Had this lovely meal with my boyfriend last night at a restaurant called Slipway – sometimes you just need some steak & mash in your life, no frills, no extras, and of course lashes of gravy!
How often do you eat out?
Category Archives: Africa
The hair extension industry in Tanzania is exploding
I popped into my local shop near the office in Mikocheni and when I went to pay for my goods at the till, I noticed the reams and reams of hair extensions by Darling and other brands that were on sale so I took this picture quickly:
Tanzanian Lacquer
Just a collection of photographs I have taken of the environment around me in Dar-es-Salaam & Zanzibar that I thought you would all like.
Coco Beach, Dar-es-Salaam
These stunning doors were on a hotel in Stone Town, Zanzibar that I took last year. They are so intricate and stunning!
Fashion for breakfast! I went to the local cafe in Shoppers Plaza in Mikocheni with the latest issue of Fashizblack from Paris. Makes me want to look glossy if only I was motivated to lose weight!
What is going on where you are and what do you think of these photos?
What Solange’s Afro & Cocktails have in common
Just stumbled upon this stunning picture of Solange and her incredible Afro at lecoil:
Dar-es-Salaam Nights
A collection of pictures taken by me of going out in Dar-es-Salaam – this city is definitely glowing at night as seen by this gorgeous nighttime pool at the Regency hotel in Mikocheni.
Lunch Break – Tanzanian Style
Had this about a week ago at the local restaurant behind my office. Cheap lunch break with a super healthy kick as well! What do you guys like for lunchtime?
The Return of the Afro Mohawk – April 2013
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I got this done just now at the local salon – hair wash, blow-dry and she styled it in an afro-mohawk. I have to say, I am a definite blow-dry addict who needs to cut down on how much I do it but I love the results at the same time. It’s so hard! I wasn’t feeling sexy, got my hair down and now I feel GOOD.
What do you think of this hair style?
Ice-Cold Pools in Dar-es-Salaam
Found these pictures that I took myself of the ice-cold pool water of the Coral Beach Hotel in Masaki. Jump in!
Whipped Cream Afro? Maybe…
I took out my weave about 3 weeks ago and had my hair blow-dried; I took this picture about a fortnight ago and I liked the result of the hair. I feel like my hair is getting fluffier at the top which I love. It’s kind of like a whipped cream Afro when I took this picture but not sure you see how fluffy it was.
Happy Easter everyone!
The charmed life of Folorunsho Alakija
Vanity Fair did a sprawling and extremely in-depth feature in their April 2013 issue on the worldwide millionaires who are buying up flats and property in London, one of the most expensive cities in the world. I was reading this feature intently and there was a fascinating chunk about Folorunsho Alakija, a Nigerian female billionaire, and one of the continent’s only 2 female billionaires (the other is Isobel dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s current president). Here’s an excerpt from the feature:
In fact, land-registry documents show that five apartments, for a combined $123 million, are owned by companies under the Rose of Sharon name, all based in the Isle of Man. These have been widely reported to be owned by Folorunsho Alakija, a Nigerian billionaire who is a part-owner of Famfa Oil Ltd. (Efforts to contact her were unsuccessful.) According to an industry risk profile of the company, Famfa received 600,000 barrels of oil per month from the giant Nigerian deepwater Agbami oil field in the first four months of 2010, in partnership with the U.S. oil company Chevron, in a longer-term agreement. The report cites a Nigerian Department for Petroleum Resources source as saying that Alakija was “one of the [Nigerian] First Lady’s favorite dress designers” and that Alakija’s stake in Famfa was “a reward to a loyal friend.” Forbes ranked Alakija’s net worth at $600 million, but last year Ventures Africa, a business magazine, recalculated it based on public information at $3.3 billion, making her richer than Oprah Winfrey.
Alakija is an extremely successful businesswoman who first did fashion in Nigeria and branched out into oil where her wealth exploded. I saw an interview of her talking to a CNN reporter discussing about how she made it and one thing really struck me, African woman do have chances to go out there and go get it but we need to just get it done. You can find the interview on YouTube, check it out and you will see that impression from her that she just went out there and got what she thought she should get.
When I read stories like this, it does inspire me to just go out there and keep going with my fledging company especially when I feel so worried and stressed at times. I say if she wants to buy $100m+ of property in London, more power to her. It’s great to see more successful female entrepreneurs.
What are your thoughts?
