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Young & In Charge! Funke Akindele, Demola of NotJustOk & Ahmed Mukoshy in Y! Magazine’s “New Establishment Issue

The woman who has created numerous unforgettable movie characters – Jenifa/Suliat/Omo Ghetto…Funke Akindele is on the cover of the new issue of Y! Magazine.

Funke has featured on so many magazine covers and this is definitely one of our faves.
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It’s an edgy and sexy Funke Akindele on the cover of the influential pop culture brand Y! Magazine. The actress holds centre stage for the magazine’s 7th edition as it profiles the most exciting ideas across Nigeria — in technology, business, education, fashion, development, entertainment, the media, governance and more.

“Funke Akindele is a public face and name who best exemplifies the trend of pushing the envelope and staying at the cutting edge,” says Adebola Williams, who is managing editor for the magazine. “Where Nora Ephron meets Tyler Perry, she has several created iconic pop culture characters using indigenous language. Her movies are continuously at the cutting edge and she has set upon raising standards in a way that is inspiring to a new generation of filmmakers and professionals across sectors.”

“This edition is very dear to our hearts. We went around the country to look for the best ideas, the brightest innovations, the most cutting edge technology – young Nigerians who are doing amazing work across sectors and setting a new standard for Nigeria’s future.”

There’s a feature on the exciting Co-Creation Hub, an arena that pools talent, ideas and projects that are redefining Nigeria’s technology space; the Innovation Factory which is changing the way we see New Media in Nigeria; Student Circle which is revolutionising the way students across the country access knowledge, two young people who have found a solution to Nigeria’s power challenge and two deal web sites that are changing the way we buy and sell.

There is an interview with Idris Ayo Bello, an ideas factory who is responsible for Wennovation, Libraries Across Africa, AfyaZima, and The Next Cool Idea, a conversation with the three young men who run the path-finding Jobberman.com as well as an interview with the two young men behind the influential music website NotJustOk.com.
The magazine also travels the country and discovers that the governments of Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Anambra are harnessing their young citizens and grooming them for global competitiveness.

Y! also interviews 12 young Nigerians aged 21 and below, and christens them ‘The New New Establishment’. They are already driving Nigeria’s future and include designer Adebayo Oke-Lawal, blogger SheiFunmi, Bookneto founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Sokoto-based Ahmed Mukoshy who created the Yarnable website.

All of this is capped off with a delicious mishmash of pop culture highlights — including the ‘Signorina Vintage’ style shoot, Terence Sambo exploring colonial architecture in Lagos, a feature story profiling the rise of the glossy magazine, interviews with Banky W, Kelly Hansome, Beat FM’s Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi, Soundcity’s Olamide Adedeji, Tinsel’s Gbenro Ajibade, and reviews of music, movies, radio, television, stage restaurants, gadgets and books from across the country.

“This is not the usual fare that you’d find in magazines – we have gone the extra mile to find a bouquet of the most impressive ideas from young Nigerians, who are now able to compete in a global economy.

These are the guys who really own the future; these are the guys we should be celebrating. We’re extremely proud of what our team of editors has presented to our readers this issue – it’s a gift!”
Y! Magazine is now available with vendors and stores across the country.

More information – including where to buy Y! – is on the website www.ynaija.com

The Kate effect strikes again: Sales of coral-coloured jeans soar after Duchess wore pair to play hockey

When it comes to fashion, the Duchess of Cambridge is used to playing to safe. 

But Kate ventured away from her favourite shades of beige and blue on a trip to the Olympic park yesterday, opting for a pair of coral-coloured jeans instead.And it seems her adventurous choice paid off as sales of the bright-hue denim increased 88% in a matter of hours

Kate arrived at the pitch wearing eye-catching skin tight three quarter length jeans, blue heels and an Emilio Pucci blazer - with an official Team GB supporters' scarf.She swapped her shoes for a pair of Adidas trainers but kept the jeans on for a game of hockey.Although it is not known what brand of jeans Kate wore, her outfit prompted sales of £14 jeans at Asda to soar.

And George has seen a massive uplift of 471% in sales of their coloured denim range as other celebrities are spotted sporting the bright denim trend this season.Cobalt blue sold out in the first week online at the rapid rate of two pairs per minute while coloured denim has amounted to 82% of all denim sales across George’s G21 range this week.

Clebrities spotted in fashionable brights include Kate and Pippa Middleton, Nicola Roberts and Frankie Sanford while Jessica Alba can’t make her mind up rocking yellow, pink and green.

Kate played a game of hockey in the skinny jeans, swapping her heels for trainers