the pride of Africa's women entrepreneurs
by Lori Milner
Prior to the Corona pandemic, you were battling to ‘balance’ work and life and that’s when work and life were at least separated geographically (for most of us anyway). Now you find yourself in a situation where the boundaries are completely mixed up.
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by Paula Quinsee
Up-skilling yourself has never been more critical than now, whether that be to cope with what is happening in our world at the moment, or to cope with what the world is going to look like in a few months (or years) from now.
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by Shaleen Wohrnitz, General Manager, BrandBuildingSA
To all the Lionesses out there: Be careful out there...! Not because of a virus, but becoming smaller and smaller… This is the time when one should not cave in and stop creating - the exact opposite in fact. Promote more, increase your reach, gain more market share and run with your life and everything in it. Live your life to the full and show all those around you how to expand in spite of adversity!
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by Damaris Nyabuti
For the past week, schools and other learning institutions have remained shutdown, several countries have gone on lockdown-closing their borders indefinitely, businesses are working from home, events and gatherings have been made illegal and thus cancelled and soon so many other establishments will be forced into closure. All of this will have a detrimental impact on the economy. Hence, until this quarantine period is over, businesses globally must be aware of how to correctly market their goods and services.
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Iris Munguambe, founder of Mariée Boutique Lda (Mozambique)
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Iris Munguambe, founder of Mariée Boutique Lda (Mozambique)
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Brigette Mashile, founder of Roka Roko (South Africa)
Bernie de Le Cuona, founder of de Le Cuona
Bernie de Le Cuona, founder of de Le Cuona
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Monica's best advice for other African women entrepreneurs....
Monica Musonda, founder of Java Foods (Zambia)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nercia Celeste Mazive, founder of Premier Human Capital Corporation (Mozambique)
Nercia Celeste Mazive, founder of Premier Human Capital Corporation (Mozambique)
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Tshiamiso Kgomanyane, founder of SHE Legal Co. (South Africa)
Don’t let fear hold you back….
Tshiamiso Kgomanyane, founder of SHE Legal Co. (South Africa)
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Lynette Hundermark, managing director of Useful & Beautiful (South Africa)
Lynette Hundermark, managing director of Useful & Beautiful (South Africa)
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Cidia Chissungo, founder of Gillipe (Mozambique)
Believe in yourself…
Cidia Chissungo, founder of Gillipe (Mozambique)
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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.
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