the pride of Africa's women entrepreneurs
by Bomanga Ngoi Longango JouJou’, founder of EveLea Foods, Congo
I realized, over time, it is not enough to want to be able. Will as great as it is, not enough. There is a whole Journey and smart works to achieve a project. Success is a powerful blend of will, desire, patience, love, sacrifice, persistence, tears and determination. You have to be viscerally obstinate to achieve your dream. The modern success model is "quick and well done" in everything.
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by Laura Camacho, PhD
A compelling point of view acts like a magnet for high-performing employees, top-tier investors, and ideal clients. In our time of purpose-driven profits, people want to know what you stand for, what your priority is, what drives you to action. The answers to these questions can be simmered down to a key message known as your Point of View.
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by Nomazibulo Tshanga, Ziyana Business Consulting
On 1 June 2020, we have seen South Africa move from a prohibitive national wide lockdown to a more economic active alert level 3. This means that millions of employees have returned to work as 70% of the economy has re-opened for activity.
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Jacqueline Brown, Founder, Africa Fashion Guide Ltd, (UK)
Jacqueline Brown, Founder, Africa Fashion Guide Ltd, (UK)
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Lisa Videira, founder, LV Digital Lda, (Angola)
Be flexible with your business plans…
Lisa Videira, founder, LV Digital Lda, (Angola)
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Phindile Tapula, founder & director, Bhekizenzo Foundation, (South Africa)
Phindile Tapula, founder & director, Bhekizenzo Foundation, (South Africa)
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Lelanie Basson, founder, Twafiika Consultants, (Namibia)
You are your greatest asset…
Lelanie Basson, founder, Twafiika Consultants, (Namibia)
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Nonny Penelope Wright, founder, Lopey Inc, (Botswana)
Nonny Penelope Wright, founder, Lopey Inc, (Botswana)
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Laura Struik, founder, ROF-Style, (South Africa)
Being an entrepreneur is about daring and doing!…
Laura Struik, founder, ROF-Style, (South Africa)
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Kilamba Welwitschia Manuel, founder, Welila Cantelier, (Angola)
Kilamba Welwitschia Manuel, founder, Welila Cantelier, (Angola)
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Diana Sierra, founder, Be Girl, (Mozambique)
Remember that you have what it takes!..
Diana Sierra, founder, Be Girl, (Mozambique)
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Hazel Aggrey-Orleans, founder and creative director of EKI
Lioness Weekender Cover Story
Hazel Aggrey-Orleans is the founder and creative director of EKI, a luxury women’s fashion brand based in London designing ready to wear and bespoke pieces. Lionesses of Africa chatted to Hazel this month to learn more about this unique luxury brand that is winning fans from around the world with its celebration of silk and African heritage.
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Rachida Melo, founder of Wonna Bay Vila (Mozambique)
Startup Story
For many people, when they travel they look for places to stay that remind them of the comforts of home, and in Mozambique, entrepreneur Rachida Melo has just what they need. Her business venture, Wonna Bay Vila, provides accommodation and restaurant facilities that make guests and visitors truly feel they are home.
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Lelly Mntungwa, founder of Msinga Clothing (South Africa)
Startup Story
In South Africa, unemployment and poverty are real challenges that need real solutions for local people. In KwaZulu Natal, Lelly Mntungwa, founder of Msinga Clothing, is creating much needed jobs and skills training for young women in order to empower them in life.
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Elsa Tchicanha, founder of NatHCare (Angola)
Lioness Launch
For all those women who celebrate their natural hair and want to easily find great local service providers who are specialists in this field of haircare, help is now at hand in Angola. Entrepreneur Elsa Tchicanha, founder of NatHCare, has developed and launched a new app that connects customers with trusted, quality service providers, taking all the stress and hassle out of finding the perfect natural haircare specialists locally.
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Rinat Keinan
Book Review
According to author Rinat Keinan in her new book Business Empowerment: 8 Simple Steps to Master the Game, most idea generators quit in the early stage, 30% don’t vest after 1 year, and 50% don’t make it over time. She thinks too many great ideas fall because of wrong decisions.
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From the Lionesses of Africa Operations Dept
Sadly those in a Leadership role simply cannot relax. Remember, if leadership were easy, everyone would do it. So while you have been pacing up and down your living room worrying about your business, employees and customers during this lockdown, your employees have not had such pressures. There is no doubt they will have had other pressures (and none of us ever can start to gauge the weight or worry others may carry and certainly not judge), but from a business perspective they are not the ones trying to work out where the cash will come from to pay for the salaries, lights or stock.
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Impact Partner Content: Absa / by Lesego Mpakanyane, Sector Specialist, Relationship Banking: Wholesale and Retail Sector, Absa
One of the features of our globalized world is the level at which we are able to trade across borders due to easy and convenient eCommerce trade with a value of $2 trillion in 2019, or R33.66 trillion ($/R16.82 as at the time of publishing).
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by Gabriela von Ille
As communications professionals, we have spent the last couple of years convincing B2B and B2C clients that social media is an important communications tool for the success and growth of their businesses. Of course, this tool has always been deployed in combination with events, public relations, and face-to-face marketing. For various reasons, many clients, especially in more traditional industries, have been hesitant to adopt social media, arguing that social networking platforms expose brands to the risk of being publicly attacked or losing control and offer a questionable return on investment (ROI).
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by Catia Mondlane
With the market dynamics taking place where businesses are tending to be more virtual then physical, it seems that selling services is more promising than products or goods, because when one sells services it is actually selling something untouchable with little or no tangible requirements. This has got many wondering if moving from the provision of single products to continuous service agreements wouldn’t be more profitable, since the customers are provided with a range of models and a variety of solutions.
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