Folorunsho Alakija, Africa's Richest Woman and Founder of Rose of Sharon Foundation
Folorunsho Alakija’s winding path to becoming the second richest woman in Africa began in London, where she pursued secretarial studies and fashion design as a young woman.
(She and her sister were reportedly the only two of her father’s 52 children sent abroad to study). After returning to Nig
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