You have to think and act globally....
“No matter what the size of your business, no matter what the generation or iteration of your business, you are in a global business”. “We all compete globally – no matter what we manufacture, no matter what we deliver as a service or a solution, there is someone else in the world also doing that –and technology has brought us together into a single community.”
- Janice Bryant Howroyd, CEO of Act-1 Group, is the first Black woman in the United States to have founded and own a billion-dollar company.
Read moreSource: CNBC Africa | Published on May 9, 2014
Women empowerment in Africa has still got a long way to go and the economic emancipation of women is a continuous effort. CNBC Africa speaks about gender empowerment to Essential Medicines analyst, Olajumoke Adekeye, fellow leading woman and CEO of Afroes Holdings, Anne Githuku-Shongwe and Ndidi Nwuneli, founder of Leap Africa.
Read more"Each of us can work to change a small portion of events. And it's in the total of all those acts that the history of this generation will be written."
- Jacqueline Novogratz founded and leads Acumen, a non-profit organisation that takes a businesslike approach to improving the lives of the poor. Read her profile here.
Read more“I just want you to be yourself. Be a bigger yourself.”
- Tyra Banks is the founder and CEO of Bankable Productions and the Tyra Banks Company. This former Victoria's Secret model has leveraged her media profile to go on to build a sizeable entertainment and business empire. A savvy entrepreneur, she is the founder and CEO of Bankable Productions - the production company behind 20 seasons of America's Next Top Model. In addition, her investment firm, Fierce Capital (a subsidiary of the Tyra Banks Company), is funding startups.
Read moreGo with your gut....
"Engage your emotions at work. Your instincts and emotions are there to help you. They are there to make things easier. For me, business is a ‘gut feeling’, and if it ever ceased to be so, I think I would give it up tomorrow."
- Richard Branson. This English business magnate and investor is surely one of the world's most prominent entrepreneurs. He is best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies.
Read moreSource: In2EastAfrica.com | May 6, 2014
Most young people are unemployed because they have a misconception that one can only start an income-generating venture when they have a lot of money. Lydie Hakizimana, the chairperson of Rwanda's Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs at Private Sector Federation, said this mindset was partly responsible for the increasing rate of unemployment in the country.
Read moreSource: KTN News Morning Express | Published on 6 May 2014
Dr. Jennifer Riria, CEO Kenya Women Group talks with Sophia Wanuna of KTN Morning Express discussing women entrepreneurship in Kenya.
Read moreOn receiving awards and recognition as an entrepreneur ....
“These awards show that I’m heading in the right direction. It also means that the business of aviation is my playground. I plan to take SRS Aviation to greater heights and become the leader in this business.”
- Sibongile Sambo is a pioneering woman of South African aviation. She is founder and Chief Executive Officer of SRS Aviation Ltd., the first 100 percent black, female-owned aviation services company in South Africa. Launched in 2004, SRS is an integrated provider of private aviation services offering South African and international clients professional and personalized flight options including VIP Charter, tourist charter and helicopter services, to destinations around the world. Today, the company also provides maintenance, sales and fleet management services to private jet owners.
Read more“Discipline is not a dirty word. There is far more freedom and opportunity for creativity and success in enjoying discipline. Years ago someone I very much respect told me the reason they were successful is that they embraced doing what other people resent or are reluctant to do.”
- Janice Bryant Howroyd, the first black woman in the United States to have founded a billion-dollar business. Her company, Act 1 Group, is an international recruitment and business management firm with revenues of $2 Billion.
Read moreSource: Punch | May 4, 2014 by Kemi Ashefon
Tara Fela-Durotoye is Africa's leading make-up and beauty industry entrepreneur and the Creative Director of House of Tara. With many branches in major cities across Nigeria and West-Africa, this pioneer female entrepreneur talks about her remarkable journey.
Read more"What is the cost of not daring? What is the cost of not trying?"
- Jacqueline Novogratz founded and leads Acumen, a non-profit organisation that takes a businesslike approach to improving the lives of the poor. Read her profile here.
Read moreSource: Citizen News Kenya
Watch this video where Tabitha Kranjathe the amazing Kenyan entrepreneur who founded Koroche Breweries 15 years ago talks about her entrepreneurial journey - starting out as a small family hardware store to now running a massive brewery empire.
Read moreJacqueline Novogratz discusses her book The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World.
Read moreJacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund, discusses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of poverty.
Read moreJacqueline Novogratz, CEO and Founder of Acumen Fund, discusses impact investing and future developments.
Read moreJacqueline Novogratz applauds the world's heightened interest in Africa and poverty, but argues persuasively for a new approach.
Read moreSource: National Institute for Cultural Orientation, Nigeria | published 25 April 2014
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Creative Director of Nigeria’s most popular and versatile make-up artistes, body adornment and beauty products experts, House of Tara International, Mrs. Tara Fela-Durotoye, has reiterated the need for creativity among youths and school children as a means of transforming Nigeria's economy and creating jobs. She gave this charge on Tuesday, 22nd April, 2014, during the formal opening ceremony of the 2014 National Creativity Week organised recently in Abuja.
Read moreSource: New York Forum Africa 2014 | May 24-26 | Libreville, Gabon
Tara Fela-Durotoye talks about her entrepreneurial journey as founder of House of Tara, the opportunities for her business going forward, and her views on entrepreneurship in Africa.
Read moreDorcas Muthoni, a leading African woman entrepreneur and computer scientist and CEO and founder of OPENWORLD LTD has been inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.
Dorcas founded the software company OPENWORLD at the age of 24 and is now a leading e-Government and Business Software Services firm in the Eastern Africa region.
Read moreSource: Konnect Africa, April 16, 2014 by Jennifer Nkem-Eneanya
This article covers Juliana Rotich's business background and the many companies and projects that this energetic and multi-talented social and tech-preneur is engaged with.
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