In the spirit of Black History Month my guests for this episode are Enoch Adeyemi and Joshua Adeyemi, leaders of the organisation Black Professionals Scotland. Besides leading a fast growing non-profit, Enoch and Joshua have both built successful careers in Scotland, founded a travel company Visit Nigeria Now and launched an Afro-Carribean online platform Bagafa selling products exclusively by creators from Africa and Caribbean region.
In our conversation we talk about what it means to make it in Scotland as the first generation Nigerians, we discuss barriers for entering the job market as a black person, why so many black people have Master’s degrees and how the tragic death of George Floyd has made Black Professionals Scotland a sought after organisation and has opened a lot of new doors for Scottish black community. This hour and a bit is filled with deep, but light-hearted conversations, kindness, laughter and also optimism of building a better, more united future for the generations to follow.
Enoch on LinkedIn: Enoch Adeyemi
Joshua on LinkedIn: Joshua Adeyemi
Black Professionals Scotland
LinkedIn: Black Professionals Scotland
Instagram: @blackprofessionalsscotland
Twitter: @blackprofscot
Facebook: Black Professionals Scotland
Website: https://blackprofessionalsscotland.com/
Email: hello@blackprofessionalsscotland.com
Bagafa online shop: https://bagafa.com/
VisitNigeriaNow: https://www.visitnigerianow.com/
Find black owned businesses near you: https://www.belisted.co.uk/ and https://www.afrobiz.uk/
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Instagram: @conversations.with.my.mind
LinkedIn: Ance Vanaga
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Photo credit: Infolklore
Lovely music created by: Harlowe King