Sandra Uleyi Ushie
Fashion Entrepreneur and Digital Creator
Sandra Uleyi Ushie is a fashion entrepreneur and a digital creator. She is a certified fashion stylist from the University of Arts, London College of Fashion, and School of Style, Los Angeles, California.
Sandra is the founder and CEO of Leyi Ush, a fashion brand that offers retail opportunities to emerging and established African fashion designers.
In December 2013, Sandra launched Leyi Ush store, a subsidiary of Leyi Ush with locations in Cross River State, Abuja FCT and Lagos State, housing over 40 African brands, committed to promoting and changing the narrative of African fashion.
With an influential clientele base spanning over the years, Sandra has provided unique styling services both home and away to media houses, public figures, celebrities and the average working class man and woman.
In 2017, Sandra was nominated for the Future Awards Africa Prize for Fashion, and chosen as one of the 50 People To Watch in Cross River State, in recognition of her successful achievement in promoting indigenous fashion globally, and putting Cross River State on the global fashion map.
Sandra has spoken on several reputable platforms, to include: Creative Hustle: Key to Sustainable Economic Growth, and Entrepreneurs Panel Talk: Growing a Viable Business, powered by British Council, Nigeria.
In 2019, Sandra was nominated as a mentor for the Youth Empowered Nigeria Workshop, by the Nigerian Bottling Company, in which her team emerged as winner of the business plan investor pitch.
In 2020, Avance Media named her one of the 100 Most Influential Young People of 2019. And in the same year, YNaija listed her as one of the Most Powerful Young People in Business.
In 2021, Eloy Awards nominated her as a woman in the fashion industry who is making an impact, and an employer of labour, who has been consistent and creative.
In 2024, she was nominated for Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year by the Global Entrepreneurs Award.
Sandra Itu is passionate about African fashion, because it resonates with the African persona; our struggles, wins, and innovativeness.