Always keep on learning....
"I believe in learning all the time, I’m a life-long learner… I also believe in re-learning, because there are always new things coming out. My kids are teaching me things today.”
– Divine Ndhlukula founded SECURICO Security Services from humble beginnings in Zimbabwe in 1998. Divine identified a need in the market for a quality oriented security company and she has driven SECURICO to become the market leader in Zimbabwe. She has tackled a previously male-dominated industry head on and her business success story is nothing short of remarkable - marking her as one of Africa's most tenacious and inspiring women entrepreneurs.
Read more"With the shift towards political democratic changes in many countries now, this is also creating serious entrepreneurial societies in Africa. The positive thing in countries like Zimbabwe and others, entrepreneurial studies are now a must in the education systems so the new generation of entrepreneurs is developed."
- Divine Ndhlukula founded SECURICO Security Services from humble beginnings in Zimbabwe in 1998. Divine identified a need in the market for a quality oriented security company and she has driven SECURICO to become the market leader in Zimbabwe. She has tackled a previously male-dominated industry head on and her business success story is nothing short of remarkable - marking her as one of Africa's most tenacious and inspiring women entrepreneurs.
Read more“What Africa requires are entrepreneurs that start up and create not just wealth for themselves, but employment for others, because that is what is vital for sustainable development.”
- Divine Ndhlukula founded SECURICO Security Services from humble beginnings in Zimbabwe in 1998. Divine identified a need in the market for a quality oriented security company and she has driven SECURICO to become the market leader in Zimbabwe. She has tackled a previously male-dominated industry head on and her business success story is nothing short of remarkable - marking her as one of Africa's most tenacious and inspiring women entrepreneurs. She is also the largest employer of women in her country outside of government.
Read moreDon't be tempted to take cash out of your early-stage startup venture....
"...when a bit of cash starts rolling in, have the discipline to know that it is not your money yet. It is still the business’s money because you want the business to grow. So for you to sustain it and enjoy phenomenal growth, that anyone going into business wants, you need to reinvest all the little bits of cash that you get then you can be assured that your business will grow."
- Divine Ndhlukula founded SECURICO Security Services from humble beginnings in Zimbabwe in 1998. Divine identified a need in the market for a quality oriented security company and she has driven SECURICO to become the market leader in Zimbabwe. She has tackled a previously male-dominated industry head on and her business success story is nothing short of remarkable - marking her as one of Africa's most tenacious and inspiring women entrepreneurs.
Read moreZimbabwe’s Divine Ndhlukula, Founder and Managing Director of DDNS Security Operations, trading as Securico, has been selected as one of the most influential female leaders of 2015 in the world for her concerted efforts in empowering women in Zimbabwe and the region.
Read more'Use your business to do good' are the profound words of Zimbabwe's leading woman entrepreneur, Divine Ndhlukula. And, she has made sure to live up to them. Through her company, Securico, she has always delivered on her strong desire to empower previously disadvantaged women in Zimbabwe who were not able to access opportunities for formal employment. She recognized that the security sector had the potential to be a large-scale employer of women. Today, Divine is the single biggest employer of women in her country outside of government. She is a real changemaker!
Read moreSource: News Day Zimbabwe | January 27, 2015
Leading woman entrepreneur and queen of Africa's security industry, Divine Ndhlukula, talks about her plans to expand Securico's operations beyond Zimbabwe into Mozambique. “In 2015 our major thrust is to look beyond the borders, we would want to begin with Mozambique and we have already done the ground work. We are hoping by end of this year it will be operational and then going forward will work towards opening other branches in Zambia among many other countries in Africa.”
Read moreThis year's Exceptional Entrepreneur Award at the 2014 EY Africa Chapter of the World Entrepreneur Awards has been awarded to the inspirational Zimbabwean woman entrepreneur, Divine Ndhlukula, founder of Securico.
Read moreSource: The Zimbabwean | by Nelson Sibanda | November 11, 2014
Dynamic Zimbabwean entrepreneur, Divine Ndhlukula has been honoured by the United Nations for her success in business. She was runner-up in this year's UNCTAD’s Empretec Women in Business Awards and received her award from Tarja Halonen, the former President of Finland at a ceremony held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. Here, she shares some of the secrets to her success.
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 moreArticle featuring Divine Ndhlukula in The NextWomen Business Magazine, 25 February 2013 by Beth Pitts.
Divine Ndhlukula was named one of the most successful women in Africa by Forbes and recently deemed the 'Queen of the security industry in Zimbabwe' by BBC World. Her company is the largest employer of women, outside of the civil service, having grown her business to over 3600 employees.
Read moreRead 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.
Read moreRead this fascinating interview with Divine featured on BBC Network Africa, and its African Dream show on 6 July 2012.
Securico, the company that Zimbabwe's Divine Ndhlukula started in her cottage in the late 1990s with four employees and very little capital, has become one of her country's largest security firms. According to her, perhaps the biggest barrier she had to face when she set it up was her gender.
Read moreVideo source: Africa's Success uploaded on Jan 13, 2012
In this video Divine Ndhlukula talks about her company Securico and its range of security services and solutions including manned guarding, cash and asset transit, alarm systems, CCTV installation, rapid response units, private investigation, risk audits and security consultancy. The company is the largest employer of women in Zimbabwe, outside the public sector, with more than 900 on the payroll.
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