the pride of Africa's women entrepreneurs
by Kathy Mann, Author & Speaker
Have you ever been told that you are too hard on yourself? When you receive feedback do you scroll past all the good stuff and focus on the negative or ‘constructive’ feedback? This is was my norm for most of my life, particularly early in my corporate career.
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by Catia Mondlane, Founder Estética & Cosméticos
When I started the organic journey, which wasn’t a piece of cake I have to say, I found very interesting facts about the powerful effects food has on the mind, emotions, and the physical, and how the immune system reacts to different situations.
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by Dr Ashika Pillay
In the quest for progress rather than perfection…
Is it possible to get out of your own way so that you can gain traction and get action on things that you would like to do? Sometimes the thing that can keep us stuck in unfinished cycles and continuous loops of inertia and inaction is a fixated view of getting things right vs getting the right things done.
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Lelly Mntungwa, founder, Msinga Clothing (South Africa)
Lelly Mntungwa, founder, Msinga Clothing (South Africa)
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Eunice Cofie, founder, Nuekie, (Ghana/US)
Have a teachable spirit!…
Eunice Cofie, founder, Nuekie, (Ghana/US)
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Ngyenzi 'Nunu' Mugyenyi, co-founder, Bold Kampala, (Uganda)
Angela Franklin, founder, Chez Alpha Books, (Senegal)
Remain humble!…
Angela Franklin, founder, Chez Alpha Books, (Senegal)
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Rachel Phiri, founder, Silverbox Jewellery (Zimbabwe)
Rachel Phiri, founder, Silverbox Jewellery (Zimbabwe)
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Bushera Bashir, founder, Trebene, (South Africa)
Take that entrepreneurial leap!…
Bushera Bashir, founder, Trebene, (South Africa)
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Lynn Munitich (L) and Lee Barker (R), founders of WAYSTD (South Africa)
Lioness Launch
South Africa based company Waystd has created a sustainable solution for waste, whereby it uses the PET plastics to create products that have an educational message to them, as well as helping the state of the environment. The company is currently launching with the production of face masks to start with, and will then go on to make a wider range of products. Current future product samples include a pen and ruler set that will have the educational message that they were made from plastic bottles, etc, to aid both learning and environmental awareness.
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Temie Giwa-Tubosun
Awards and Accolades
The 2020 Laureates of the Cartier Women’s Initiative have just been announced, and the inspirational LifeBank Founder, Temie Giwa-Tubosun, has just been named as the Sub-Saharan African Laureate. LifeBank is a medical distribution company that uses data and technology to discover and deliver essential medical products to hospitals in Nigeria.
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Kate Colbert
Book Review
If you want to know the secret to taking your business from mediocre to meaningfully different, then author Kate Colbert has the answer in her new book Think Like a Marketer. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a management consultant or the owner of a small retail business, the ability to think like a marketer will give you a competitive edge.
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Mahlatse Masimini Vilakazi
Impact Partner Content: Absa
During this time, we’ve all had to find new ways of adapting to the new normal, and some businesses have had to relook their business models. We want to share the incredible efforts of Moshate Communications with you. In a time when connecting in person is impossible, they are connecting people online. That’s how Moshate Communications – a 100% black female-owned company – is inspiring us. That’s the #SpiritOfAfricanacity.
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Kristine Pearson, founder of Lifeline Energy
Lioness Weekender Cover Story
Kristine Pearson, founder of Lifeline Energy, is a real impact driven social entrepreneur, on a mission to bring the power of radio to people in remote and under-resourced areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Her work is positively changing the lives of millions of people who would have little access to news and information without these innovative solar powered and wind-up radios. Lionesses of Africa chatted to Kristine this month to find out more.
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Snoekie Mabena-Saleh, founder of S.MAB Group (South Africa)
Startup Story
South African entrepreneur and philanthropist, Snoekie Mabena-Saleh, founder of S.MAB Group, is passionate about making a difference in society, and her business is doing just that through its various service and product offerings.
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Amália Ngoca, founder of Malita Investimentos (Mozambique)
Startup Story
Flowers make any event a special occasion, and in Mozambique, entrepreneur Amália Ngoca, founder of Malita Investimentos, is expanding her already successful event management company to include floral decorations.
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From the Lionesses of Africa Operations Dept
About to start our usual writing session for the Lioness Weekender and discussing all the fascinating topics we have been lucky enough to experience in business, and our Head of Finance pops into the room, sits down, hands over a nicely typed warning for our readers, plus a lovely picture of a Grizzly Bear tapping his fingers and patiently waiting!
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Kathryn Main - Money Savvy Kids
We all know that life during COVID 19 is filled with countless unavoidable worries of the financial kind. Some may feel it more than others, but we all feel it non-the-less. We are losing our jobs, taking salary cuts and closing our once thriving business. Basically, we go into level 1 of survival mode when it comes to our finances due to the crunch we feel.
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by Catia Mondlane
The current circumstances have brought a new, unfamiliar and extraordinary market era. It is one where many are being guided to creatively re-think and re-construct their businesses to build resilient companies and bounce-back from any future boundaries. It is becoming clear that the contingency plans previously established are not enough to face the actual situation, and coming up with a plan that could strategically create a positive shift is where many have been focusing their energies. The urgency to implement might be higher than before as each day passes, and uncertainties seem to be greater than sureness.
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by Tatenda Rungisa
The type of economies we live under have made it almost impossible to leave a full time job and start a business thereafter. It is easier when one has a stable income or savings, otherwise one has to “hustle” and work full time to establish a start-up. So, how does one hustle and remain focused on full time employment?
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