Etisalat Celebrates Women, Sponsors Woman Rising 2015

From left: Head, Events & Sponsorships Etisalat Nigeria, Modupe Thani;  Deborah Willsher  and Specialist, Marketing Communications Etisalat Nigeria, Opeyemi Lawal at Woman Rising 2015, Sponsored by Etisalat Nigeria, which held at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, recently.

Nigeria’s fastest growing and most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat has demonstrated its commitment to the growth and empowerment of women in the country and beyond, by continuing its sponsorship of Woman Rising, an arts development and performance event designed to bolster community development and capacity building through music and craftsmanship, organised by The Life House.

This is the second year Etisalat will be supporting the Life House in this initiative aimed at celebrating the Arts and creative works of outstanding women globally.

Speaking at the event, Head, Sponsorship and events at Etisalat Nigeria, Modupe Thani said the company’s continued sponsorship of the initiative was to celebrate and promote creativity and innovation by women in the country.

Ms Thani said: “We believe that women empowerment is integral to the development of any nation because they play a key role in preserving the nation’s cultural heritage, either through music, literary works or fashion. Etisalat is therefore proud to support this initiative that celebrates the Arts through the creative works of remarkable women globally.

The organisers of the initiative took the celebration a notch higher this year by holding the programme in three locations, The Wheatbaker Hotel and The Metropolitan Club, both in Lagos on Saturday, 21 March as well as Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos on Sunday, 22 March 2015.

This year’s celebration started with breakfast for select female personalities, including leading creative women and business leaders.

The celebration moved to the Metropolitan Club, Victoria Island, Lagos in the evening of the same day for the special screening of The Supreme Price, an award winning film by Joan Lipper, which was inspired by women and also featured civil rights activist, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, amongst other notable cast.

The two-day celebration of women came to a climax at the Federal Palace Hotel on Sunday with The Woman Rising 2015 Musical Concert, which was hosted by Kemi Lala Akindoju and Aderonke Adebanjo.

The concert which attracted notable personalities kicked off with a special composed instrumental interlude which was performed by an all-female Jazz ensemble and directed by Classical Jazz Pianist, Rolake Akinkugbe.Talented singers including Nigeria’s Ruby Gyang, Modele, Tonye and United Kingdom based Bumi Thomas also delivered sterling performances which drew applauses from the appreciative guests.

Notable among the guests were Hon. Consul of Switzerland, Chief Marlies Allan, Executive Director, Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND) as well as notable actresses, Taiwo Ajai-Lycett and Iretiola Doyle.

Founder, Woman Rising and Curator for The Life House, Ugoma Adegoke, who was visibly elated, thanked Etisalat Nigeria for its continued support of celebrating women through the Woman Rising initiative.

About Etisalat
In just 6 years of operations, Etisalat Nigeria has become a major industry player with a growing subscriber base of 22 million in a highly competitive market. Its portfolio of voice and data-centric products include – easy starter, easycliq, easybusiness, and easyblaze; all tailor-made to meet the needs of its customers.

Etisalat Nigeria is one of the 19 operations of the Etisalat Group that spans across Africa, Middle East and Asia, serving over 182 million subscribers and committed to delivering innovative and quality services to its growing subscribers.