icreate Africa. www.icreateafrica.com
Onyinye Nneli,
2nd winner in Barbing category
Which impact did the iCreate
experience have on you?
Being a female barber in Africa,
I was really stigmatized. There
are people that look at you
with so much disdain, but
along the line I had to bottle
up some courage and face this.
This is not just a competition to
me. I have been privileged to
being tutored and I learnt also
from my other competitors;
the packaging, the courage, the
finishing. Meeting iCreate and
as Bright Jaja kept unveiling the
plan he has for us, makes me
speechless. I want to say thank
you and I want to say nothing is
impossible when you put your
mind to it. There are no menial
jobs, only menial mindsets.
Which change do you want to
see which will affect your skill
career?
We desperately need better
15
structures to attract loans
for SME’s when skill workers
want to set up their own
business. Vocational schools
are outdated in some sectors,
so we are forced to consult
the internet for personal
development.
What are the major challenges
you are facing as a barber?
We should open up and
understand that our hair style
is an expression of ourselves
that does not need justification.
Clients refuse to do some
hairstyles for the fear of being
harassed by SARS or the Police,
therefore limiting our creativity
as Barber or hairstylist.