the pride of Africa's women entrepreneurs
Sheryl Sandberg, American technology executive, activist, and author
In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg the chief operating officer of Facebook examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.
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Stafford Masie presenting at TEDx Soweto
LoA recently had the opportunity to sit down with Stafford and hear his views on the need for inventive entrepreneurs.
- Stafford Masie is a technology entrepreneur who is most famous for establishing Google’s South African presence. Stafford is a self-confessed serial entrepreneur and is currently involved in several leading edge technology start-ups.
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LoA had the opportunity to speak with Rowan on a recent trip to South Africa. He shared his thoughts on the importance of business innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Rowan Gibson is widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost thought leaders on business innovation. The media have labeled him “Mr. Innovation”
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- Arianna Huffington, from her book Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
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Radio Netherlands Worldwide Africa recently conducted an interview with Twenty-nine-year old Teta Isibo, a self-taught designer and the founder of Inzuki Designs. This young Rwandan brand specializes in handmade jewellery, accessories and interior decor made from local materials.
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(CNN) -- Teta Isibo had always had a flair for design but she didn't realize she could make a career out of it until the time she asked an artisan to craft a pair of earrings she'd drawn.
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SEV Magazine recently interviewed Teta Isibo, the creative mind behind Inzuki Design a dynamic young Rwandan brand specializing in jewelry, accessories and interior decor hand-made primarily from local materials.
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Inzuki Designs is a company based in Kigali, Rwanda founded by the creative, Teta Isibo, specialising in African beaded accessories like earrings, bungles, clutches, and interior decor which is hand-made from primarily local material.
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Do something you love, or are good at....
- Teta Isibo is the creative mind behind Inzuki a dynamic young Rwandan brand specializing in jewelry, accessories and interior decor hand-made primarily from local materials. With no background in fashion or business, Teta quit her job as an urban planner with the city of Kigali to start her own business. Today Inzuki (bees in the local language) is part of a wider Rwandan cultural Renaissance.
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Don't get hung up on failure....
- Teta Isibo is the creative mind behind Inzuki a dynamic young Rwandan brand specializing in jewelry, accessories and interior decor hand-made primarily from local materials. With no background in fashion or business, Teta quit her job as an urban planner with the city of Kigali to start her own business. Today Inzuki (bees in the local language) is part of a wider Rwandan cultural Renaissance.
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In Thrive, Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post and one of the most influential women in the world, has written a passionate call to arms, looking to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world. She challenges women to forget about the glass ceiling – "let's change the system altogether by redefining the very meaning of success."
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Read moreVideo: 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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Teta Isibo introduces the products of Inzuki Design which was one of the businesses represented at Rwanda Day Boston.
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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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- 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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Dr Jennifer Riria, CEO, Kenya Women Holding
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....
- 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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