Joseph O. Ike is a psychotherapist and a Creative Arts enthusiast.
He is the co-founder of a number of creative arts ventures notably; JZO an internationally acclaimed menswear fashion brand whose pieces have been spotted on celebrities like Sauti Sol, Burna Boy, Ladi Poe, Chimamanda Adichie, and their collections have featured several times in Vogue magazine, Habaruji Media a film and visual arts production outfit, focused on highlighting contemporary issues in Northern Nigeria through contextually appropriate solutions oriented storytelling and most recently Fasaha Republic Gallery, Bookstore and Bistro (popularly known as Fasaha Café) a platform for promoting creative arts and cultural development in Kaduna and Northern Nigeria.
These ventures operate with a fundamental belief that the creative production of art and artistic expression are today among the most promising ways to expand the market economy in Northern Nigeria and indeed in the Nation as a whole.