Banana Island Living Podcasts
Banana Island Living - A community business and lifestyle podcast for a happier, healthier, more informed living.
Episodes
48 episodes
The Intrepid Diplomat Episode
With nearly 30 years as an international civil servant working with the UN, Yewande Odia has been in all the hotspots - Somalia, Haiti, Goma, Tchad and yes, even New York (the original hotspot)! In this episode, we discuss:
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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32:34
The Trump In Law episode
As if Sarah Boulos’s backstory (past imperfect?) was not epic enough, her present continuous one merits its own Hollywood (or is it Nollywood?) biopic. Born in Burkina Faso, schooled in France and US, Lebanese father and French mother; li...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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50:14
The Work Life Episode
Blessing Adesiyan established WorkLife Africa, a think-tank focussed on transforming the continent's workforce and work spaces. She has made quite a journey from tech to care, not the first pivot that springs to mind but as the mistress o...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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1:00:11
The Creative Entrepreneur Episode
Ugoma Ebilah is a polymath - she has been an economist, successful financier, clothes designer, art dealer and now, one word which might just work when trying to box the unboxable would be 'creative entrepreneur'. In this episode, ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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44:45
The PR Strategist Episode
Only the paranoid survive! Only the paranoid survive? Yes! Tokunboh George - Taylor lives by that mantra and she really should know. She is THE foremost PR strategist in Nigeria and founding Managing Director at Hill+Knowlton Strat...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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54:18
The Newswatch Survivor Episode
Uzo Nzeogu, a talented artist who studied Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka with greats like Bruce Onobrakpeya and El Anatsui seemed all set to claim his place as a fine artist. But then, he did the maths, ditched paint...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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46:14
The Beauty Queen Entrepreneur
Helen took a short trip away from university and came back as Miss Nigeria 1979! Sharp, shrewd and always impeccably turned out, Helen Prest Ajayi neatly turned the beauty currency into entrepreneurship, into businesses way ahead of the times.&...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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56:04
The Multi-tasking OAP (On Air Personality).
Eku Edewor is many things but one thing she definitely is not is a slacker. Not just a pretty face (and what a pretty face), she believes in grafting and earning her flowers. In this episode, we discuss:9 years old and catching the ...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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1:00:03
The Property Entrepreneur
A lion in the den who has made his mark on the property landscape. Paul Onwuanibe is group chief executive officer of Landmark Africa Group. With formal education in Architecture, Property Development and Construction Management, together...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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51:25
The Intellectual Entrepreneur
For years, Dr. Ayo Aderinwale lived and breathed African political science. He has been in exile fleeing Abacha's regime, been a key figure in the plans and preparations for the United States of Africa, been Deputy President, Economic, S...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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1:38:44
The Diaspora Entrepreneur
Old Gregorian, avid Banana Island Living listener and serial entrepreneur, Adeyemo Sodipo, has embedded himself in the community he migrated into - St. Louis, Missouri. He has set up businesses, serves as a trustee of that most WASP of WASP Ame...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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47:22
The Artistic Septuagenarian
Continuing our series unveiling the experiences and memories of the generation before ours, how they lived, loved and explored, our guest is none other than The Original Original, the legend in her own lifetime, Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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42:39
The Musical Octogenarian
The fourth in our series of conversations with people 75 years and over, our conversation with the musical octogenarian is one that uplifts and serenades.We speak with Edna Jane Deinyo Soyanwo (EJD). Born on Sunday January 7th, 1934,...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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42:55
The Royal Professor Episode
The third in our series of conversations with people 75 years and over, our conversation with the royal professor could not have come at a better time - a week after Queen Elizabeth's passing.We speak with Emeritus Professor Osato Fr...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:00:23
The Agbaje Episode
The second in our series of conversations with people 75 years and over, this episode is a truly special one.We meet two Agbaje sisters (82 and 91 years old) who have lived their best lives and lived to tell the tale. Mrs. Moulin A...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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58:26
The Intrepid Octogenarian Episode
Hers was the generation that saw the best of times and, arguably, the worst of times. The heady, optimistic pre Nigerian independence days and then, the abyss of the Civil War. Mrs. Eugenia Arinola Afolabi has seen it all, do...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:01:14
The Big C Episode
The big C, the dreaded C, that soul destroying word we do everything possible (or at least try) to avoid. Yes, Cancer! In seeking to find some cause for optimism, no matter how faint, we speak to Moji Animashaun, an experienced can...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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53:11
The Very Social Lawyer Episode
Sade Doherty works hard - at being a business lawyer, family court assessor, school governor, Musical Society of Nigeria trustee, Centre for Contemporary Arts trustee, and at that most social of High Church communities, The Pink Ladies of...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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48:46
The Healthy Lifestyle Episode
'The diet starts tomorrow!' Yeah, sure. We've all been there, said that, got the oversized tee shirt. Olamide Balogun, the 'awakening lifestyles' guru and certified wellness coach, puts us through our paces and tells us a ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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59:52
The International Children's Day Episode
Children have a voice, they should be encouraged to use it and people should be encouraged to listen (with apologies to the Duchess of Sussex). Tsemaye, Kwezi, Alicia and Tom from Nigeria, South Africa, France and the United Kingdom share...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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21:23
The Special Needs Episode
Special Educational Needs (SEN) has become rather a ‘thing’ but was it ever thus and we are just more aware now? What do we mean by SEN? You know that feeling when you think something is not quite right? The worry, the angst, who do you call...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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59:59
The Education Entrepreneur Episode
You get the degrees, plan for the business, find the ideal one at the right price - what could possibly go wrong? Well, plenty as it turns out. Tope Egoh takes us through her adventures in the education space in the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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49:56
The Wealth Advisor's Edition
This Women’s Month we demystify money, wealth creation and preservation and who better to do this than a woman who does all these and does them well.Bimpe Nkontchou, legal practitioner, family office manager, wealth advisor, ar...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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59:14