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
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'30 under-30'. She is said to be one of the fast rising entrepreneurs to watch out for in
Africa
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Life
Barbara Okereke has a degree in Electrical Engineering from
Anambra State University
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History
The university was established by law No. 13 of 2000 by the Anambra State Government ...
, and an MBA in Oil and Gas Management from
Coventry University. She learnt
cake design at Fair Cake culinary school in
Greenwich,
London
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[Akinwale Akinyoade]
Under-30 African Game Changers
''The Guardian
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'', 11 August 2019. Accessed 16 May 2020. In 2015 Okereke started her own cake baking business in
Port Harcourt, but move to the city of Lagos in 2016. She has created over a thousand cake designs, and trained over has five hundred students physically and online.
[
]Forbes
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included Okereke, then aged 28, on their 2019 list of thirty under-30 people to watch in Africa
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. In 2020 ''The Guardian
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'' included her on their list of 100 most inspiring women in Nigeria
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.Leading ladies Africa – 100 Most inspiring women in Nigeria 2020
''The Guardian'', 14 March 2020. Accessed 16 May 2020.
References
External links
November 2015
"Education no be finish line, l blow wen l find handwork" BBC Pidgin
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, 24 December 2018
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1991 births
Living people
Nigerian businesspeople
Nigerian women in business
Bakers
Alumni of Coventry University