45. Iveoma on Moving to Nigeria, Life in Lagos, and Dating as a Returnee
10/04/20 • 56 min
For today's episode, we catch up with Iveoma Okparaeke, founder of It's Iveoma, a platform created for anyone interested in moving to a country in Africa. She officially moved to Lagos, Nigeria in December 2019 and has not looked back!
During the episode, Iveoma speaks pretty candidly about her experiences so far in Lagos. Tune in to hear:
- Why she decided to move back to Nigeria and what she realized when she made the move
- How she prepared and saved for her move
- Why you NEED an SUV to survive in Nigeria
- How she’s navigating dating as a returnee
- How much you need to make monthly live comfortably in Lagos
- Her advice to millennials in the Diaspora thinking about returning to their home countries
Resources:
Learn more about Iveoma: https://www.youtube.com/c/ItsIveoma/videos
Become a Patreon & support the show: https://www.patreon.com/deardiaspora
Join me and Certified Africa in Ghana now: https://deardiasporashow.com/ghana2020/
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For today's episode, we catch up with Iveoma Okparaeke, founder of It's Iveoma, a platform created for anyone interested in moving to a country in Africa. She officially moved to Lagos, Nigeria in December 2019 and has not looked back!
During the episode, Iveoma speaks pretty candidly about her experiences so far in Lagos. Tune in to hear:
- Why she decided to move back to Nigeria and what she realized when she made the move
- How she prepared and saved for her move
- Why you NEED an SUV to survive in Nigeria
- How she’s navigating dating as a returnee
- How much you need to make monthly live comfortably in Lagos
- Her advice to millennials in the Diaspora thinking about returning to their home countries
Resources:
Learn more about Iveoma: https://www.youtube.com/c/ItsIveoma/videos
Become a Patreon & support the show: https://www.patreon.com/deardiaspora
Join me and Certified Africa in Ghana now: https://deardiasporashow.com/ghana2020/
Subscribe to Dear Diaspora’s newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gZpu79
Dear Diaspora Twitter: https://twitter.com/deardiasporapod
Dear Diaspora Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deardiaspora/
Dear Diaspora FB Community: https://www.facebook.com/deardiaspora
Previous Episode
44. Five Growth Trends Shaping Africa’s Future (REWIND)
For today’s episode, I reshare an episode that provides a comprehensive overview of 5 key growth trends shaping Africa’s growth and development. These trends are outlined in the book Africa’s Business Revolution: How to Succeed in the World’s Next Big Growth Market by authors Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga and Georges Desvaux.
Tune in for a refresher on these trends and how they will impact business in Africa for decades to come:
- Young, fast growing urban population with a lot of unmet demands.
- Africa’s coming industrial revolution.
- Africa’s Infrastructure Gap and the big push to close it
- Africa’s Untapped Resource wealth and new innovations to unleash it.
- The rapid adoption of digital and mobile – and the leapfrog opportunity.
Resources:
Get the book here: https://amzn.to/37r4rLK
Become a Patreon & support the show: https://www.patreon.com/deardiaspora
Join me and Certified Africa in Ghana now: https://deardiasporashow.com/ghana2020/
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Next Episode
46. Unpacking Africa with Emmanuel Gamor: Entrepreneurship, Tackling Youth Unemployment and Africa’s Future
For today’s episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Emmanuel Gamor, host of Unpacking Africa - a podcast sharing resources while exploring ecosystems in our communities and figuring out issues pertaining to the African continent.
With over a decade of experience in youth engagement, digital & managerial innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership education on the continent—Emmanuel is a true ecosystem builder.
During the episode, we discuss:
- His experience studying in the US and returning to Ghana after college
- How he created his own opportunities back home and landed roles at Google, YouTube and Impact Hub
- Ghana’s entrepreneurship ecosystem – what’s working and what isn’t
- Decreasing Africa’s youth unemployment rate
- Bridging the gap between the diaspora and the African continent
- What excites him about Africa’s future
Resources:
Listen to Unpacking Africa: https://anchor.fm/4irafrica
Become a Patreon & support the show: https://www.patreon.com/deardiaspora
Join me and Certified Africa in Ghana now: https://deardiasporashow.com/ghana2020/
Subscribe to Dear Diaspora’s newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gZpu79
Dear Diaspora Twitter: https://twitter.com/deardiasporapod
Dear Diaspora Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deardiaspora/
Dear Diaspora FB Community: https://www.facebook.com/deardiaspora
“Folks of other races have found so much solace in home that they’ve come here and tried to own parts of Africa that are not even theirs. There’s no other place in the world that’s allowed it happen so blatantly than the African continent.” - Emmanuel Gamor
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