Episode #
60
Omoyemi Akerele
Episode Summary
Q1: Place
If we could do a flypast on any part of the world that is significant to you, which place, city or country would it be and why?
Akwete in Eastern Nigeria
Q2: Life
Give us a glimpse into your life story so far with an emphasis on what you are doing currently?
Second of seven children, born to parents who instilled and modelled a way of contributing to the world that was beyond self. Started in fashion 19 years ago editing a lifestyle magazine and founded Style House Files as a way of establishing and then strengthening a fashion and design ecosystem in Africa that led to the launch of Lagos Fashion Week.
Q3: Reset
Where on earth is your place or reset or re-charge?
The home with family where I can be myself
Q4: Wonder
What wonder of the natural world excites you the most?
The Ocean, not just as a place to go with the family but as a life-giving wonder that provides oxygen and affects climate.
Q5: Hopefulness
What is your story of hopefulness (not your own) about a person, business or non-profit who are doing amazing things for the world?
Clothes to Good in South Africa who upcycle and transform waste materials as a way of empowering and providing entrepreneurial opportunities to people with disability and autism.
Q6: Insight
As we prepare to re-enter, what insight, wisdom or question would you like to share with us?
To see where we've been and coming back to Earth, it's almost impossible to deny that there is the existence of a higher being, it surely can't just be science.
