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by Kathy Mann, Author & Speaker
It’s not easy to maintain self-control, especially when things are difficult. Personally, I’ve found life very difficult over the past few months with the pandemic, lockdown and load shedding in South Africa. I’ve noticed that many people have abandoned their diets and have had difficulty staying focussed on their business objectives. So how can we keep motivated and working towards our goals?
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Ncheta Dasilva, founder, Zola Eve, (UK/Nigeria)
Nontobeko Mbuyane, Founder, Bees Beauty Haven (Eswatini)
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Nontobeko Mbuyane, Founder, Bees Beauty Haven (Eswatini)
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Michelle Adelman, founder of Accite Holdings (Botswana)
Michelle Adelman, founder of Accite Holdings (Botswana)
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Lethumusa Kulube, Founder, Stractiv8 Impact (South Africa)
Navigate your detours!…
Lethumusa Kulube, Founder, Stractiv8 Impact (South Africa)
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Impact Partner Content: Absa
To celebrate Women’s Month in South Africa, Lionesses of Africa is launching a very special one-hour Lioness Business Agility Live Webinar for women entrepreneurs, hosted in partnership with Absa on the morning of Friday 14 August.
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Sinenhlanhla Ndlela, founder of YoCoco (South Africa)
Lioness Weekender Cover Story
Sinenhlanhla Ndlela, a South African entrepreneur on a mission to make delicious artisanal dairy free ice cream.
For all those people out there who love the idea of gorgeous ice cream, but cannot eat dairy produce, help is at hand. YoCoco, an exciting artisanal dairy free ice cream brand created by the talented Sinenhlanhla Ndlela, is tantalizing tastebuds in South Africa with fabulous flavour combinations and taste sensations.
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Tlangelani Nkuna, founder of Placement Junxion (South Africa)
Startup Story
Any business knows that it is only as good as its people, but finding the right people can be challenging. In South Africa, entrepreneur Tlangelani Nkuna, founder of specialist recruitment services company, Placement Junxion, is bringing her expertise to any people sourcing brief.
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Tessa O’ Halloran, founder of plasticity. (South Africa)
Startup Story
Discarded plastic waste is a problem for the planet and for humankind as a whole, and the need to find sustainable solutions to transforming that waste into useful products has never been greater. In South Africa, ecopreneur Tessa O’ Halloran, founder of plasticity. is playing her part in finding those solutions.
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Hlengiwe Moepe
Lioness Launch
Marpemed is a South African health and medical solutions company founded by Hlengiwe Moepe, and specializing in Health and Wellness, Employee Wellness, Digital Healthcare Services and Medical Supplies. The company has launched its new Online Health Store, focusing on providing clients with the best natural supplements, remedies and health food!
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Victoria R. Montgomery Brown, CEO and co-founder of Big Think
Book Review
With women leading only twenty-four Fortune 500 companies, female founders receiving only 2.2 percent of US venture capital, and the continued presence of sexual harassment and double standards, the gender gap continues to hinder the advancement of women in the professional world. In Digital Goddess, Victoria Montgomery-Brown, founder of Big Think, a collection of experts across all fields and disciplines that are either at the top of their field or disrupting it - shares her story in an entertaining and educational light.
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From the Lionesses of Africa Operations Dept
Our Head of Finance (HoF) arrived this morning and made straight for our desk, sat down, picked up the spare coffee (which wasn’t spare as it happens), looked to the heavens as if for some divine inspiration, took a deep breath and started…
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by Brigette Mashile
Why don’t we make masks for sale? That was the message from my mom recently. I decide to call her to talk to her about my thoughts. Her question is on point, this seems to be the only item anyone with a sewing machine should be doing currently. Ignore all the wedding, graduation, party or any other event outfits you had orders on; if the last time you touched your sewing machine is 10 years ago… now it’s the time to bring it out again. There is an advert flyer I say it said South Africa needs 36 million masks and you can get to make some of them. What a number!
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by Kathy Mann, Author & Speaker
A few years ago, I experienced a burnout. I developed a stress-induced autoimmune disease and suffered from chronic fatigue for three years. It had a significant effect on my life. Lately, with South Africa being in lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, I have noticed a few similarities and differences between that period of my life and now.
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by Dr. Linda Zuze, founder and director, Chimango Research
As a researcher, I get to wake up every day and to ask questions for a living. One of the most consistent findings that I’ve encountered over the years is that women’s success benefits a lot of people around them. Children have a better chance of attending school, being fed and living in a safe environment. It is true that there is far greater recognition about the importance of the gender angle when discussing inequality than there has been in the past.
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by Mbalenhle Ndaba
A positive aggression journey is to breathe your way into a peaceful state. Aside from spiritual paradigms about peace and harmony, which I am convinced are the only lasting way to sustain peace, there are several things we can do to enter a more relaxed state. In the journey of positive aggression, every individual should know how to master their emotional equilibrium. Winners do not dwell on what is wrong, they work on what is next.
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by Claire Keet Pollock and Sinal Govender, Co-Founders of pop.law
Like choosing the person you marry or have babies with, choosing a business partner is not a decision to be taken lightly. The romance of any honeymoon period wears off, but none so quickly as the business partnership honeymoon. If you’re a fast moving entrepreneur, then you’ll know that seizing opportunities and getting some skin in the game fast is extremely important. This means that your relationship with your co-founder/s will need to evolve quickly. Moving out of the fun ideation phase of a business into difficult startup territory puts massive pressure on people who are in business together. The foundations of your partnership will become really important and it helps to have at least spoken about some of the following things.
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by Ronel Jooste
Many business owners find the invoicing process quite tedious and this is also a process that many businesses neglect. Invoicing is, however, a critical process for your cash flow management.
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Bupe Chipili Mulapesi, founder of Farm23 Strawberry (Zambia)
Bupe Chipili Mulapesi, founder of Farm23 Strawberry (Zambia)
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Tiguidanke Mounir Camara, founder of TIGUI MINING GROUP TMG (Guinea)
Spend time learning!…
Tiguidanke Mounir Camara, founder of TIGUI MINING GROUP TMG (Guinea)
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