Source: Pan African Markets | Published on February 17, 2013
Swaady Martin-Leke gives an insight into how she followed her passions when starting up Yswara with a mission to build an authentic African luxury brand with global appeal.
Read moreVideo: Artisan weaving craft of Senegal
Introducing SecureID - Nigeria's foremost Smart Card manufacturing company
Published on Nov 29, 2012
African Leadership Network introduces you to the winner of the 2012 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship "Outstanding Mature Business" category, SecureID. SecureID is Nigeria's foremost Smart Card manufacturing company. It is the leading Europay, MasterCard and Visa- certified card plant in West Africa, one out of only 6 on the continent and a member of the elite club of only 80 such companies in the world. SecureID provides comprehensive end-to-end payment, identity management and digital security solutions for the financial services, telecommunications, education, healthcare, petroleum and transport sectors.
Read moreVideo: Mobile games that change culture: Anne Githuku-Shongwe at TEDxSoweto 2012
Source: TEDx Soweto 2012 | Published on November 20, 2012
Anne Githuku-Shongwe uses the power of digital games to unlock the potential of young Africans throughout the continent. A mother of three children, she argues passionately and eloquently that it is through play and simulation that we can shift their most limiting belief systems and mental models.
Read moreSibongile Sambo: Meet this pioneering female aviation entrepreneur
Ventures Africa features a fascinating article on Sibongile Sambo, South Africa's high flying aviation entrepreneur that is making waves in a traditionally male dominated industry. It appears, the sky's the limited for this tenacious and hardworking 'Lioness of Africa'.
Read moreVideo: Margaret Hirsch shares the inside story of what it takes to get ahead as an entrepreneur - Part 2
Published on Nov 12, 2012 Source: www.abndigital.com
PART 2: ABN's Chris Bishop is joined in studio by Margaret Hirsch, founder and COO of Hirsch's Homestores, to share the inside story of what it takes to get the entrepreneurial edge. The interview follows Margaret Hirsch being honored by her peers who named her winner of the entrepreneur section of the Business Woman of Year award 2012.
Read moreVideo: Margaret Hirsch shares the inside story of what it takes to get ahead as an entrepreneur - Part 1
Published on Nov 12, 2012 Source: www.abndigital.com
ABN's Chris Bishop is joined in studio by Margaret Hirsch, founder and COO of Hirsch's Homestores, to share the inside story of what it takes to get the entrepreneurial edge. The interview follows Margaret Hirsch being honored by her peers who named her winner of the entrepreneur section of the Business Woman of Year award 2012.
Read moreVideo: Teta Isibo talks about inspiration & challenges of starting her business - Inzuki Designs
In this video published on Nov 7, 2012 as part of 'GEW Rwanda Video Series' Teta Isibo talks about inspiration & challenges of starting her business, Inzuki Designs!
Read moreCarrol Boyes: Making business an art form
Article: Business Excellence Magazine
An artist’s mind knows no boundaries, so consider the dilemma and frustration of needing to reign in that creative spirit to accommodate the economic needs of running a viable business. That is the challenge Carrol Boyes has confronted head-on, as Andrew Pelis finds out....
Read moreSecure ID Emerges Most Outstanding Business in Africa
Source: All Africa, published on October 29, 2012
In recognition of its excellent business practice, SecureID Limited has been named the Most Outstanding Mature Business in the 3rd African Leadership Network Awards for Entrepreneurship.
SecureID, it stated, was recognised for its pre-eminence as a thoroughbred start-up of African origin, competing successfully in a global market.
Read moreVideo: Anne Githuku-Shongwe interviewed by the African Leadership Academy
Source: African Leadership Academy | Published on October 25, 2012
Anne Githuku-Shongwe discusses the topic on 'Leadership' with the African Leadership Academy.
Read moreMaking African mobile games educational, but also cool and fun
Video: Deola Sagoe interviewed on CNN Inside Africa
Source: CNN Inside Africa, published on October 12, 2010
CNN's Nima Elbagir reports on a new breed of Nigerian designers taking fashion upmarket in the country. She interviews leading designer Deola Sagoe about Nigeria's fashion industry boom.
Read moreKofo Akinkugbe wins Africa Entrepreneurship Award
Source: Reporters 365, published October 12, 2012
Mrs Kofo Akinkugbe, on Thursday in Accra, Ghana, won the “2012 Africa Award for Entrepreneurship” for her contribution to socio-economic development of the continent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akinkugbe bagged the 100,000 dollars prize in the Outstanding Mature Business category.
Read moreVideo: Tara Fela-Durotoye introduces House of Tara International
Source: Ndani TV | published on Sep 24, 2012
Tara Durotoye is the Founder and CEO of House of Tara the Makeup company which came up with amazing brands like Okpeke foundation, Fura lipstick, Efunsetan lip gloss, Adumadan powder and lots more. In this edition of Platinum Standard she tells us how she started House of Tara, her experience on Arise Fashion Week, the impact of the business and Tara products.
Read moreRwanda’s Drakkar Ltd. Wins USAID’S Global “All Children Reading" Award
Source: IGIHE.com | Published on September 17, 2012
Drakkar is working in cooperation with the Rwandan Education Board (REB) and the Educational Development Center in three districts in the Southern Province in Rwanda. The project’s goal and theory of change are to encourage a culture of reading in Rwanda by: providing support to, and training of, school-based mentors to improve teachers’ instructional practices, including through the incorporation of read aloud approaches; Increasing access to Kinyarwanda storybooks in targeted schools and local bookstores; and developing local capacity to produce Kinyarwanda stories, including through a national story writing competition designed to develop a children’s book market for authors.
Read moreBethlehem Tilahun Alemu features on the Forbes 'Africa's Most Successful Women' list
Forbes Magazine featured Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu to their 'Africa's Most Successful Women' list for 2012.
Read moreWendy Ackerman: the elegant doyenne of the retail industry
Wendy Ackerman provides a fascinating insight into the makings of a retail giant and what drives her to keep on working when others might have thought of retiring, especially when it comes to her many philanthropic causes.
Source: The Independent on Saturday, September 8 2011, by Lyse Comins
Read moreLydie Hakizimana: The book distributor at heart of Rwanda’s drive for knowledge economy
Source: Ventures Africa | August 30, 2012
Lydie Hakizimana, who started a bookshop in 2006 that expanded into her company Drakkar Ltd, struck a deal with UK publisher’s Pearson Education to resell their textbooks in Rwanda and Burundi.
Read moreDivine Ndhlukula: Blazing Trails, Setting Standards
Read this fascinating article on Divine Ndhlukula featured in Ventures Africa on August 11, 2012
Very little is ladylike about the security industry, yet Ndhlukula has successfully shifted the industry paradigm from male dominance, leaving her mark as a leader among peers. She says to women: “If you want a certain future, go out and create it. Conquer your fears as that is what enslaves most women.” Divine began creating the future she wanted in 1998 and has certainly had many reasons to be enslaved by fear along the way.
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