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She is often referred to as the “Martha Stewart of Africa” and it’s not hard to see why.

Uzo Orimalade has a background in Law and Business, spent over a decade working in management consulting and investment banking sectors of corporate America and Nigeria. She switched careers to pursue her passion for baking and cooking with the creation of her companies: Cupcake Couture Lagos (which provides retail and corporate clients with premium baked goods), Uzo’s Food Labs (which provides consulting services to the food, beverage & hospitality industry, cooking classes and demos to individuals and corporates, food writing and other associated services) and The Garden From Uzo’s Food Labs (an organic garden that sells organic cut produce and seedlings.

In this magazine feature, she dishes on the switch from paid employment to entrepreneurship, challenges, and establishing a thriving business through it all.

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