Learning | Zikoko!

People like to talk about taking charge, but the Nala Feminist Collective (AKA Nalafem) is putting their money where their mouth is. Since 2020, the Pan-African group of 17 feminists — including the youngest senior official in the history of the African Union, Aya Chebbi, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Jaha Dukureh, and Miss Universe 2019, Zozibini Tunzi — has had a mission to foster, enable and mobilise young women in Africa, guided by the Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Manifesto.

In line with this, the group is offering a “Take the Lead” course by the Ivy League school, Cornell University, for free to 20,000 women under 40 years old from Nigeria and Kenya.

While this course focuses on leadership, it also teaches entrepreneurship, time management and career exploration. Because the only way to get to the things you want is by constantly improving yourself.

The “Take the Lead” course gives young women the opportunity to cultivate leadership skills that are essential for both personal and professional advancement. If you think this opportunity is too good to be true, don’t just take our word for it. Women from both Nigeria and Kenya who’ve enrolled and finished the course, have nothing but good things to say about it.

“It has helped me clarify my vision and mission for my career and personal life,” Nigerian course taker, Joy Indekhwa, shared. With that clarity comes understanding better the necessary steps to take to get to your goal, and how to handle difficult scenarios.

You’ll gain new skills, insight and strategies on how to be an influential leader at work and in your day-to-day activities. Are you really a leader if you can’t carefully map out where you want to go from where you currently are?

According to Valerie Kwena from Kenya, “The emphasis on real-world applications allowed me to immediately implement new tactics in my professional role, leading to noticeable positive changes in both my approach and outcomes.”

The “Take the Lead” course offers content tailored to prepare you for personal, educational and career advancement, and Nalafem presents its students with an achievement certificate upon completion.

All you have to do is register before February 15, 2024, have steady internet access, a digital device and get ready to devote 20 hours of your time to the course. It really is that easy to get an Ivy League certificate now.

Chioma Munachi

February 10, 2024

Inside Life

Learning
1. Crash Course

This channel teaches you biology, chemistry, physics, economics, philosophy and world history. Get to learning!
2. How to adult

This channel focuses on getting you to function like an adult; everything from how to pack for a holiday to how to quit your job is somewhere here!
3. Khan Academy

This is your cheat sheet to anything educational, with the most complex ideas broken down … and broken down again, to help you have an easier learning experience!
4. Sexplanations

This is your guide to sexuality and sexual health. It talks about all those things your mother refused to while giving you that vague and awkward sex talk. It also covers sexual hygiene, consent and a myriad of connected topics.
5. NigeriaCuisine

This is your guide to being a pro in the kitchen! So if your aunties are always acting like they alone have the secrets to wonderful tasting food, come here to burst their bubble!
6. Clean my space

On this channel, you learn to clean any and everything from top to bottom. There’s a method to the madness!
7. AndyAX

If you are a camera and filmmaking lover, this channel will teach you all the hacks you need to know!

Jola Ayeye

January 20, 2017

Oldies

education, Home school, Learning, School
1. When she calls you to assist her in the kitchen:

Hello ma there is no need to shout I’m here.
2. When she feels you aren’t eager enough to sweat and suffer in the kitchen

You better open those your teeth and be happy to be part f the process oh!
3. But when you are excited to learn, she’s like:

Let’s go!!
4. When she get’s angry with you for not being able to do something you’ve never done before.

But mummy I’ve never done this before how am I supposed to know how?
5. When you know how to do some things without tutoring, your mother is like:

Ehen! That’s my child!
6. How she looks at you when you forget to add MAGGI:

Mummy plis don’t kill me.
7. Her reaction when you add too much salt:

“And you know your father already has high blood pressure kuku kill all of us.”
8. When she starts gisting you about something random while you’re cutting pepper.

You have to be too careful not too laugh too much and cut yourself.
9. You cutting onions:

Tears everywhere!
10. Your mother cutting onions:

Always cool, calm and collected!
11. When she holds a hot cooking spoon barehanded like it’s nothing:

Is she superwoman? She must be superwoman!
12. When you try to do the same thing:

“It’s not that it’s paining me, water just likes coming out of my eyes.”
13. Your mother when you take the pot off the fire too early:

“So we should eat raw food because you want to finish on time abi?”
14. Her reaction when you forget the pot on the fire:

“Please explain to me where I got you from.”
15. When you follow all her instructions but the food is not sweet.

Which kind of problem is this?
16. How your mother watches your movements in the kitchen:

Please don’t kill yourself on my watch oh!
17. When you try to make a suggestion.

“Now you know more than me abi!”
18. When your suggestion works she’s like:

“Ahhhhh okay I see.”
19. When you misbehave after messing up in the kitchen your mother is like:

“You kuku don’t know how to do anything”
20. When you finally master something she taught you, you’re like:

I am now the master!
21. And she’s like:

But all jokes aside, Nigerian mothers are the best and as MAGGI turns 50, we want to celebrate the women who have been using MAGGI to create amazing meals for their loved ones.

The big idea for the MAGGI 50th anniversary campaign is: Let’s Celebrate. We intend to do this primarily by sending gift boxes containing specially curated ingredients and gifts to women influencers pan Nigeria & beyond for trusting MAGGI in the past years, and in the future ahead. Clink the link below to learn more.

Jola Ayeye

August 16, 2016

Oldies

Cooking, Learning, mother, Nigerian, Parents, sponsored