These pretty and hardworking babes are currently making it big on Instagram. Some of them run chains of businesses while some are brand influencers. But they are as famous as most of the Nollywood stars and they step out with the big babes and guys in the society. They are rich, influential and extremely hardworking.
You can’t talk about young influential and famous celebrities in the society and their names will not make the list. Their success and activeness on social media has made them celebrities even without being an actress or musician. Though many of these babes started their business even before the advent of Instagram but they became more popular through Instagram with lots of followers who are not just fans but customers who patronise their products.
City People’s Senior Showbiz Reporter, BIODUN ALAO brings you, 30 young babes, making waves on Instagram plus different businesses they run.
TOMIWA AKINOLA
Tomiwa is the pretty face behind Miwa Signature and she is often referred to as the Kayanmata Goddess. Miwa is the complete definition of beauty and brains when it comes to the Kayanmata business. Miwa is one of the leading ladies and her gorgeous look and drop-dead body shape stand her out amongst her peers. She started her business in 2014 with skincare products. She ventured into aphrodisiac majorly in 2016 and has impacted many women’s sexual lives. Though her head office is in Ilorin, but she has branches in different parts of the country with distributors all over the world.
Miwa is very influential and rolls with the big babes and guys in the industry and her success speaks volumes.
JENNIFER IGBINOBA
Jennifer is the pretty CEO of Jenny’s Glow Skincare, a skincare therapist and one of the leading skincare brands in Nigeria. Many “A”-list stars can’t do without her products due to its effectiveness. She started her business in Benin before opening a branch in Lekki, Lagos State. She is one of the very few successful business owners who doesn’t enjoy making noise at all. She enjoys her private life a great deal. She started her business in 2017 and within a short period emerged one of the leading skincare brands in Nigeria.
This pretty 27 years old Edo indigene started her business with 200k, today her brand is worth several millions of naira and she is not slowing down in achieving more.
NWANNEKA NKUMAH
Nwanneka is the CEO of Hair by Wanneka, arguably the largest hair business in Lagos. She started her business in 2013 after so many challenges, but her determination and dedication kept her going. Today, she is one of the most successful hair brands in Nigeria, happily married with 2 kids. Recently, she celebrated her 30th birthday in grand style with loads of achievements within few years in business.
KIKELOMO ONIPEDE
Kikelomo is the CEO of Kiksplace, an outstanding clothing brand making waves on Instagram. Most celebrities feel very comfortable wearing outfits designed by Kik’s Place, and this pretty and young lady is leaving no stone unturned to remain at the very top of her career.
HAUWA MOHAMMED
Hauwa is a Nigerian sex therapist, entrepreneur and founder of the Jaruma Empire. Most people refer to her as the queen of Kayanmata. As she has trained lots of people in the business and has also inspired lots of women positively.
Jaruma is based in Dubai, but very popular on Instagram and one can not talk about successful and influential young women and Jaruma’s name will not make top 5.
JADESHOLA ABIODUN
Jadeshola is the CEO of Jadesh Skincare, another outstanding young and very pretty skin therapist making waves. When you talk about leading skin brands in Nigeria, her brand is one of them and her clients are all over both within and outside Nigeria. And despite this huge success, she is very humble, extremely friendly and down to earth and this explains why her fan base keeps increasing on daily basis.
ABIMBOLA
Abimbola is the beautiful face behind My baby & I brand, a brand that deals on mother and baby needs. One thing about this beautiful and hardworking lady is the fact that she maintains a very cordial relationship with lots of celebrities in the society and this explains why many of them turn out for her new shop opening. She is one of the highly celebrated young ladies doing well on Instagram.
AKUNNA NWALA
Akunna is the pretty face behind Kuku Hair, another outstanding brand making waves on Instagram with salons in choice places all over. A lawyer turned business mogul. She is pretty, brilliant and extremely hardworking and has loads of celebrities working for a successful brand. She recently signed Erica, ex-Big Brother Naija housemate as one of her brand ambassadors.
CHIOMA IKOKWU
Chioma is the CEO of Chioma good hair, a popular hair brand on Instagram. According to this multi-talented lady, her family helped her start her business at age 18 and has since been able to build the business into an empire and it is currently one of the very best in Nigeria.
LAUREL IKEJI
Laurel is the pretty younger sister of Queen of Blogs, Linda Ikeji. She built her name singlehandedly with lots of followers on Instagram. She is a brand influencer who influences for lots of notable companies. She earns a good amount of money daily doing what she knows how to do best on Instagram. Take it or leave it, Laurel is a celebrity in her own right with lots of younger girls who look up to her as a role model. She is indeed using her time well. She charges a good sum of money before she can influence for any products and another aspect many love about Laurel is the fact that she has good dress sense that many look forward to.
MERCY EKE
Mercy is the winner of the 2019 BB Naija reality television show. And ever since Lambo (Mercy) as she is fondly called emerged winner, she has been doing her very best to keep up to her celebrity lifestyle, bagging more endorsement deals and also floating her own company.
TACHA
Also, Tacha was disqualified from the 2019 BB Naija reality television show but she is not slowing down in achieving her dreams in life. Immediately, after the show, she launched a product that earned her lots of millions and she is equally giving Mercy a run for her money, as many are even of the opinion that she is doing better than Mercy that won.
DAMILOLA
Damilola of Milolar Signature is the complete definition of beauty and brains. She runs chains of businesses from skincare products to clothing lines. Milolar is doing exceptionally well and her clients are ‘A’-list celebrities in the society.
Her best friend Funke, the CEO of Fundivas brand based in Abuja is another clothing brand that is equally doing well and very popular on Instagram like they say, birds of a feather flock together. This explains the relationship between Funke and Damilola. They are also described as partners in success. While they both operate similar businesses. They are both making success in different locations.
TESSY
Tessy is the brain behind Tegsbecks’ feet, a brand that deals strictly on shoes for both adults and children. She is not the regular social media show-off person, just strictly business but when we talk about young ladies doing well on Instagram then her name can’t be omitted.
She does this successful business with her best friend, Uche Doris, the CEO of Dawris Ola Feet. These hardworking and successful ladies bring in containers loads of shoes into the country and sell at cheap prices to others. They are not just beautiful babes but hardworking and successful.
BOBRISKY
Bobrisky is an internet personality who is also a transgender. Take it or leave it, she is one of the most popular personalities on the internet and she’s highly celebrated Male Barbie. Okunneye Idris, popularly known as Bobrisky, started up selling creams and presently he is a brand ambassador with many companies and brand influencer who lives a very flambouyant lifestyle and with many celebrities as his friends.
QUEEN BADIRAT AJOKE ADEYEMI
Queen Badirat popularly known as Queen Ola is one of the former queens of Alaafin of Oyo. Ever since this young pretty lady left the palace, she has become more active on Instagram, flooding the internet with gorgeous pictures and recently set up a business in Lagos.
She is one of the young ladies making waves on Instagram.
ANIKE ANIMASHAUN
Anike is the pretty face behind House of H, a fashion brand located on the Island. Within few years into the business, she has emerged as one of the outstanding fashion brands with celebrities both home and abroad as clients.
OLA AYORINDE
Ola is the CEO of Cartdeals on Instagram, a successful brand that many women want to associate with. She has varieties of items she produces directly from China with high quality that she sells to people. She is successful and very popular on Instagram.
ABIOLA OLATILEWA
Abiola is the beautiful brain behind exquisite jewelry and accessories. Besides being a successful business lady, she is also a movie producer that has lots of movies to her credit. Her jewelry is one of the most patronised on Instagram, especially for wholesales.
TITILAYO
Titilayo of Mav Herbals is the very best brand when it comes to enhancement products on Instagram. Many trust her products due to the results they get and this has made many stay glued to her. So, instead of going under the knife, they rely on her herbal products to get their desired shape and she is one of the most successful young females doing well on Instagram.
TINUADE IBRAHIN
Tinuade is the brain behind the popular brand wholesale Naija, which sells quality wears in Lagos at a very affordable price. This brand is one of the most trusted and reliable brands in Lagos that many rely on to get quality wears at affordable prices. Stars like Iyabo Ojo, Mercy Aigbe, Biodun Okeowo, Ann Idibia, Bunmi Ninolowo are her brand ambassadors.
LISA
Lisa is the CEO of Melisakim Clothing Line, whom many know as Preti Woman. This small but mighty pretty lady is doing extremely well in the clothing business. She deals with luxury and it has remained one of the most sought after brands in Nigeria.
RACHEL OLUWABUKOLA MARTINS A.K.A. DJ
Rachel Nipple is one of the most popular video vixens in Nigeria. She is a professional twerker and a DJ who hates wearing bra. Her habit of twerking braless and pantless makes fans go crazy for her and she is one of the most popular young babes on Instagram.
BOLUJOKO OLUFUNKE
Bolujoko is the brain behind the Ministress of Fine Things and it is located on the Island. She is very young in her 20’s and making huge sales on Instagram with a brand that is just 3 years old.
Let’s not forget the beautiful CEO of Creamys Hair, Aduke, she runs one of the most patronised hair brands in Lagos and lots of celebrities feel very comfortable buying from her.
And finally, we can’t help but add the boss lady, Abimbola Afolayan, who despite being an actress and popular for her roles in lots of movies, also runs lots of business and this makes her smile to the bank always, especially her skincare business, which doesn’t come cheap but lots of people still patronise her despite the price. Besides this, she runs Extreme Clothing and Extreme Properties. She is no doubt one of the outstanding young females doing well and popular on Instagram.
