“If it’s IN you to climb you must — there are those who MUST lift their eyes to the hills — they can’t breathe properly in the valleys.”
— L.M. Montgomery

IN THE MEDIA

ON THE 'GRAM

I need a caption for this picture I took at Circa guys. Suggestions, please? I was thinking "She bad" but I don't want y'all to think I'm vain, so 🤷🏾‍♂️ 😂. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Rerocking baffs from my closet⁣ 🧥: @maiatafo⁣ 👚: Asos⁣ 👖: Banana Republic⁣ 📸: @lalaakindoju⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #WhatLamideWore #BuyNigerian #WearNigerian #WearHighStreet #ReRockNation
Couldn't pick a fave pic oh. Which is yours?⁣ ⁣ Stepped out to #AnEveningwithVliscoandTheBloomAfrica with bae @lalaakindoju last night and had an amazing time. ⁣ ⁣ I caught up with a bunch of lovely women and was riveted by the panel moderated by the one and only @tosindurotoye who KILLED IT! #DurofunDurotoye I STAN! You're doing amazing work with @TheBloomAfrica. ⁣ ⁣ I solidified my crush on @ozzyetomi and have a new crush on @ronkeonadeko. It was such a great panel. All in all, a fantastic evening. Catch up with some of it on my IG Stories before it disappears!⁣ ⁣ 📸: @lalaakindoju + 1 pic stolen from @bukkyakoms⁣ #WhatLamideWore: Asos 👚, Banana Republic 👖, Sam Edelman 👠. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #BalanceforBetter #IWD2019 #TheBloomAfrica #TosinDurotoye #VliscoNigeria
It was an absolute pleasure to have hosted the launch of Google's #WomenWill Program on International Women's Day. ⁣ ⁣ I love the fact that it had elements of things I enjoy and I'm passionate about: tech, social good, personal development & empowering women. Hosting events like this never feels like work. ⁣ ⁣ Thank you & well done to @the_simbo and team for an impeccable event. @presitge @mirusevents @kunmiariyo y'all were awesome. Looking forward to working with you all again soon! ⁣ ⁣ 📸: @mhorottistudios⁣ ⁣ #LamideWorks #LamideHosts #IWD2019 #IWD2019Events #GoogleNigeria #GrowwithGoogle
I used to struggle with owning my awesome, but I am very proud of how far I've come, and the work I've done, and so this recognition from @LeadingLadiesAfrica as one of Nigeria's #100 Most Inspiring Women, which came on #IWD2019, is an honor that I don't take lightly. It's encouragement to work harder and add more value, and be bolder in knowing that I do have something to offer the world. . . . I also celebrate all the ladies on the list, many of whom I have worked with, are friends/colleagues, or are women I admire from afar. 🥂 to us. The #LLA100Women list honors phenomenal Nigerian women (both home and abroad) making a difference, and the full list can be seen on www.leadingladiesafrica.org.
Happy birthday to my magical, talented, bankable, brown girl bae! May God, whose face you always earnestly, recklessly seek and worship, push you higher than even your wildest dreams can conceive. May you be fulfilled and blessed abundantly. And may you always remember that you deserve all the amazing things that have come and will continue to rain down on you. Your gift will speak for you, favor will relentlessly follow you, excellence will continue to be your watchword. Amen. I love you and appreciate you. Thank you for being exactly who you are. Even when you're annoying 😂. Happy birthday #Thespianbae! ❤️ #AyaFred #LalatheBaidayGeh #TalentedInternationalBankable
If you've ever started something and realized pretty quickly that it's bigger than you expected, and fear makes you quit, do like this: 🙋🏾‍♀️. Yep, me too! . . In 2016 I started filming a documentary series. I made some great steps forward (the teasers are on my YouTube page, by the way, and I'm still proud of what I got done), but heard so many "No's" and hit so many roadblocks that I got frustrated and ended up shelving it. It'll come back, but probably in a different way. Anyway, since then, I've worked on other documentaries and last November I decided it's time to do my own thing once again. So I invested in a couple of documentary courses, and a few days ago I was in London meeting with people who'll feature in it as my pre-production work continues. And I have no idea what it will look like in the end, don't know where the funding and everything else I need will come from, but I am here to celebrate my small wins and to help keep myself accountable 😂. Through fear and frustration and disappointment and discouragement, I'm sha moving forward, hoping and praying I'll have something to be proud of in the end. And I hope the same for you, no matter the goal or project, that small steps count, as long as you make them. . . . So, as I keep moving forward on this path of mine, I ask that you wish me the best, and I wish you the very best too! If you want to, share a small step you will take, your own small win, or share some advice and encouragement for those of us treading carefully towards our dreams! Let's encourage each other ❤️ . . . #LamideAkintobi #LamideWorks #2019Goals #DocumentaryMaker #SomethingSpecialMedia
🌨 🌨 Baby, it's cold outside! Currently on lockdown day 4. No schools open, not too safe to drive around, etc. The snow looks beautiful, but if you know me, you know I don't even like my AC on full blast, so I'm sha hiding indoors, wrapped up warm with my babies. Don't ever let them say #globalwarming ain't a thing! Do you prefer cold weather or are you a warm weather bae? Give me the heat any day! . . . #LamideAkintobi #LamideTravels

GALLERY

ON A LIGHTER NOTE...

We feature Lamide Akintobi with two of her friends, Tosyn Bucknor & Lala Akindoju to celebrate the joy of true friendships as we launch our 2017 Holiday Collection. Enjoy!

Prepping for a party with a full on Glam Squad!

Shot with my Lumia 1520, edited using Lumia Storyteller & Windows Movie Maker

This is a very short chronicle of my recent 6 day media trip to Rwanda, courtesy RwandAir & the Rwandan Development Board (RDB), in which I went around the country and learned a lot about Rwandan Culture and Tourism.

“Bí a kò bá dẹ́kun ìgbìyànjú, bópẹ́ bóyá akitiyan á dópin lọ́jọ́ kan (Translation: If one doesn’t stop trying, one’s hustling will end one day)”
— Yoruba Proverb