Ayodele Adeniji · CC BY-SA 4.0
Talent
Adaeze Okonkwo
Textile artist turning Akwete weave patterns into wearable outerwear.
“People kept calling it heritage work like it is a museum piece. It is a jacket. Wear the jacket.”See the work
Spotlight
The names, before everybody knows the names. We show them, we spotlight them, and we let them talk.
Adebola Falade · CC BY-SA 4.0
Startup
Kese
Same-day intercity delivery run entirely off okada networks.
“Everybody wanted to build the trucks. We just organised the riders who were already moving.”Visit Kese
Hipposonic Studios · CC BY-SA 4.0
Talent
Tare Briggs
Sound engineer behind three of the year's biggest alte records.
“I have never been on a cover. That is fine. Listen to the low end and you know I was there.”
Onyebuchi Echezona · CC BY-SA 4.0
Brand
Orí Studio
Furniture makers building for small Lagos apartments, not showrooms.
“Design for 28 square metres and you learn more than any showroom will teach you.”See their work
Sinachworld · CC BY-SA 4.0
Shout Out
Mama Nkechi
Has fed the entire Yaba tech corridor from one kiosk for eleven years.
“Half of them were students when they started eating here. Now they bring their staff.”
Nobody under that heading yet.
Shout Out
Know somebody who deserves their flowers?
A talent, a startup, a brand, or somebody doing the work quietly. Send the name. We do the rest.