Season 5 · Episode 60 · 28 Jan 2026
60 - Omoyemi Akerele
With Omoyemi Akerele
““For us as a company, it's always been beyond Lagos fashion week. I'm more inspired by the work that we do that people don't see and they don't even know about”.”
Reflections
Q1: Place
If we could do a flypast on any part of the world that is significant to you, which place, city or country would it be and why?
Akwete in Eastern Nigeria
Q2: Life
Give us a glimpse into your life story so far with an emphasis on what you are doing currently?
Second of seven children, born to parents who instilled and modelled a way of contributing to the world that was beyond self. Started in fashion 19 years ago editing a lifestyle magazine and founded Style House Files as a way of establishing and then strengthening a fashion and design ecosystem in Africa that led to the launch of Lagos Fashion Week.
Q3: Reset
Where on earth is your place or reset or re-charge?
The home with family where I can be myself
Q4: Wonder
What wonder of the natural world excites you the most?
The Ocean, not just as a place to go with the family but as a life-giving wonder that provides oxygen and affects climate.
Q5: Hopefulness
What is your story of hopefulness (not your own) about a person, business or non-profit who are doing amazing things for the world?
Clothes to Good in South Africa who upcycle and transform waste materials as a way of empowering and providing entrepreneurial opportunities to people with disability and autism.
Q6: Insight
As we prepare to re-enter, what insight, wisdom or question would you like to share with us?
Location
Flyover
Akwete in Eastern Nigeria
Guest
🇳🇬 Lagos in Nigeria