Solar Sister, the company that has spent the last decade helping bring clean energy to rural homes in Africa, and founded by Katherine Lucey its CEO, has now earned global recognition courtesy of an international award for projects and organizations dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Solar Sister is one of two winners of the 2019 Keeling Curve Prize for energy access, an honor that comes with $25,000 that the nonprofit plans to use to continue supporting local, female entrepreneurs with clean energy businesses in Africa.
Read moreNigeria’s Mo Abudu, founder of EbonyLife Media, receives 2019 Médailles d’Honneur at Cannes
The CEO of EbonyLife Media, Mo Abudu, has been recognized for her significant contribution to the media industry and awarded the 2019 Médailles d’Honneur at the MIPTV ceremony in Cannes, France, on April 8, 2019. She makes history as the first African and Nigerian recipient of this prestigious award, given to senior executives who have made their mark in the global television industry, as well as contributed to the development of the international television community.
Read more100 Lionesses: Malawian fashion designer, Lilly Alfonso, recognized at the Summer 2019 International Fashion Awards in Cairo, Egypt
The globally renowned and multi-award winning Malawian fashion designer, Lilly Alfonso, founder of the luxury fashion brand that carries her name, has just been globally recognized for her work once again. This week, Lilly was invited to attend the 5th Edition Summer 2019 International Fashion Awards in Cairo, Egypt where she was honoured for her work and her luxury fashion brand.
Read more100 Lionesses: Divine Ndhlukula recognised as Businesswoman of the Year Award at the Forbes Woman Africa Awards 2019
Dr Divine Ndhlukula, founder of Securico (Zimbabwe)
The annual Forbes Woman Africa Awards took place on the evening of 8 March in Durban, South Africa. One of the highlights of the event was the official recognition of Dr Divine Ndhlukula, founder of Securico in Zimbabwe, as the winner of the prestigious Businesswoman of the Year Award.
Read moreDr Gladys Kalema Zikusoka’s Gorilla Conservation Coffee ranked in Top 30 Coffees list in USA
Dr Gladys Kalema Zikusoka (R), founder of Gorilla Conservation Coffee with Melanie Hawken at the Lionesses of Africa ‘Start-up Night Africa!’ event in London 2018
Getting global public and industry acknowledgement for your products is always rewarding, and that is certainly the case for multi-award winning entrepreneur and renowned gorilla conservationist, Dr Gladys Kalema Zikusoka. Her new social enterprise, Gorilla Conservation Coffee, has just been awarding with a top ranking in the prestigious Coffee Review Top 30 Coffees ranking in the USA.
Read moreMo Abudu awarded honorary doctorate in London
Mo Abudu, founder and CEO of EbonyLife Media in Nigeria, has been recognized for outstanding services to broadcasting and enterprise, by the University of Westminster in London. She was presented with an honorary degree of Doctor of Arts.
Read moreAwards and Accolades: Lynette Hundermark, founder of Useful & Beautiful, recognized as the most inspirational Female Rolemodel in Tech
Lynette Hundermark, founder of Useful & Beautiful (South Africa)
This year’s Southern Africa Startup Awards have just been judged for South Africa, and the prestigious Female Rolemodel in Tech award in the country has been given to Lynette Hundermark, founder of specialist mobile solutions consultancy, Useful & Beautiful.
Read moreAwards and Accolades: Margaret Hirsch 2018 Women in Business Awards recognize South Africa’s leading women entrepreneurs
The Margaret Hirsch 2018 Regional Women in Business Achiever of the Year Awards Evening took place at Emperor’s Palace in Gauteng, South Africa on 2 November. This prestigious event saw over 500 people, including top entrepreneurs and business women from around Gauteng attending the event to see who would be announced as the Regional and Branch winners. The event was co-sponsored by GRUNDIG, one of Hirsch's Homestore's most valued suppliers. Guest Speaker at the event was Melanie Hawken, the founder and CEO of Lionesses of Africa and a Champion of Africa’s Women Entrepreneurs.
Read moreBenji Coetzee and Empty Trips scoop a number of exciting awards for their innovation
(L) Benji Coetzee, founder & ceo of Empty Trips (South Africa)
Awards and Accolades
This is an exciting time for South African entrepreneur Benji Coetzee and her company Empty Trips, which is on a mission to make cargo transportation more eco and cost efficient. The company has just received some valued recognition through a number of exciting global awards.
Read moreTIME Magazine honours Wonderbag, founded by South African entrepreneur Sarah Collins
At the heart of every great business is a creative solution to a problem—and those solutions sometimes change the world. To assemble TIME’s first annual list of ‘The 50 Most Genius Companies of 2018’, it asked its global network of editors and correspondents to nominate businesses that are inventing the future. Then we evaluated candidates on key factors, including originality, influence, success and ambition. The result: 50 companies that are driving progress now, and bear watching for what they do next. The Wonderbag, created by Sarah Collins, is one of those companies to make the Top 50 list.
Read moreSouth Africa’s Ntsiki Biyela of Aslina Wines wins Gold Medal at the Michelangelo International Wine and Spirits Awards 2018
Ntsiki Biyela, founder of Aslina Wines (South Africa)
In one of the most competitive line-ups in the 22 year history of the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirts Awards, South Africa’s winemaker and founder of Aslina Wines, Ntsiki Biyela, has good news to share. Aslina Wines has just been awarded a Gold Medal at the Michelangelo International Wine and Spirits Awards for its Umsasane 2016 wine, a very special Bordeaux blend.
Read moreSouth African entrepreneur Brenda Wilkinson and her olive oil company Rio Largo Win Gold at Sol D’Oro Awards
One of the most prestigious competitions in the world of olive oil production, The Sol D’Oro Awards, took place last week, and the Gold Award Winner was a South African olive oil produced by Brenda Wilkinson and husband Nick, the team behind Rio Largo Olive Oil in the Western Cape.
Read moreStandard Bank Incubator wins Best Accelerator and Incubator Programme Mozambique
The Standard Bank Incubator L-R: Celeste Miambo, Neusa Xavier, Sheila Juvane, Sasha Vieira
The Southern Africa Startup Awards Mozambique have just taken place in Maputo and the Standard Bank Incubator has won the award category of Best Accelerator and Incubator Programme in the country.
Read more100 LIONESSES: Jennifer Riria recognized with two prestigious awards in Kenya
Dr Jennifer Riria, the founding member of Kenya Women Holding and Kenya Women Finance Trust Microfinance Bank, and the CEO of Echo Network Africa, has been officially recognized for her longstanding impact and contribution to Kenyan society with two awards.
Read moreAwards and Accolades: Author and entrepreneur Fatuma Abdullah wins AfriCAN Author’s Awards 2018 for her Akiki children’s books
Fatuma Abdullah, founder of Akiki Dolls
South Africa based publishing entrepreneur, Fatuma Abdullah, founder of Akiki Dolls and the visionary behind the Akiki series of children’s books, has just won The AfriCAN Authors’ Awards 2018. The awards which celebrate Self-Published African Authors recognised Fatuma’s engaging books in the category of Children's Travel Books. Africa is rich in culture, language and tradition, and Fatuma celebrates these facets through her Akiki books which take children on imaginary travels across the continent through the eyes of the engaging lead character of Akiki.
Read moreAWARD WINNER: Eugenia Langa, founder and ceo of Nweba in Mozambique is honored with prestigious quality award in Paris
Eugenia Langa, founder and ceo of Nweba (Mozambique)
Mozambican entrepreneur Eugenia Langa, founder and ceo of the successful specialist procurement and logistics firm Nweba, has just been acknowledged with a prestigious global industry accolade this month. The company received the award for star leadership in Quality by the Business Initiative Directions in Paris.
Read moreAwards and Accolades: Vere Shaba recognized by Forbes Africa Under 30 List for 2018
Vere Shaba, co-founder of Shaba and Ramplin (South Africa)
The 4th edition of the Forbes Africa Under 30 list has just been published which once again celebrates the continent’s most promising young change-makers. This year’s list has been expanded to showcase 30 game-changers, all under the age of 30, in each of three sectors – business, technology and creative. The 90 in total are challenging conventions and rewriting the rules for the next generation of entrepreneurs, creatives and tech gurus. And, the multi-award winning South African entrepreneur, Vere Shaba, co-founder of green buildings solutions company, Shaba and Ramplin, has just been recognized in the business sector category.
Read moreMargaret Hirsch honoured with an international award for her work as an impactful social innovator
Margaret Hirsch receiving her Impactful Social Innovators award in India
Margaret Hirsch, co-founder of the Hirsch Group, recently travelled to Mumbai, India to receive a prestigious award as one of the 50 Most Impactful Social Innovators (Globally) at the World Sustainable Development Congress 2018.
Read moreAwards and Accolades: South African entrepreneur, Vino Govender, lands top international award
Vino Govender, founder of LA Consulting Engineers (South Africa)
Vino Govender, the managing director of LA Consulting Engineers based in Durban, South Africa, has been recognised by the IWEC Foundation, a New York-based organisation which connects a global network of successful women business owners‚ as this year's recipient of the International Women's Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) Foundation Award. The IWEC Foundation‚ which represents influential businesswomen from the world’s most important emerging and established regions‚ praised Govender's company for supporting sustainable social development and upliftment with a particular focus on education in the science and engineering field.
Read moreDivine Ndhlukula wins Zimbabwe's private sector leader of the year award
Women dominated the Zimbabwe Institute of Management 2017 Leadership Excellence awards that were presented in Harare this month, with Securico Security Services founder, Divine Ndhlukula, picking up the prestigious Private Sector Leader of the Year award. She received the award for her ongoing contribution to management excellence in the country in the preceding year and for being an example and inspiration for others to emulate.
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