Barbara Okereke-Ndugbu (born c.1990) is a Nigerian cake designer and entrepreneur, founder and managing director of Oven Secret Bakery. In 2019 she was listed on the Forbes'30 under-30'. She is said to be one of the fast rising entrepreneurs to watch out for in Africa.[1]
Life
editBarbara Okereke has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Anambra State University, and an MBA in Oil and Gas Management from Coventry University. She learnt cake design at Fair Cake culinary school in Greenwich, London.[2][3] In 2015 Okereke started her own cake baking business in Port Harcourt, but move to the city of Lagos in 2016.[4] She has created over a thousand cake designs, and trained over has five hundred students physically and online.[2]
Forbes included Okereke, then aged 28, on their 2019 list of thirty under-30 people to watch in Africa.[5] In 2020 The Guardian included her on their list of 100 most inspiring women in Nigeria.[6]
References
edit- ^ Karen Mwendera, #30Under30: Business Category 2019, Forbes Africa, 1 July 2019. Accessed 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b Akinwale Akinyoade, Under-30 African Game Changers, The Guardian, 11 August 2019. Accessed 16 May 2020.
- ^ Barbara Okereke sails with oven secret, Nigerian Tribune, 3 February 2018.
- ^ Amaka Obioji, Forbes Africa releases its 2019 #30Under30 List, Nairametrics, 2 July 2019. Accessed 16 May 2020.
- ^ Inemesit Udodiong, These are the Nigerians on the 2019 Forbes Africa's 30 Under 30 list, pulse.ng, 28 June 2019. Accessed 15 May 2020.
- ^ Leading ladies Africa – 100 Most inspiring women in Nigeria 2020, The Guardian, 14 March 2020. Accessed 16 May 2020.
External links
edit- Oven Secret...Cake Artistry at its best - Hearts and Crafts, November 2015
- "Education no be finish line, l blow wen l find handwork", BBC Pidgin, 24 December 2018