banana Island Living Podcasts - January 26, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 3 ratingsEku Edewor is many things but one thing she definitely is not is a slacker. Not just a pretty face (and what a pretty face), she believes in grafting and earning her flowers. In this episode, we discuss: 9 years old and catching the bug (yes, do put your daughter on the stage Mrs. Worthington)....
The Property Entrepreneur
Banana Island Living Podcasts - January 11, 2023 22:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsA lion in the den who has made his mark on the property landscape. Paul Onwuanibe is group chief executive officer of Landmark Africa Group. With formal education in Architecture, Property Development and Construction Management, together with a London Business School MBA with a merit in “Value...
The Intellectual Entrepreneur
Banana Island Living Podcasts - December 15, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 3 ratingsFor years, Dr. Ayo Aderinwale lived and breathed African political science. He has been in exile fleeing Abacha's regime, been a key figure in the plans and preparations for the United States of Africa, been Deputy President, Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union, establishe...
The Diaspora Entrepreneur
Banana Island Living Podcasts - December 01, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsOld Gregorian, avid Banana Island Living listener and serial entrepreneur, Adeyemo Sodipo, has embedded himself in the community he migrated into - St. Louis, Missouri. He has set up businesses, serves as a trustee of that most WASP of WASP American institutions, the private Prep school, been a ...
The Artistic Septuagenarian
Banana Island Living Podcasts - November 03, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsContinuing our series unveiling the experiences and memories of the generation before ours, how they lived, loved and explored, our guest is none other than The Original Original, the legend in her own lifetime, Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye. An absolute one-off in the art and craft space and an ...
The Artistic Octogenarian
Banana Island Living Podcasts - November 03, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsContinuing our series unveiling the experiences and memories of the generation before ours, how they lived, loved and explored, our guest is none other than The Original Original, the legend in her own lifetime, Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye. An absolute one-off in the art and craft space and an ...
The Artistic Septuagenarian
Banana Island Living Podcasts - November 03, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsContinuing our series unveiling the experiences and memories of the generation before ours, how they lived, loved and explored, our guest is none other than The Original Original, the legend in her own lifetime, Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye. An absolute one-off in the art and craft space and an ...
The Musical Octogenarian
Banana Island Living Podcasts - October 20, 2022 22:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe fourth in our series of conversations with people 75 years and over, our conversation with the musical octogenarian is one that uplifts and serenades. We speak with Edna Jane Deinyo Soyanwo (EJD). Born on Sunday January 7th, 1934, EJD holds a BA (Dunelm) degree, a Post Graduate Certificate ...
The Royal Professor Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - October 06, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe third in our series of conversations with people 75 years and over, our conversation with the royal professor could not have come at a better time - a week after Queen Elizabeth's passing. We speak with Emeritus Professor Osato Frank Giwa-Osagie, Cambridge educated obstetrician-gynaecologis...
The Agbaje Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - September 22, 2022 19:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe second in our series of conversations with people 75 years and over, this episode is a truly special one. We meet two Agbaje sisters (82 and 91 years old) who have lived their best lives and lived to tell the tale. Mrs. Moulin Ashake Agbaje - Anozie and Ms. Wule Agbaje (the Agbajes) are spe...
The Intrepid Octogenarian Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - September 01, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 3 ratingsHers was the generation that saw the best of times and, arguably, the worst of times. The heady, optimistic pre Nigerian independence days and then, the abyss of the Civil War. Mrs. Eugenia Arinola Afolabi has seen it all, done it all and wears the robes with a twinkle in her eye. In this epi...
The Big C Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - July 28, 2022 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe big C, the dreaded C, that soul destroying word we do everything possible (or at least try) to avoid. Yes, Cancer! In seeking to find some cause for optimism, no matter how faint, we speak to Moji Animashaun, an experienced cancer treatment professional with over 30 years' experience as a ...
The Very Social Lawyer Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - July 06, 2022 23:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSade Doherty works hard - at being a business lawyer, family court assessor, school governor, Musical Society of Nigeria trustee, Centre for Contemporary Arts trustee, and at that most social of High Church communities, The Pink Ladies of the Cathedral Church of Christ. In this episode, we tal...
The Healthy Lifestyle Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - June 23, 2022 12:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratings'The diet starts tomorrow!' Yeah, sure. We've all been there, said that, got the oversized tee shirt. Olamide Balogun, the 'awakening lifestyles' guru and certified wellness coach, puts us through our paces and tells us a few home truths about those healthy choices. We discuss: losing weig...
The International Children's Day Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - June 04, 2022 11:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsChildren have a voice, they should be encouraged to use it and people should be encouraged to listen (with apologies to the Duchess of Sussex). Tsemaye, Kwezi, Alicia and Tom from Nigeria, South Africa, France and the United Kingdom share their thoughts. We talk about: the war in Ukraine wh...
The Special Needs Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - May 19, 2022 09:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsSpecial Educational Needs (SEN) has become rather a ‘thing’ but was it ever thus and we are just more aware now? What do we mean by SEN? You know that feeling when you think something is not quite right? The worry, the angst, who do you call? What do you do? Apparently, “1 in 5 of us has dyslex...
The Education Entrepreneur Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - April 13, 2022 23:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsYou get the degrees, plan for the business, find the ideal one at the right price - what could possibly go wrong? Well, plenty as it turns out. Tope Egoh takes us through her adventures in the education space in the UK and now in Nigeria. The highs and lows, agony and ecstasy. She tells us, k...
The Wealth Advisor's Edition
Banana Island Living Podcasts - March 30, 2022 22:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis Women’s Month we demystify money, wealth creation and preservation and who better to do this than a woman who does all these and does them well. Bimpe Nkontchou, legal practitioner, family office manager, wealth advisor, art patron extraordinaire and now fintechpreneur! In this episode, ...
The Theatre Master’s Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - March 17, 2022 16:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratings‘Niyi Coker, Jr. is currently Professor & Director of the School of Theatre, Television and Film at San Diego State University in California. Prior to which for 14 years, he was the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Chair & Distinguished Professor in African-American Studies at the University of Missouri ...
The Young and Restless episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - February 17, 2022 18:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsEducated and intrepid with the world as their oyster, the African millennial is young and restless. Fearlesss, ambitious, fiercely afro-centric, secure in their own skin and ready to try new dating options. Kemi Afun-Ogido (or Dolly to the chosen few) is a policy analyst with the AfDB. She has...
The Arty Attorney’s Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - February 03, 2022 08:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe have discussed with artists, masters and collectors about this topic, but what does it mean to the maven of the arts who is also a chief from the Benin Kingdom, the original home of some of these looted works? Do note the use of the word ‘works’, not just ‘artworks’. Our guest, Chief Charles...
The New Year Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - January 06, 2022 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratings2021 was quite the year: a roller coaster of highs and lows, peaks and troughs, agonies and nearly-there ecstasy. In our new year episode, guests and listeners of our podcast share their reflections on 2021 and their hopes for 2022. In spite of (or perhaps because of) 2021, they look forward w...
The (Guilt - free) Christmas Episode
Banana Island Living Podcasts - December 23, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsFor a guilt free Christmas, we give you the perfect present - a worthy edition with just the right amount of fun. Nkoyo Rapu shows what is possible and how far our dreams can go in reshaping our communities and building a mega social enterprise. Her organization, Bethesda Child Support Agency ...
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