{"id":10716,"date":"2015-04-07T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/?p=10716"},"modified":"2015-04-07T19:42:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T23:42:00","slug":"travel-with-zim-ugochukwu-nigerian-travelista-african-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/travel-with-zim-ugochukwu-nigerian-travelista-african-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel African Style, With Zim Ugochukwu. The Nigerian Travelista"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"afric-1283201846\" class=\"afric-before-content afric-entity-placement\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    style=\"text-align:center;\" type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/AMP-Banner\">\r\n  <div placeholder><\/div>\r\n  <div fallback><\/div>\r\n<\/amp-ad>\r\n<\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ijinleafrica.com\/what-it-takes-to-build-a-high-profile-travel-platform-a-conversation-with-travel-noires-zim-ugochukwu-2\/ \" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10894 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2015\/04\/Africa-Fashion-Week-New-York-Travel-In-Style--1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Africa Fashion Week New York Travel In Style\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This ankara print suitcase is certainly our travel companion of the year, but an even BETTER companion would be Travel Noire&#8217;s founder Zim Ugochukwu. Upon landing, and arriving at IjinleAfrica.com, we read her story, evaluated our audience, and were forced to see our community as a fusion of Travelistas and Fashionistas alike whose \u00a0common thread was the desire to experience lifestyle through creativity and culture.<\/p>\n<p>Ijinle Africa &#8211; an online portal which<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0was born out of a passion to tell a different story about Africa, recognized the need to provide a portal that showcases the heterogeneous investments \u00a0Africa has made around the world, irrespective of the challenges of its emerging process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"afric-4266557728\" class=\"afric-inbody afric-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><!-- \/21718337565\/AFW300 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1609524218907-0' style='width: 300px; height: 250px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1609524218907-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In Zim&#8217;s story she mentions what&#8217;s it like building Travel Noire- a powerful travel portal, \u00a0having Oprah as her inspiration, apps she loves, and her adventures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10717 alignleft lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2015\/04\/Africa-Fashion-Week-Travel-With-Us-In-Style-300x119.jpg\" alt=\"Africa-Fashion-Week-Travel-With-Us-In-Style\" width=\"403\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Leave your baggage behind (and free your mind), take a first class seat, fasten your seat belts, and check out the interview on the global story platform called:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ijinleafrica.com\/what-it-takes-to-build-a-high-profile-travel-platform-a-conversation-with-travel-noires-zim-ugochukwu-2\/%20\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ijinleafrica.com\/what-it-takes-to-build-a-high-profile-travel-platform-a-conversation-with-travel-noires-zim-ugochukwu-2\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"afric-1382283088\" class=\"afric-after-content afric-entity-placement\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    style=\"text-align:center;\" type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/AMP-bottom\">\r\n  <div placeholder><\/div>\r\n  <div fallback><\/div>\r\n<\/amp-ad><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This ankara print suitcase is certainly our travel companion of the year, but an even BETTER companion would be Travel Noire&#8217;s founder Zim Ugochukwu. 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