She researched and created her own cosmetic line when she couldn’t find what she wanted, Banke Meshida-Lawal

Over 2 decades ago, young Banke Meshida stumbled on what would eventually become a multi-million dollar business.

Whilst studying for a degree at the University of Lagos she perfected the art of making herself up, and then her friends and strangers purely for fun. Today she continues to be a force to reckon with in the Nigerian beauty industry with her firm on the speed dial of celebrities and prominent personalities which include first ladies.

Banke’s firm BMPro is a multi-faceted business that boasts of a cosmetic makeup line of over 40 products, a training school, a beauty advisory and an online magazine. BM/Pro was derived from the name Banke Meshida Professional.
Banke Meshida-Lawal is the CEO of BMPro.

The acclaimed television show Under 40 CEOs launched on TVC Entertainment and TVC News on the 9th of October, 2015 and subsequently launched on Silverbird Television Network on the 13th of January, 2016 and has spotlighted inspiring young business leaders aged 40 and under from East, West and South Africa. In addition to the channels above, the series has also aired on or currently running on Africa Magic Family, DBS, ITV Benin, ITV Abuja, RSTV and GHOne reaching a cumulative average viewership of 2.2million people every week.

Under 40 CEOs seeks to research, celebrate and expose the business leaders of the not-so-distant future and tell the stories of these young business leaders in Africa with a focus on the journey, the process and their proposed destination.
With over 100 episodes recorded till date, and serial entrepreneur, Familusi Akin Babajide, Mr FAB as the host, Under 40 CEOs has since gone on to inspire and motivate millions of would-be young business leaders across Africa to take action and join in the rebuilding and re-shaping of the African continent.

Under 40 CEOs currently has a social media following of over 300,000 and growing with a cumulative social media content reach of over 14.3million.