Otegha Uwagba

Otegha K. Uwagba is a British writer and the founder of Women Who, a platform aimed at women working in the creative industries. Uwagba wrote the best-selling Little Black Book: A Toolkit For Working Women (2017), published by 4th Estate. In 2018 she was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

Otegha Uwagba
BornNigeria
OccupationWriter
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Notable worksLittle Black Book (2017)
Whites (2020)
We Need To Talk About Money (2021)
Website
Women Who

Early life and education

Uwagba was born in Nigeria and grew up in South London.[1][2] She studied philosophy, politics and economics at New College, Oxford.[3][4] She graduated in 2011 and intitally worked in advertising.[3][5]

Career

Uwagba worked at Vice and Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, and went freelance in 2015.[1][6] In 2016 she founded Women Who,[7][8] a platform that connects women working in the creative industries. The first Women Who project was the A6 Little Black Book,[9] a toolkit for working women, which included advice on how to network, how to overcome creative block and how to build a personal brand.[10][11] Initially Uwagba self-published the book – and the first print run of 250 copies sold out in two days.[1] The rights to the book were subsequently purchased by 4th Estate, and it went on to become a The Sunday Times best seller.[12][13]

Through Women Who, Uwagba created a weekly newsletter (The Roundup) and a podcast, In Good Company.[1] In July 2020 Uwagba wrote the essay Whites, which was described as, “Uwagba's observations on this era-defining moment in history – that is, George Floyd's brutal murder and the subsequent protests and scrutiny of institutional racism – Whites explores the colossal burden of whiteness,”.[14]

Uwagba has called for more work to be done to address the gender and ethnicity pay gap.[15] She has said that whilst people often make excuses for the ethnicity pay gap, such as people clustering in low-paid industries, “It's hard to find any other reason for that beyond racism,”.[16] Her third book, We Need To Talk About Money, is due in 2020.[17]

Awards and honours

Select publications
  • Uwagba, Otegha, author. Little black book : a toolkit for working women. ISBN 978-0-00-824509-2. OCLC 1004375062. Retrieved 2020-07-21.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • UWAGBA, OTEGHA. (2020). WHITES. [S.l.]: FOURTH ESTATE LTD. ISBN 0-00-844042-5. OCLC 1164368490.
  • We Need To Talk About Money[19][20]

References
  1. "MY KIND OF INFLUENCER". NICOLA GREENBROOK. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  2. "Otegha Uwagba, Founder of Women Who | A Little Bird". 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  3. "40th Anniversary of Women Students - Grand Party and Networking Day | New College". www.new.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  4. "Women Who: How Otegha Uwagba Helps Women Who Create". Yonah Channel. 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  5. Vince, Jessica (2018-07-17). "I Quit My Job To Launch A Women's Network". ELLE. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  6. "Otegha Uwagba launches Women Who, a network for creative working women". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  7. Uwagba, Otegha (2018-03-07). "Women Who founder Otegha Uwagba: 'I've been treated differently. Being outspoken, you get that'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  8. "Otegha Uwagba interview: talking careers with the founder of Women Who". Culture Whisper. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  9. "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  10. "Little Black Book by Otegha Uwagba | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  11. "Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women by Otegha Uwagba". Lionesses of Africa. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  12. Ramsden, Tracy (2018-04-30). "Otegha Uwagba Is On a Mission To Empower Working Women". Marie Claire. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  13. "Little Black Book by Otegha Uwagba - Paperback | HarperCollins". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  14. "Fourth Estate signs 'powerful and timely' Uwagba essay | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  15. "Post-Coronavirus, Are We Going To Talk About Money Differently?". British Vogue. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  16. Osborne, Hilary (2020-06-20). "Financial inequality: the ethnicity gap in pay, wealth and property". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  17. "Financial inequality: the ethnicity gap in pay, wealth and property". Financial inequality: the ethnicity gap in pay, wealth and property. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  18. "Otegha Uwagba". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  19. "Money memoir from Otegha Uwagba to 4th Estate | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  20. "HARPERCOLLINS ACQUIRES NEW TITLE BY OTEGHA UWAGBA". HCUK Corporate. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
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