Thursday 16 May 2013

Folake Folarin-Coker of Tiffany Amber wins WIE Enterprise Award 2013

Foremost Fashion designer, Folake Folarin-Coker of Tiffany Amber Nigeria has won the 2013, Women, Inspiration and Enterprise (WIE) awards in Cape Town, South Africa.

The enterprise award honours trailblazing businesswomen who have broken barriers and brought innovation and change to the corporate world.

Previous winners of this award and other pretigious WIE awards include, Dame Vivian Westwood, Supermodel Christy Turlington, Dr.Jill Biden and Belinda Gates among many others.

Speaking on the award, Coker said; 'It is always an honour to recieve an accolade for something I love doing, but it gives me more pleasure to recognized by such an amazing network such as WIE, who's mission is to empower women,and bring them together and in doing so, inspire our future female leaders'.

As well as receiving the award, Coker was also included in the WIE 60 Power Influencers in Africa.