“… you are definitely here for a reason. Find it; and do it.”
Brigette Mashile, founder of Roka Roko (South Africa)
Read moreQuote of the Day by Brigette Mashile
Brigette Mashile, founder of Roka Roko (South Africa)
Quote of the Day by Bernie de Le Cuona
Bernie de Le Cuona, founder of de Le Cuona
"Know in your heart there is always a way to succeed. There is always a way to make things work.”
Bernie de Le Cuona, founder of de Le Cuona
Read moreEntrepreneur Advice from Monica Musonda: Persist… it’s definitely not easy!
Monica's best advice for other African women entrepreneurs....
“Have a vision and passion. Be courageous, focused and disciplined. Lastly, persist… it’s definitely not easy.”
Monica Musonda, founder of Java Foods (Zambia)
Read moreLioness Launch / Shedding Light founder, Dineo Molokoane, launches new self help book
Dineo Molokoane (South Africa)
Lioness Launch
Shedding Light is an inimitable South African human and organization development company, which has built a reputation for offering customer-centric transformational services to its clients. This month sees it launching a new personal transformation book entitled, ‘A New Becoming’. This is a guide that helps people change the way they see themselves and the world around them.
Read moreBrenda Katwesigye, a Ugandan tech innovator providing access to quality eye care
Brenda Katwesigye
Lioness Weekender Cover Story
Wazi Vision’s co-founder and ceo, Brenda Katwesigye, has a big vision for her business - to help everyone access quality eye care, without paying hefty sums for it. She and her team understand that good eyesight is critical to overall health and well being – especially for children and that is why the company has created affordable eyeglasses that are designed in Uganda and cost 80% less than what is currently on the market. Wazi Vision’s virtual reality (VR) testing kit also helps bring eye care testing to communities that do not have optometrists or access to affordable eye care services.
Read moreCoronavirus - Resist!
From the Lionesses of Africa Operations Dept
Two ‘Lioness Weekenders’ ago, we dived straight into the most important aspect of our business lives, that of Cash Flow. This week, the London Business School showed us why it is Cash Flow that is the only thing that keeps our Head of Finance awake at night.
Read moreCoronavirus necessitates new ways of doing business
Impact Partner Content: Absa / by Riaan Petersen, Head of Business Banking Segment Solutions, Absa Retail and Business Bank
Governments across the world are taking drastic measures to reduce the spread of Covid-19. At the time of writing this article, the virus affected 199 countries and territories, 536.6k confirmed cases, 24.1k deaths and 124.4k recoveries. There are now more than 2,400 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across Africa and growing warnings that the pandemic will cause major challenges for the continent’s under-resourced health services.
Read moreNancy Ernesto, an Angolan entrepreneur bringing the world of Avon beauty to the country
Nancy Ernesto, founder of Avon Nancia Comércio Geral (SU) LDA (Angola)
Startup Story
The beauty industry is a growing one across the African continent, and in Angola the market has great potential. For entrepreneur Nancy Ernesto, founder of Avon Nancia Comércio Geral (SU) LDA, this represented a great opportunity to bring a renowned, empowering global franchise into the country.
Read moreSales Un-usual: These sales techniques will help you in this unprecedented time
by Karen van Zyl, Founder & CEO, VA Connect and SnappSales
The world is a-changing and at a rapid pace too! A few short months ago you were putting your New Year’s Resolutions in place and gearing for an exciting year. And then everything changed. It’s so surreal and those that I have spoken to say they feel like they are in a movie. The Corona Virus has hit and has hit us hard. Nothing could have prepared us for what is about to unfold.
Read moreCovid-19: How to capitalise on the next 3 weeks
by Clare Appleyard
On the 31st December 2019, there was a global sense of optimism. 2020 is our year, said everybody from entrepreneurs to politicians and Olympic athletes. Fast forward three months and much of the world is in tatters. Dreams have been shattered, economies have been devastated and lives have been lost. Nobody, nobody could have predicted the worldwide havoc that an invisible enemy called Covid-19 would wreak.
Read moreQuote of the Day by Nercia Celeste Mazive
Nercia Celeste Mazive, founder of Premier Human Capital Corporation (Mozambique)
"What inspired me to open the company is the knowledge that through this business I would have the opportunity to positively impact people's lives…”
Nercia Celeste Mazive, founder of Premier Human Capital Corporation (Mozambique)
Read moreEntrepreneur Advice from Tshiamiso Kgomanyane: Don’t let fear hold you back
Tshiamiso Kgomanyane, founder of SHE Legal Co. (South Africa)
Don’t let fear hold you back….
“Don't let fear get the better of you. Because in as much as we want to be perfect in everything that we do, the mistakes we make shouldn't make us fearful to try again, they should fuel us to keep going and do better.”
Tshiamiso Kgomanyane, founder of SHE Legal Co. (South Africa)
Read moreQuote of the Day by Lynette Hundermark
Lynette Hundermark, managing director of Useful & Beautiful (South Africa)
“In the current competitive landscape, marketers need to optimize around the shift to mobile in order to increase sales.”
Lynette Hundermark, managing director of Useful & Beautiful (South Africa)
Read moreEntrepreneur Advice from Cidia Chissungo: Believe in yourself
Cidia Chissungo, founder of Gillipe (Mozambique)
Believe in yourself…
“The world prepares women to resist many things but never to follow their own dreams. Yet we have the power to change the world - we simply have to believe in ourselves and also work hard to make those dreams a reality.”
Cidia Chissungo, founder of Gillipe (Mozambique)
Read morePaballo Mokoqo, a Lesotho entrepreneur professionalizing the domestic cleaning industry
Paballo Mokoqo, founder of Dust Busters (Pty) Ltd (Lesotho)
Startup Story
Lesotho has a big challenge when it comes to economically empowering disenfranchised women in the country. But one woman entrepreneur, Paballo Mokoqo, founder of Dust Busters (Pty) Ltd, is providing a solution with her world class business solution for domestic cleaning.
Read moreLet the business run itself
by Catia Mondlane
Who told you that you can’t do or have it all? Well, I’m here to affirm that yes you can do and have all that you want, just with some simple smart moves.
Read moreEfficient management of security operations is key to client satisfaction
by Ntsoaki Sibiya (née Kortjass), founder & ceo, Tsoabelo Security Solutions
Efficient management of a company-wide security policy is the key to making security a positive player in the corporate market, and will single-handedly cut out the negative connotations that some corporates may have attached to the industry.
Read moreSelf Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker by A’Lelia Bundles
A’Lelia Bundles
Book Review
Soon to be a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C.J. Walker—the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist, written by her great-great-granddaughter, A’Lelia Bundles.
Read more10 Phrases to Get You Through Almost Anything
by Laura Camacho
As a formerly-awkward person who still gets stumped in conversations, here are some of my go-to phrases and questions to get the conversation moving in a more productive way.
Read moreFor the first time remote worker. Here’s to your new normal.
by Anja van Beek – Consultant & Coach
We have been talking about the remote worker for many years and suddenly, within a few days since COVID-19 was declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation, companies around the world need to adopt this approach, and fast.
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