…Called Ipinlese
Bisi Asekun-Obakoya is a businesswoman and an entrepreneur, strong-willed, compassionate, kind, hardworking, loyal, resilient, sophisticated, articulate, generous, and intelligent lady. She’s the CEO of X5 Drinks and Cocktail and Producer of Ipinlese Talk Show
She has a degree (B.Sc.) in Computer Science (LASU) and a Second Degree (M.Sc.) in Operations Research from the University of Lagos (UNILAG). She’s a certified Database Administrator (DBA) expert, with Professional Certifications in Oracle10g, OCA, and OCP, and has years of experience working in both financial/oil & gas industries. She’s happily married and blessed with beautiful children.
A few days back at the City People ‘Women Achiever’s Award@ held in Ikeja, City People Journalist, BENPRINCE EZEH (08068599879) had a chat with her and she spoke about how she has been able to sustain her Ipinlese Talk show on YouTube. Below is the excerpt from the chat.
Tell us about your business.
Thank you, I’m the CEO of X5 Drinks and Cocktail, CEO, and the head bartender/mixologist. X5 Drinks & Cocktails is an event drinks and mobile bar consulting firm, which was born out of a passion for healthy living and drinks mixing skills with international standard bartending, the idea of X5cocktails was conceived and launched many years ago.
X5 drinks and cocktails are set on breaking barriers and setting a glitz standard in the Nigerian events beverage industry. X5cocktails has stood the test of time, adding healthy drinks, hygiene, glitz, and glamour to events and parties, which is our promise to you. X5 was coined from the love I have for my 5 sisters as X denotes female chromosomes and I’m also the host and producer of Ipinlese Talk Show
Bisi Asekun-Obakoya with her award at the Citypeople Female Achievers Award
Can we know when you started both businesses?
Let me start with X5 Drinks and Cocktail, it started about 10 years ago November 1st. This year would be 10 and it has been a big deal. Ipinlese Talk Show started about 2years ago and it’s still on YouTube we are on season 2, it will be airing on cable and TV very soon
How soon would that be?
Before the end of this year, Because African magic has taken it already.
What can people learn from the talk show? What is it about?
The idea about it is to make people remember home, Especially people far from home, those in the diaspora. It’s an indigenous talk home. The talk show is to make people respect our culture. To know more about our value has Yoruba people. From statistics, we can hear our values and culture as Yoruba people are going on extinction, meaning the special effects of being a Yoruba will go down. So it’s to let people far from home know that they can’t talk down on Yoruba culture.
Is the talk show only on Yoruba culture?
Yes, we call scholars in Yoruba culture to tell us more about the culture, People that are fashionable, and people that a doing Yoruba fashion business. These are the people we investigate and call on our show, to talk more about the idea of wearing a bead, what is it about Irukere, what is it about our drums, and things that are hidden from people to know.
You said the talk show is on YouTube, what’s the account name?
Okay, they can follow us on Instagram Ipinlese Talk Show and it will bring them to the YouTube page from a link in our Instagram, to see all the episodes, so far we have done about 50 episodes, and we have invited many Yoruba bright minds on the show and they have talked a lot about our culture. As much as our fashion in Yoruba land, everyone that watches the show, they will know that Yoruba people are so deep and valuable.
