Grace B. is an entrepreneur and owns Flourishing Styles Fair, a confectionary, beadwork and accessories business. Grace decided to go into business for herself when her efforts to find a job in the private sector didn’t yield the results she was expecting.
For Grace, it was important to use her creative talents to do something she loved. In addition to catering for small and large vendors, Flourishing Styles Fair designs ladies hats and shoes creatively using beads and lace. She works with local shoe manufacturers who provide her with the shoes. She then re-designs the shoes using beads and lace and then sells to local consumers.
After attending the YTF’s classroom training as part of the Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs and Mobile Value Added Services program, Grace went on to purchase a Nokia mobile phone and subscribe to the “Business Women” application.
Yes, she is a proud woman entrepreneur.
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Ifeoma Isiogu is a Program Coordinator – Gender Empowerment Programs at Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF). She writes from Imo State, Nigeria, where she works at YTF’s Africa headquarters. Ifeoma is a mentor to many of our youth clients, particularly girls interested in pursuing a career in ICT. In addition, she delivers training, provides linkages and advice to women entrepreneurs in YTF’s programs.
