''BellaNaija'' is a lifestyle, entertainment and fashion website in Africa. headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

History

BellaNaija was founded by

Uche Eze Uche Pedro (born by Uche Eze; 26 July 1984) is a Nigerian entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of ''BellaNaija'', a media tech brand known for entertainment and lifestyle content. Under her leadership, BellaNaija's social footprint has grow ...

in 2006 as a media startup which later metamorphosed into BellaNaija.com while studying for her undergraduate degree at the

Ivey School of Business Ivey Business School is a constituent unit of the University of Western Ontario, located in London, Ontario, Canada. Ivey offers full-time undergraduate (HBA), MBA, MSc, MFE and PhD programs and also maintains two teaching facilities in Toronto ...

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, Canada. BellaNaija in its early form featured scanned magazine articles, pictures and interviews of Nigerian fashion personalities.

Achievements

In 2013, ''BellaNaija'' was ranked 4th in ''AfricaRankings "Top 10 African Entertainment Websites". Uche Pedro & BellaNaija was mentioned in the SME 100 List of 100 most innovative female-owned businesses in Nigeria, completed Stanford Seed programme and BBNWonderland - BN Lead Weddings Flagship Event with Baileys

Awards

References

External links

* {{Nigerian magazines Nigerian news websites Lifestyle websites Magazines established in 2006 2006 establishments in Nigeria Online magazines Magazines published in Lagos Online magazines published in Nigeria