
Most entrepreneurs in Nigeria have constantly kept expanding their businesses and diversifying into other arms of business, one of such entrepreneurs is Zainab Akingbehin, the CEO of Oeuvre Designs and Oeuvre Foods; Oeuvre Bistro and Oeuvre Patisserie. Over the years, she has been a force and a pillar of Interior designs in Nigeria and outside Africa successfully carrying out Projects in Dubai, Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Akwa Ibom, Port Harcourt and other major cities and locations in and outside Nigeria.
She recently disclosed her new project and how she has taken over procurement, design and manufacturing of interior design materials in her Nigeria with her ultra modern showroom and manufacturing center here in Lagos, Nigeria.
Zainab’s culinary passion also led to the birth of Oeuvre Foods; Oeuvre Bistro and Oeuvre Patisserie. Oeuvre Bistro, is one of the most sort after Bistro on the Lagos Mainland and Oeuvre Patisserie, the home for sweet tooth’s lovers in Lagos. Both spots are the heart of the mainland when it comes to satisfaction has the food chain has continually received great reviews.
As a Serial entrepreneur she has continually brought international standard brands to Nigeria, and constantly employed young individuals to successfully run the business. A multiple Award winner, Zainab Akingbehin has won numerous awards locally and internationally. In 2020, she was listed as100 Most Influential Young Leaders in Africa by the Pan African Youth Leadership Foundation in Dubai, UAE.
Also in 2019, Zainab was listed as one of the 30 Global Young Leaders at the AFRO-EURO Youth Leadership Summit in Banjul, Gambia. Her accomplishments as an entrepreneur also earned her an Award from Young Entrepreneur International Summit (YEIS) as Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Accra, Ghana.
She has also won the MEA Market awards for 2 years running , and was Inducted into the Chartered Institute of Management and Leadership, USA as a Fellow in 2021. She also received the UN Polac Award as a Dr of Creative Studies in 2022.