Felicita Ovadje, a Nigerian-born lawyer and entrepreneur, immigrated to Winnipeg in 2008 as a student before taking the bar exam and opening up her own business.
“I kind of had to build my own structure for myself and kind of change the narrative, you know, for Black women and girls,” Ovadje said.
Changing the narrative for Black women and girls includes moving toward business ownership that reflects the actual Black population of Manitoba — 2.4 per cent and growing.
Ovadje is among those who hope future generations of Black women who want to start a business will see dreams can become reality when they look to others who are succeeding
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