Abiola Orimolade, who is a graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo
University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, made a life-changing decision in 2017
to leave the shores of his country in pursuit of further education in a
country he was uncertain about.
He was admitted in Spring 2018 into the
MBA programme at Sul Ross State University in the United States, an
institution recently listed by Niche as one of the best public
universities in Texas.
Abiola’s major desire was to acquire in-depth training in Business
and Management, in order to help take his emerging start-up brands,
BlackNBold Fashion House and the Nigerian Student Fashion and Design
Week to the next level. The Nigerian Student Fashion And Design Week
which he founded in 2013 is the first visible fashion showcase platform
for discovering new fashion talents in Nigeria; the event in its 7th
edition has promoted over 300 emerging fashion brands and just last
year, he collaborated with African Fashion Week Houston by bringing one
of the prize winners from his NSFDW event to showcase in Houston. He was
recognised in the UK in 2017 as one of the top five fashion promoters
in Nigeria.
He is the only International student amongst the 13 inductees who
were inducted on the 29th of April 2019 into the Delta Mu Delta honorary
society, making him the second Nigerian in the history of the
University to be inducted into the prestigious society.
Delta Mu Delta is an international honour society that recognises
academic excellence in Baccalaureate, Master’s, and Doctorate degree
Business Administration programmes at Association of Collegiate Business
Schools and Programmes (ACBSP)-accredited schools. It was founded
November 18, 1913 by the Dean from Harvard University and four
professors from Yale University and New York University.
Later that night, Abiola was also recognised during the honours
convocation for being the most outstanding MBA student at the university
with a 4.0 GPA setting a whole new record as an international student
in the university.
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