Video: CNN African Start-Up, June 27, 2014
Featuring Teta Isibo the founder of Inzuki Designs, a Kigali-based startup that specializes in jewelry, accessories and interior decor.
Every week, African Start-Up follows entrepreneurs in various countries across the continent to see how they are working to make their business dreams become reality.
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Published on May 8, 2013
Teta Isibo introduces the products of Inzuki Design which was one of the businesses represented at Rwanda Day Boston.
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Video published on September 21, 2013
Teta Isibo is the the founder of Inzuki Designs based in Kigali Rwanda. She a retail store and online design business selling her own designs made by local women cooperatives, including vases, earrings, shoes and bags. Grow Movement placed her with a volunteer consultant in the USA called Mimi NG. Together they have worked on building the model for Teta's export to the USA business. They had the opportunity to meet in the USA when Teta was sponsored as the Rwandan entrepreneur of the year.
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"I have a philosophy; I question my intention, why am I living in this world? It is tough, and it gets lonely. The harder you work, the lonelier it gets."
- 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.
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Source: How We Made It In Africa | by Dinfin Mulupi | 9 July 2014
‘Meet the Boss’ is a How we made it in Africa interview series in which they pose the same 10 questions to business leaders across the continent. Here, they interview Dr Jennifer Riria, CEO, Kenya Women Holding
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Ladies, don't by shy about competing with men in business....
“This is the 21st century and what a man can do a woman can do. It’s time we showed them through action”
- Tabitha Karanja is founder and CEO of Keroche Breweries. She is one of Kenya's leading entrepreneurs, a remarkable trailblazer and an example of a woman made good against all the odds. Tabitha chose to venture where none before her had dared. She took on an 87-year-old business monopoly and entered an industry with a deeply entrenched male gender stereotype. Tabitha broke the mould to become Kenya’s first home-grown beer and alcoholic drink manufacturer. Today, her company's state-of-the-art factory produces 10,000 bottles of gin and ready-to-drink vodka, as well as 15,000 bottles of beer per hour.
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Source: CNN African Voices
Watch this against all odds story of this 48-year-old entrepreneur who has painstakingly turned the first Kenyan-owned brewery into a lucrative business. In the process, she had to succeed where others had tried and failed in the face of an entrenched monopoly.
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"With all our products, we try to balance historic legacy and our view of the Africa of today and tomorrow. The brand is passionately African which means that keeping the value-add in Africa is a priority focus."
Swaady Martin, founder of YSWARA
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Source: Modern Ghana | published 27 June 2014
The Chief Executive Officer of House of Tara International, Tara Fela-Durotoye, has begun taking the message of Nigeria's massive business opportunities across the globe - making premium appearances on several global platforms including the New York Forum Africa (NYFA), France24 and Africa 24 by Reuters.
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Source: Wisdom Exchange TV | Published on Jun 24, 2014
Part 1 Expertise ... Wisdom Exchange TV takes us to Johannesburg, South Africa, introducing a pioneer in the aviation industry. Sibongile Sambo is the Founder and Managing Director of SRS Aviation, the first 100% black female owned aviation company providing professional and personalized flight options to destinations around the world.
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Source: Wisdom Exchange TV | Published on Jun 24, 2014
Part 2 - Philosophies ... Wisdom Exchange TV takes us to Johannesburg, South Africa, introducing a pioneer in the aviation industry. Sibongile Sambo is the Founder and Managing Director of SRS Aviation, the first 100% black female owned aviation company providing professional and personalized flight options to destinations around the world.
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Source: Wisdom Exchange TV | Published on Jun 25, 2014
Part 3 - Conscious Contributions™ ... Wisdom Exchange TV takes us to Johannesburg, South Africa, introducing a pioneer in the aviation industry. Sibongile Sambo is the Founder and Managing Director of SRS Aviation, the first 100% black female owned aviation company providing professional and personalized flight options to destinations around the world.
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Source: Wisdom Exchange TV | Published on Jun 25, 2014
Part 4 - Leadership Lessons ... Wisdom Exchange TV takes us to Johannesburg, South Africa, introducing a pioneer in the aviation industry. Sibongile Sambo is the Founder and Managing Director of SRS Aviation, the first 100% black female owned aviation company providing professional and personalized flight options to destinations around the world.
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Source: Keroche Foundation | Published on June 18, 2014
Tabitha Karanja founder of Keroche Breweries has launched the Keroche Foundation a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping young Kenyan entrepreneurs harness their leadership potential and passion to sustain business ideas. Watch this video which provides a look at their mentorship programme.
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Source: Nedbank SimplyBiz | Published on Jun 18, 2014
Jenna Clifford is interviewed on SimplyBiz and talks about her tough upbringing and how this prepared her well for a path in entrepreneurship.
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Trust your gut instincts....
"Ladies, it’s like learning to ride a bike or driving a car. You need only to believe in yourself, trust your gut feeling and develop a clear plan or strategy, keep it simple and implement that plan step by step with courage, conviction and love above all. Ultimately be open minded and flexible to change course when needed and listen to your customers."
- Njeri Rionge is one of Kenya’s most successful and revered serial entrepreneurs. She co-founded Wananchi Online, a leading Internet service provider which has gone on to become East Africa’s leading cable, broadband and IP (Internet-based) phone company.
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Source: rainmakerstelevision | Published on June 10, 2014
Susan Mashibe is the first Tanzanian FAA certified pilot and airplane mechanic. She returned to her home country to start an aviation business. Hear the difficulties she encountered.
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Source: FRANCE 24 English | Publication date: 06/09/2014
Tara Fela-Durotoye is a Nigerian lawyer and beauty entrepreneur. She founded House of Tara International, Nigeria’s leading beauty and cosmetics company, and was named one of Forbe's '20 Young Power African Women'. Here she talks about her company and journey as an entrepreneur.
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