NigeriansInDubai Podcast

Saana Azzam is an economist, author, speaker, performance coach and founder of Mena Speakers, a UAE based company that helps you find the right speakers for your events. She also recently launched knowhomarket.com, a global platform focused on matchmaking speakers and knowledge seekers for events, conferences, workshops. We had a sit down with Saana to have a discussion about the many things that make her tick. She is an interesting personality and we can’t wait to hear how she was able to turn her passion to profit.

This week we continue a conversation we started on our podcast about dating in Dubai for black women. Malcolm X said that the most disrespected and unprotected person in America was the black woman. Is there a similar trend today in dating? This week we talked to Vivian and Lizzie, two black women living in Dubai about their experience dating in Dubai.

In this week's podcast, we talk to Tobi Familusi, an International Sales Specialist at EMAAR Properties about Investing in Dubai as a Nigerian. Tobi shares with us secrets of investing in Dubai; how to spot a fake investment opportunities in Dubai; things to look at before Investing; different classes of investment for different budgets and other important things that demystify the investment landscape.

Bayo Hassan Bello, founder of The Ajala Project was on this week's edition of the NigeriansInDubai podcast where he talked about how his startup which connects creatives- artists, writers and change makers with investors; their impact in the Dubai community and their recent grant from the Tony Elumelu Foundation.

Dating in Dubai on the surface sounds like such an exciting experience with the available mix of different nationalities working and visiting Dubai. However as a young black woman whether Nigerian, Ethiopian or Caribbean, the case seems different. This is our 18 - 26 years old version of dating in Dubai as a young black woman. We will definitely cover other age ranges. We talk to Demi A, a young Nigerian student in Dubai as she shares her dating in Dubai experience as a young black woman. She shares tips, where to meet people and other information that can help.

On the podcast today, our host Ifeanyi Abraham is joined by global learning and development manager, Yemisi Sawyerr. They discuss "Learning in a global environment: How to attract international opportunities". . . Over the last 13 years, Yemisi Sawyerr has had the opportunity to work with some amazing companies in Nigeria and the UK training thousands of business leaders across 13 countries, providing them with globally relevant business and soft skills. #NigeriansInDubai #NigeriansInDxb #Dubai #Learning