the pride of Africa's women entrepreneurs
Video: Fetzer Institute | Published on August 16, 2013
Inspiring viewing: Since 2002, SELFINA, Sero Lease and Finance Ltd., has invested in 25,000 Tanzanian women entrepreneurs and created 125,000 jobs through an innovative micro-leasing program. "The secret behind it is the love we have for the people," says Dr. Victoria Kisyombe, Selfina's founder.
Read morePublished on Aug 14, 2013 by Business Network Radio
As part of Women's Month, Carrol Boyes shares how she started out in business and her vision for the business going forward.
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Source: City Press, author Sue Grant Marshall, 4 August 2013
This article features Khanyi Dhlomo's background and journey as an entrepreneur. Read the full article here.
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How we made it in Africa’s Dinfin Mulupi conducts a fascinating article interview with Monica Musonda in which she shares her plans for the company she founded, Java Foods; as well as the opportunities she believes exist in Africa for entrepreneurs; and finally she shares what she learnt working for Africa's wealthiest entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote.
Read the interview with Monica Musonda here.
Read moreSource: TEDx Talks | Published on July 18, 2013
[French] In this TEDx Talk Aissa Dione discusses the paradox of West Africa being a producer of some of the finest cotton in the world, yet it hardly produces or sells any finished fabric - losing out on a valuable value-adding economic opportunity.
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Dr. Victoria Kisyombe, founder of SELFINA (Tanzania)
What happens when you combine innovative micro-financing practices for women entrepreneurs in Tanzania with the universal values of love and compassion? Jobs are created, businesses are built, and lives are transformed.
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Read the full Forbes list of 'Ten Young African Millionaires To Watch In 2013' featuring Sibongile Sambo.
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Article: City Press, Sue Grant-Marshall, 7 July 2013
This year marks a quarter of a century since Carrol Boyes first began selling the distinctively designed pewter items that have turned her into a globally recognised designer, writes Sue Grant-Marshall....
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Susan Mashibe, founder of Via Aviation, Tanzania
Source: The SouthAfrican.com | Article By Grant Mowatt on 3 July, 2013
The SouthAfrican.com lists the ten wealthiest women in South Africa including property mogul Pam Golding and retail leader Wendy Ackerman.
Read moreSource: YswaraLuxe | Published on June 26, 2013
Swaady Martin-Leke shares her story and talk about her company Yswara and African luxury on Star Guest.
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ABN's Alishia Seckam caught up with Juliana Rotich, Executive Director of Ushahidi, discussing the role that social entrepreneurs can contribute to this year's theme at the Davos World Economic Forum.
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Janet Nkubana, co-founder of Gahaya Links (Rwanda)
Source: CNN | 22 June 2012
Inside the Gahaya Links workshop on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda's capital, a group of women sit side by side against a brightly-painted wall. Using natural fibers and grasses, they pool their weaving skills to create exquisite hand-made baskets, inspired by the eastern African country's art and tradition.
Read moreSource: My Africa Is - Documentary Series | Published on June 12, 2013
My Africa drops in on Bilikiss Abiola, one of the founders of WeCyclers, a social enterprise that has involved an entire community in recycling plastic waste, that would usually end up on the streets and gutters of Lagos. WeCyclers creates an incentive for the community to recycle plastics in order to create a clean environment.
Read moreVideo source: ChamberTradeSweden Published on Jun 7, 2013
Leading Zimbabwean entrepreneur, Divine Ndhlukula, is known as the queen of the security industry, having founded SECURICO a leading company in her country. In this video she shares the background to how she has made it in a previously male dominated industry.
Read moreSource: SeedStars TV | Published on June 6, 2013
SeedStars TV interviews Bilikiss Adebiyi the founder and CEO of Wecyclers, Lagos, Nigeria. Bilikiss talks about her award-winning eco project for recycling plastic waste in the poor urban communities of Lagos.
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The Ford Foundation today announced a program of special grants and activities to celebrate its 50th anniversary working in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The centerpiece of the program is a $2 million grant for the Tuvuke Initiative for Peaceful and Fair Electoral Process in Kenya—a national campaign being undertaken by a diverse group of 17 Kenyan NGOs and coordinated by Kenya Women Holding, a longstanding grantee of the foundation.
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Source: TechCentral, by Craig Wilson on 8 May 2013
Juliana Rotich co-founded Ushahidi, a Kenyan-based nonprofit tech company, in 2008 with the aim of using technology to map reports of violence in the wake of Kenya’s closely contested December 2007 general election.
Today, Ushahidi continues to create open-source software for the collection, curation and mapping of information, but has also branched out into mobile applications and now even hardware with the BRCK communications device, which is drawing huge interest on Kickstarter ....
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Source: Africa Biz Daily | April 24, 2013
Swaady Martin-Leke is a true African entrepreneur. Her company YSWARA is dedicated in changing the way the international market views African luxury brands.
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