Episode 1: Trailer - Fiftyfaces Focus - Nigerian Voices at Home and Away

<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/ac/3e/57/nigerianvoices/3000x3000_15789867.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br /><p>Since we launched the Fiftyfaces Podcast in August 2020 some of our most popular episodes were those featuring guests from the Nigerian diaspora and in this first Fiftyfaces Focus Nigerian Voices podcast series we have assembled a set of ten interviews of different professionals each with fascinating stories of accomplishments and career paths. Also, watch this space with a follow-up 4 part Ghanaian voices series to continue our West African focus immediately after this one. </p><p> </p><p>In this trailer hear from each of our 10 guests about our recurring themes of immigration, adjustment, integration, re-integration upon the return home and what opportunities Nigeria holds in terms of investment and business. We hear from <strong>Yele Aluko</strong> about his isolation amid the foreignness of US winters, but how he channeled his energy into building a leading cardiology practice and is now a prominent advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion in medicine.  We hear from <strong>Shalom Lloyd</strong>, founder of eMQT and Naturally Tribal,about her own roots in pharmacy, and how she now runs not one but two businesses – one focused on clinical trials in Africa and the other a cosmetics business that creates significant impact and employment in the Kingdom of Esan.  Impact is also core to <strong>Raymond Onovwigun</strong>’s RomCom, which has created over 300 jobs across Nigeria and Ghana through the recycling of scrap metal.  Hear why he believes that Africa is an essential missing link in building the global sustainability infrastructure and why “procrastination is the killer of all dreams”.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Eric Idiahi</strong> of Verod Capital shares his success story of starting an investment firm, and his belief in the opportunity that Africa and Nigeria hold particularly with respect to technology.  <strong>Obi Ozor</strong> of Kobo360 has the same conviction, and, while he i