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Diandra Vaal Neto, founder of Clube Das Empresárias (Angola)
Lioness Launch
The journey to becoming a successful woman entrepreneur can often be a lonely one. But in Luanda, Angola, Diandra Vaal Neto, founder of Clube Das Empresárias, a leading platform for women entrepreneurs in the country, has the solution. She has launched SPACE by Clube Das Empresárias, a new co-working space in the city exclusively for women, providing a much-needed professional and personal development community.
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Debi Kleiman
Book Review
For entrepreneurs, pitching is do or die. But many women find it tough to pitch. But help is at hand in Debi Kleiman’s new book, First Pitch. She understands that to succeed with your startup, you must persuade investors, advisors, customers, and other potential partners to join you on your journey. It can be intimidating, but First Pitch is here to help.
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Patricia Vasco, founder of Luminara (Mozambique)
Startup Story
Everyone loves beautiful perfumed candles to light up their homes and create a certain kind of ambiance - they are romantic and atmospheric. In Mozambique, entrepreneur Patricia Vasco, is building a new brand of beautiful, handmade, decorative candles called Luminara. She is also demonstrating that it is possible to build a new brand from scratch with little investment but a lot of creativity.
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Lisa Videira, founder of LV Digital, Lda (Angola)
Startup Story
In today’s changing world, access to learning using the power of digital is becoming an everyday reality for many people, especially children. In Angola, entrepreneur Lisa Videira, founder of LV Digital, Lda, is providing innovative digital solutions to help make e-learning accessible to everyone.
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Adele Dejak
Lioness Weekender Cover Story
In the highly competitive world of international jewellery design, it can be hard to stand out from the crowd. But this is certainly not the case for jewellery and accessory design entrepreneur, Adele Dejak, founder of the striking global luxury brand that carries her name.
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From the Lionesses of Africa Operations Dept
In trying to prepare ourselves for the wasteland that might face us when we reopen our doors, we should be looking at how to fine-tune our offering to our clients in a world where sales will be everything. A single sale could mean the difference between keeping your workers on or going bust.
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by Catia Mondlane
As I was writing my business plan, I would easily answer most questions. But when I got to the market section, this was where I would find it very interesting because it was my chance to show how deep were my studies and research. I had to talk about the market in general where I identified the firm’s target market, a detailed segment and its tendencies for growth. But when I got to the competitors subsection I would always pause, think about it and question myself numerous times on how I should answer. Especially the questions that suggest a sneaky behavior where one actually has to find ways to gather other similar companies’ internal information, the type of information they wouldn’t just give to anyone.
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Claire Holden, Empowerment Coach, Change in Mindset, (South Africa)
Claire Holden, Empowerment Coach, Change in Mindset, (South Africa)
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Tapiwa Matsinde, founder, Atelier 55 (UK)
Let your creativity flow…
Tapiwa Matsinde, founder, Atelier 55 (UK)
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Impact Partner Content: Absa / by Michael Keenan, Peter Worthington & Wessel Lemmer
Farmers’ expertise lies in the production of agricultural commodities, but the exchange rate is critical to farmers’ profitability. South Africa has one of the most volatile exchange rates in the world, for a complicated variety of reasons, which adds to the risk faced by agricultural producers in South Africa’s risky environmental situation, with unpredictable rainfall. Absa’s expertise in financial markets can help agricultural producers to manage their foreign exchange risks to the benefit of their bottom line.
Read moreby Abigail K, Confidence Crusader, Women’s Portrait Photographer, Founder of Confident Creative Academy
In this video I'm sharing 5 things I'm currently doing to keep my anxiety in check.
We can't control everything going on around us, but we can control how we show up every day. I'm sharing the 5 things I'm doing to help me keep my anxiety about the corona virus down and keep my confidence up.
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Catia Mondlane, founder, Estética & Cosméticos (Mozambique)
Catia Mondlane, founder, Estética & Cosméticos (Mozambique)
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Laura Camacho, founder, Mixonian Institute (USA)
Take a calculated risk…
Laura Camacho, founder, Mixonian Institute (USA)
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by Nomazibulo Tshanga, Ziyana Business Consulting
As the world pandemic deepens and the human cost rises, we will see a lot of changes when it comes to the world of work post Covid19. We will see most organisations rethink their business strategies and relook at their approaches, particularly in terms of how it will change the careers of employees and how organisations will respond to that.
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Diane Nsengiyumva, founder of Shamba Kahawa (Burundi)
by Martine Irakoze
The pandemic has proven that women leaders and health workers are managing these stressful situations better than the typical ‘strongmen’. At home, mothers are also holding families together while juggling online work, home-school, or businesses. Surely, behind these strong and successful women, there is a substantial amount of coffee. To inspire strength to fellow female entrepreneurs, this article will talk about an industry reputed to be strong and tough: coffee.
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Yolanda Ndhlovu, founder, Essy Sandisiwe (Zimbabwe)
Yolanda Ndhlovu, founder, Essy Sandisiwe (Zimbabwe)
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Kulani Shiluvane, founder, Shiluvah (South Africa)
Embrace change…
Kulani Shiluvane, founder, Shiluvah (South Africa)
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by Paula Quinsee: Relationship Expert, Tedx speaker and author of Embracing Conflict and Embracing No.
Coming out of lock down is going to mean different things to many people but for the majority of us it smacks of freedom. Freedom to move, to go back to work, to see our families and friends – or does it?
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by Catia Mondlane
Everything has drastically changed and having to adapt to the new situations hasn’t been an easy task especially when one is used to being outdoors, interacting and building new relationships. When selling a service, one can easily customize to meet a range of needs or even solving specific problems. Since the social distancing began it has been a challenge for many service providers because it might be difficult to describe one’s service to prospects, especially if customers have a hard time visualizing what one does or how can be helped.
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by Lori Milner
This was my favourite quote from Lance - it goes: “Feelings are not fact. It’s what you do that counts. If you feel hungry, if you feel tired, those aren’t fact. It’s what you do that counts. Just do the next right thing. Just keep making the right decisions, one at a time.”
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