Binta Isyaku

Binta is a lawyer and an interior designer. Married with 3 children, Binta is from Jigawa State. Born on the 26^th of July, 1977 in Bedford, United Kingdom. She is a lawyer, 14 years at the Nigerian Bar. Her career started in the legal field, as a practicing lawyer at the Bar, a law lecturer at Katsina State Polytechnic, an Assistant Registrar at the FCT High Court, an arbitrator before resigning in 2010 to pursue her passion in Interior Design. A versatile entrepreneur, she, single-handedly built an interior design and decoration company called ‘Purple Ambience’ with a showroom in Kano. She has handled a variety of projects, renovations, remodeling, furniture design, supply and a lot more. She has gathered experience by working hand in hand with architects, engineers, and seasoned licensed contractors. Binta is the CEO of Albedo Designs Ltd and the proprietress of Albedo Design School, which started as a training arm of Albedo Designs Ltd but has grown so much and will soon start issuing national diplomas under the National Board of Technical Education. She has mentored many young entrepreneurs and is involved in many programs to promote interior design in Nigeria and entrepreneurship generally. In her quest to promote interior design in Nigeria, she started a forum of design professionals titled DENIM (Defining the Nigerian Interior design Market) to promote, enlighten and educate interior designers in Nigeria and to showcase what can be achieved using ethnic and homegrown materials in design, as well as Nigerian designers. Binta enjoys reading, learning new things and exercising.