Yaaaaaaaay, another trip to Nigeria by invitation. Yes oooooo, the ministry is moving, and my head is spinning with all the opportunities that The Almighty has brought may way this year. At the beginning of the year, I wasn’t sure what the year would look like for Dooney’s Kitchen. My prayer was that I would get so excited by what I do, I would breathe, sleep and eat Dooney’s Kitchen. I am so grateful for the growths big and small. You hear about people being flown from all over the world to appear at events or to speak at conferences, and you don’t think such things can happen to you. From Lagos to Abuja, the message of Dooney’s Kitchen is spreading and I didn’t think I will be telling my story this early in the game. Gosh, imagine what 2016, and even 2020 will look like.
To register fro the Conference, please click HERE. Here’s the back story behind this trip. Remember to follow @dooneyskitchen on IG
……..Lagos loading 
. Months ago, the very lovely@osayia sent me an email asking me if I would love to speak that the 2015 WIMBIZ conference. I thought wow, me speak at this conference. Haaaa, all I do is blog about food, oh my goodness, you and your team of esteemed and I mean esteemed accomplished women, believe my story is worth sharing at the conference. I mean, WIMBIZ is a big deal. That was what was going through my mind, I didn’t even think of the location. After coming down from the high, I sadly sent the response; I am so sorry, travelling to Lagos isn’t in the plan this year. Then Osayi asked for my number and she said what if we fly you down, would you still be able to attend 
. We have spoken very highly of you to our Board (I was thinking to myself, wait these seasoned businesswomen know who I am), please you have to come. We will confirm details later, but just know that we want you there. It is a good thing I was sitting down for that conversation. If I remember correctly, I was driving (hands free ). This was weeks before I got the offer to fly to Abuja for the opening of Red Chilies. You can imagine my shock when they too said, we’ll fly you down.
I met @smartmoneyarese in London and she said, when they were collating a list of possible speakers and my name came up, some people in the room said, who is Dunni? The excitement on Arese’s face when she was telling me the story. She said the rest were like ehn, you don’t know Dunni, ha, really!!!!! Wait, let us open her blog and Instagram page for you. As they say, the rest is history.
So, yes, I am going to be in Lagos in November, as a guest speaker at the 14th Annual WIMBIZ conference. Please register for the event as soon as possible and take advantage of the early bird discount. www.wimbiz.org. It would be really lovely to meet many of you.
Me, I know I am going to be star struck meeting Mrs Ibukun Awosika 
. I have started practising my “good morning Ma, lovely to meet you” speech .
For every single person that has used the resources that this blog has to offer, for those who have followed me on social media, I truly appreciate all of you. Your numbers matter, your numbers count. I didn’t do this myself, trust me, you guys have been front and center with me and I hope to see many of you at this conference. Take advantage of the early bird discount. The theme of this year’s conference is Leadership – Step up and Stand out. That right there, describes what I do, in a nutshell. See you in Lagos.
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