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'''Evelyn Okere''' is a Nigerian businesswoman. She publishes a health and fashion magazine, ''St. Eve''; is managing director of a health business, St. Eve Concepts;{{r|moses}} and has a fashion company, Rose di Omimi.{{r|bnl}}
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'''Evelyn Uyai Okere''' is a Nigerian businesswoman, [[publisher]], [[fashion designer]] and health/weight management expert.

She is the Managing Director/CEO of St. Eve Concepts,<ref>St. Eve Concepts. [http://eveconcepts.com/contactus/ "Contact Us Page"]. Retrieved on 15 January 2016</ref> a health/weight management outfit and also the Publisher of ''St. Eve Magazine'', a health, beauty and fashion publication.
Okere is the Creative Director of Rose di Omimi, a clothing line based in [[Lagos]] but with a global focus. She is also the organizer of the St. Eve West African Fashion Week, a yearly event that brings together fashion designers and fashion enthusiasts from, not only West Africa, but also all over the world.


==Early life==
==Early life==


Okere grew up in [[Lagos state]] where she attended Our Lady of Apostles Private School [[Yaba, Lagos|Yaba]] and Methodist Girls High School Sabo Yaba before proceeding to the [[University of Nigeria Nsukka]], [[Enugu state]] where she studied History. She graduated from UNN in 1999.
Okere attended [[University of Nigeria Nsukka]], [[Enugu State]], where she studied history.{{r|bnl}}


==Business career==
==Business career==


Okere worked in banking, in the telecommunications industry and in the oil and gas industry. She started ''St. Eve'' in 2010.{{r|bnl}}
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Okere's banking career kicked off when she was still in the University. During one of the long industrial strikes that beset Nigeria’s educational sector in the nineties, the young undergraduate took up a banking job with Zenith Bank to ‘get busy’.<ref>Nosike, Moses. [http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/passion-good-health-beauty-fashion-okere/ "I have passion for good health, beauty and fashion"], ''[[Vanguard (Nigeria)]]'', 30 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2015.</ref>


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In August 2012 her company brought the American rapper [[Rick Ross]] to the Summer Jam Fest concert in [[Lagos]].<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/201207230412.html "Nigeria: Rick Ross storms Lagos"] ''[[AllAfrica.com]]'', 21 July 2012</ref>
She soon found out that she had no passion for the banking industry.


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Upon graduation, she secured employment with Econet Nigeria, now known as [[Airtel]] gaining valuable managerial experience. After a few years with Econet Nigeria, which though lucrative but which she later admitted was not her ‘calling’ Okere broke off to start her own company.
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<ref name=bnl>[BNL Pulse] (7 November 2015). [http://www.bnlpulse.com/2015/11/evelyn-okere-fashion-is-a-capital-intensive-business/ Evelyn Okere: Fashion Is A Capital Intensive Business]. B&L Pulse. Accessed April 2016.</ref>
She founded St Eve Concepts Ltd in 2006 as the first in Enzymatic Health care service in Nigeria and indeed [[West Africa]].<ref>St. Eve Concepts [http://eveconcepts.com/aboutus/profile/ "Profile Page"]</ref>


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<ref name=moses>Nosike, Moses. [http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/passion-good-health-beauty-fashion-okere/ "I have passion for good health, beauty and fashion"], ''[[Vanguard (Nigeria)]]'', 30 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2015.</ref>
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In August 2012, her company succeeded in bringing American born international rapper [[William Leonard Roberts II]] popularly known as [[Rick Ross]] to Lagos to entertain at the '''Summer Slam Fest''' and thus for the first time in the country brought entertainment into health.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/201207230412.html "Nigeria: Rick Ross storms Lagos"] ''[[AllAfrica.com]]'', 21 July 2012</ref>
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Latest revision as of 16:19, 12 April 2021

Evelyn Okere is a Nigerian businesswoman. She publishes a health and fashion magazine, St. Eve; is managing director of a health business, St. Eve Concepts;[1] and has a fashion company, Rose di Omimi.[2]

Early life

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Okere attended University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, where she studied history.[2]

Business career

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Okere worked in banking, in the telecommunications industry and in the oil and gas industry. She started St. Eve in 2010.[2]

In August 2012 her company brought the American rapper Rick Ross to the Summer Jam Fest concert in Lagos.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Nosike, Moses. "I have passion for good health, beauty and fashion", Vanguard (Nigeria), 30 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c [BNL Pulse] (7 November 2015). Evelyn Okere: Fashion Is A Capital Intensive Business. B&L Pulse. Accessed April 2016.
  3. ^ "Nigeria: Rick Ross storms Lagos" AllAfrica.com, 21 July 2012
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