Betty Irabor is a foremost publisher, founder, motivational speaker, author, and philanthropist.
Here are some things to know about her.
1. Betty Irabor was born on March 25, 1957, and raised in Nigeria.
2. In secondary school, she represented the Lagos State team in the 100-meter hurdles at the national athletics competition.
3. She studied English and philosophy at the University of Lagos, graduating in 1980.
4. She ventured into journalism after graduation and worked as a journalist at Concord Newspapers before taking freelance writing jobs at The Vanguard, The Guardian, This Day, and Black & Beauty magazine in the United Kingdom.
5. Irabor founded Nigeria’s leading lifestyle magazine, Genevieve, in 2003.
6. In 2005, she launched the Genevieve Pink Ball Foundation, an initiative dedicated to increasing awareness, promoting early detection, and educating women about breast cancer in Nigeria.
7. She battled depression for eight years.
8. Her memoir, Dust to Dew, was published in 2018, where she detailed her struggles with depression.
9. Her battle with depression lasted for eight years.
10. She was honored by the Association of Professional Women Bankers as the most accomplished female publisher in Nigeria in 2011.
11. She got married to Soni Irabor, a veteran broadcaster, in 1983, and they have 2 children together.
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