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I quit my banking job to start my own business – it’s so successful even Premier League legend Raheem Sterling loves it
A WOMAN quit her high-flying banking job to start her own business – and it’s so successful even Raheem Sterling loves it.
Mariam Jimoh went from working in the banking industry to starting up a digital supermarket focussing on African and Caribbean foods.
The Premier League legend has invested in Mariam’s brand, Oja[/caption]
The successful entrepreneur, from a Nigerian household, recalled not always being able to find traditional Nigerian food such as yams, plantain and okra in her local grocery shops.
Mariam had to visit her parent’s home or source out Afro-Caribbean markets if she wanted a taste of home.
This is what sparked her to leave her established role in the corporate world in 2018 to make the food she loved at home easier to access for herself and others.
The business woman told MyLondon: “The only time I could really get groceries was by ordering online or in advance but there was just a group of products that I didn’t have access to: my oxtail, plantain, and okra – it just made me think about why it is so hard to find these.”
The woman had reached out to several people asking where she could find the food items online but no one had any answers for her.
This is when Mariam started her brand Oja – meaning “market” in Yoruba, a nod to her Nigerian roots.
It is the UK’s first digital supermarket that focusses on African and Caribbean foods.
Mariam believes that locating these very specific items in the physical market can be extremely difficult – as world food isles are not as varied as they could and should be.
She said she “wanted to streamline that process and find a way to deliver products to you when you need them fast”.
Mariam recalls having waves of positive responses from customers when she launched Oja in 2020 – and even said the website crashed due to the amount of people trying to use it.
Oja has since expanded beyond a single London postcode and now covers the entirety of Greater London.
The service now also caters for cultures ranging from Nigeria to Somalia to North and East Africa as well as the Caribbean.
Oja now offers a Halal range and beauty and haircare products too.
Premier League legend Raheem Sterling also invested in the business.
Sterling said: “There is such a natural connection with Oja for me. I can get my favourite home comforts, like Biggas and plantain chips, and having access to these products at short notice is amazing!”
Marian recalled meeting Sterling for the first time and bonding over meals that their mums cooked them as well as the connection with classic foods from home.
Sterling has invested in Oja alongside LocalGlobe- showcasing their strong beliefs in the brand and what it stands for.
It comes after a woman set up her own business after taking a £12 Wowcher course and now runs a successful brand.
And Rachel Laryea revealed how she made an extra £119,000 after turning her childhood passion into a thriving side hustle.
Oja is the UK’s first digital supermarket that focusses on African and Caribbean foods[/caption]
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‘Godfather of AI’ has quit Google to warn people of AI risks
Geoffrey Hinton, “the Godfather of AI,” has resigned from Google following the rapid rise of ChatGPT and other chatbots, in order to “freely speak out about the risks of AI,” he told the the New York Times.
Hinton, who helped lay the groundwork for today’s generative AI, was an engineering fellow at Google for over a decade. Per the Times, a part of him regrets his life’s work after seeing the danger generative AI poses. He worries about misinformation; that the average person will “not be able to know what is true anymore.” In near future, he fears that AI’s ability to automate tasks will replace not just just drudge work, but upend the entire job market.
Previously, Hinton thought the AI revolution was decades away. But since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, the large language model’s intelligence (LLM) has changed his mind. “Look at how it was five years ago and how it is now,” he said. “Take the difference and propagate it forwards. That’s scary.”
The debut of ChatGPT kicked off a sort of lopsided three way competition against Microsoft Bing, and Google Bard. Lopsided, because GPT-4 which powers ChatGPT also powers Bing. With two contenders coming for its core search business, Google scrambled to launch Bard, despite internal concerns that it wasn’t stress-tested enough for accuracy and safety.
Hinton clarified on Twitter after the Times article was published that he wasn’t criticizing Google specifically, and believes that it has “acted very responsibly.” Instead he is concerned about the broader risks of the warp-speed development of AI, driven by the competitive landscape. Without regulation or transparency, companies risk losing control of a potent technology. “I don’t think they should scale this up more until they have understood whether they can control it,” said Hinton.
That’s yet another expert calling for AI development to hit the pause button.
I’m a mom with a small chest – I quit wearing bras years ago, I’d rather be comfortable and don’t really need them
A SMALL-CHESTED mom has shared that she ditched her bra years ago in an effort to let her girls sit freely.
Comfort seems to be one of her top priorities, and she isn’t afraid to show it bra-free.
A mom with a small chest shared that she rather not wear bras[/caption]
Mara (@theamazingmaras) started off her TikTok video waving a bra in the air and throwing it over her shoulder in a dismissive manner.
“I don’t wear bras,” she wrote.
“Plus I’m pretty small-chested. Don’t need one.
“I’d rather be comfortable,” she concluded with a wide smile.
“I quit wearing bras a few years ago and love it so much!” she added in her caption.
Loads of people wanted to know why her chest was a point of attention in the first place.
“Can we talk about why they care and are looking there?!” one questioned.
“I didn’t notice.. maybe they shouldn’t look over there,” chimed in another.
“They shouldn’t be looking there anyways. I didn’t even notice until they mentioned it,” a third said.
“I didn’t see until they pointed it out. How close were they looking there??” a fourth person was also curious.
Someone else was completely confused as to why bras were such a necessity in the first place.
“I wanna know where the law is that says we ‘have’ to wear them,” they wrote.
An additional viewer pointed out that bras can run quite the cost.
They wrote: “Same! Triple Ds are expensive. Not a worthwhile expense when I only leave my house to go to Walmart or the laundromat lmao,” they said.
And a final person shared that they weren’t entirely on board with going bra-free.
“No hate but I couldn’t. I don’t like the feeling but when you get used to it it’s pretty nice,” they said.