
Onimim Fifi Karibo
The Fifi’s Food House
Onimim is a graduate of the department of Biochemistry from the university of Port Harcourt where she obtained her Bsc in 2011. She concluded her NYSC in 2012 bagging several awards for her meritorious service including being the best Corp member in the local government. Onimim had dreams of going to the UK for a masters degree program, while she waited she founded the Need to read initiative. This organization established libraries, refurbished old ones, restocked books and organized spelling bees across Port Harcourt and Yenagoa for primary and secondary schools.
Cooking had been a hobby for Onimim all this while, she hosted friends and offered her culinary skills effortlessly. This hobby slowly turned into a business especially when the foreign masters degree program had encountered multiple failures. Cooking soothed her heart. The Fifi’s Food House was birthed officially in 2016. The company has catered for top class clients, multi nationals and even canteen management services for firms. She has had a food tour in the UK where many Nigerian immigrants ordered and stocked their homes during her stay. Onimim has worked in curating food content, recipes and live demos for brands like Maggi Nigeria , Golden Penny etc. Onimim is a serious participant at the GTB food and drink fair, she has also attended food Fairs in Accra and Cotonou.
The Fifi’s Food House which Onimim serves as founder, head chef and recipe creator has also birthed two other companies, The Pasta House and Fifi’s Magic sauces.
Onimim is a past curator and alumni member of the Port Harcourt Global shapers community ( a youth arm of the world economic forum) , a speaker at Tedx University of Port Harcourt amd currently a member of the Rotary club of Port Harcourt Cosmopolitan.
Ms Onimim loves to travel, this hobby has also recently birthed Menji tours, a recreational travel company, making the tourism space in Rivers state and Nigeria great is one of the things Onimim looks forward to. She currently has an ambition to be the minister of Tourism soon.