by Eldari Visser
A wonderful person told me once that when you’re driving on a racetrack and you focus too much on the tires at every corner, not hitting them, at the next bend, mind the tires… you eventually end up hitting those tires.
Read more5 Types of fears that were holding me back in building my personal brand
by Naike Moshi
Like many of you, fear is not a stranger in our lives. Fear is a powerful force that can keep us from achieving our goals and live to our fullest potential. Is fear holding you back in pursuing your goals and dreams? Is fear holding you back in trying new things? Do you make excuses when it comes to start building your brand? If the response is YES, to above questions, you are not alone. I was like that and am still a work in progress.
Read moreWhy employer branding is important to entrepreneurship and business development
by Kelebogile Makhafola
Assuming we can’t access the potential that exists inside us, the budding potential of our teams, as business and brand leaders, we will not be able to create fitting solutions that deal with what the world needs from us. What is essential in entrepreneurship is the future-proofing of our businesses and brands by investing in the most important assets, our human capital. With a compelling message and constructive employee value proposition, your team can elevate the performance and impact of your business.
Read moreMomentos Salto Altos
por Justina Luelo
Já lemos artigos nas redes sociais sobre como salto alto faz algumas mulheres parecerem com uma postura diferente. E muitas vezes com amigas falamos de como a Maria parece diferente hoje porque está a usar um par de saltos altos que nunca vimos antes e como ela está esbelta!
Read moreLailate Talaquichande, a Mozambican fashion retailer bringing luxury clothing to customers
Lailate Talaquichande, founder, Super Fashion, Lda (Mozambique)
Startup Story
Wearing beautiful clothes can improve a woman's self-esteem and give that feeling of self-confidence through comfort and elegance, and in Mozambique, Lailate Talaquichande, founder of Super Fashion, Lda, is helping customers to do just that.
Read moreZamabuya Muhanelwa, a South African perfumier creating jobs and empowering young people
Zamabuya Muhanelwa, founder, Indoni Perfumes (South Africa)
Startup Story
Zamabuya Muhanelwa is the founder of Indoni Perfumes in South Africa, a manufacturer and retailer of fragrances. Originally with a PR & Communications background, her entrepreneurial journey has taken her into the market of high end fragrance creation. When she first founded Indoni Perfumes in 2018, Zamabuya had no idea it would grow into one of the best fragrance retailers, creating job opportunities and empowering youngsters in the process. Today, Indoni Perfumes is a perfume manufacturer and retailer based in Johannesburg, South Africa, but trading nationwide. It is predominantly known for offering cutting edge fragrances as well as home and pamper care products for less.
Read moreAlcinda Cumba Durão, an interior design entrepreneur transforming client spaces
Alcinda Cumba Durão
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IZHA Interior Design, Limitada, a specialist business turning interior spaces into live/work sanctuaries in Mozambique
Alcinda Cumba Durão, or Isa as she is known, is the founder and executive director of two companies, namely, IZHA Interior Design and JD&D Group in Mozambique, which is currently a 6 people team. Both of her companies represent her life motto: “Explore your full potential and be whoever you want to be”. She’s been a Lawyer by profession for 7 years, with over 10 years of experience working in the corporate sector and administrative services. She has a mentoring program for helping adolescents and young adults on their professional journey and also has a passion for interior design and decided to finally pursue her dreams.
Read moreLioness Launch / New book launched to raise children’s awareness of differently-abled and deaf people and to celebrate sign language
Nancy Gaylard
Lioness Launch
For children, the first day at a new school is always challenging, but even more so when you are deaf. Author and entrepreneur, Nancy Gaylard, founder of Not Just Consulting based in South Africa, has written a new book ‘Once Upon A Sign: Ayen’s First Day’, which aims to expose children, during their formative years, to differently abled and deaf people in particular. With this wonderful new book, she hopes it will start a conversation about what makes each of us different and how this difference should be celebrated.
Read moreShift on Purpose: From teen mom making minimum wage to founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar business by Tracy Taylor Smith
Tracy Taylor Smith
Book Review
In her book, Shift on Purpose: From Teen Mom Making Minimum Wage to Founder and CEO of a Multi-Million Dollar Business, entrepreneur Tracy Taylor Smith shares her powerful story to business and personal success. She provides readers with actionable advice and encouragement on how to fearlessly move your life and aspirations forward, despite your personal circumstances. She shares her thought process and the outlook that helped her to overcome teen pregnancy, divorce, and single-motherhood to achieve success and fulfillment in both her business and personal life.
Read more‘Me time’ is NOT a waste of time…
by Lionesses of Africa Operations Department
“You notice a lot of small things when sitting having an early morning coffee, watching the world go by…” and as so often is the case as we open our emails at the start of yet another busy day, we are greeted by Melanie beginning her essential guides to business, life and the Universe in her Good Morning Lioness daily blog, with a serious hint.
Read moreWhy you need to relook your budgets TODAY!
by Kathryn Main
If you are a working person in South Africa right now you are feeling the pinch of the 3 interest rate increases, the 7 petrol price increases, the Eskom increase of 9.61%, all your annual subscriptions have gone up the average 10%. Suddenly you have less disposable income. This tells me 1 thing. Your expenses have gone up and your income has remained the same.
Read moreAligning your life with what feels like purpose to you
by Safiyyah Boolay-Jappie
Over the past 2 days I've shared some thoughts about exploring and discovering your purpose. For most of us, this is neither easy, nor comfortable. It requires us to see ourselves without the conditioning that has shaped us throughout our lives. No mean feat. But if we miss this step in the process discovering our purpose remains an intellectual ideal that becomes a point of pain, frustration and despair.
Read moreConfident Communication Checklist
by Laura Camacho, PhD and Culture Fixer
The number one thing everyone seems to want in their communication toolbox is confidence on demand. As a well-seasoned (at times too spicy!) executive communication coach, I have engaged in literally thousands of deep conversations with leaders from everywhere. We chat with the shared goal in mind: to be a better communicator.
Read moreThe importance of self-reliance in business
by Josefa Massinga
Hello dear Lionesses. Knowing that self-esteem and motivation are essential factors within a company, today I will make a small and brief approach to achieving self-reliance in business. Here is how to discover the best in each employee.
Read moreBecoming Self-Made: The Journey of Building a Soul-Led Multimillion-Dollar Business by Elaina Ray
Elaina Ray
Book Review
In her new book, Becoming Self-Made, Elaina Ray walks you through her journey of finding her soul’s purpose and building a multimillion-dollar business in under two years and across multiple continents. In this travel memoir/powerful business guide, you will discover, as Elaina did, what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, create and scale your business, and use your innate gifts to chase your wildest dreams so that you, too, can do what you love without sacrificing your most valuable resource: your time.
Read moreSónia Lumeka, an Angolan entrepreneur telling stories through photography
Sónia Lumeka, founder, Kaylina Photos (Angola)
Startup Story
Sónia Lumeka is the founder of Kaylina Photos in Angola. She is an artist, architect, writer and photographer. An introvert person who enjoys good reflection and quiet places, she was born and raised in the country and is married and the mother of three children as well as being an entrepreneur.
Read moreMbalenhle Ndaba, a South African entrepreneur creating cleaning solutions for clients
Mbalenhle Ndaba, founder, HomeMinder4U (South Africa)
Startup Story
For those who need specialist cleaning services in their homes and offices, help is at hand from entrepreneur Mbalenhle Ndaba, founder of HomeMinder4U in South Africa. Improving lives through cleaning is her passion and prompted her to launch her business offering a wide range of cleaning services in 2019 in Johannesburg.
Read moreCarla Frankel, a South African luxury sleepwear brand builder
Carla Frankel
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Top Drawer Collection, a luxury South African personalized sleepwear brand celebrating self-love
Carla Frankel is the founder and CEO of luxury sleep and ready-to-wear brand Top Drawer Collection in South Africa. She is a creative entrepreneur and award-winning, Forbes-listing business leader who loves business, fashion, food and travel. Carla’s inclination for luxury experiences is expressed through her love of timeless design, high-end materials and her endless love affair with the “finer details”. Within 3 years of founding Top Drawer Collection, which was launched in October 2018, the brand has stylishly and effortlessly stolen the hearts of South Africa’s elite, as well as uplifted the talented women from her local community who make up her female dominated team. At the mere age of 29, Carla has built a global brand and shown a resilience of spirit in fulfilling her dreams, no matter the circumstances.
Read moreThink not ‘Après nous, le deluge’ …but the Spaceship Economy
Cookie-Cut Approaches in CX (Customer Experience)
by Mandisa Makubalo
Ever heard of the word ‘cookie-cut?’ By definition, to cookie-cut is to indicate that each one is the same, like a guaranteed formula for something that works. It also means that the same approach or style is always used and not enough attention is paid to individual differences. Have you ever found yourself saying “I’m struggling to get the buy in of the C-Suite for my CX (Customer Experience) project”? Have you recently taken on a CX project as an independent consultant or entrepreneur? If your answer is yes, I invite to look as I discuss some of the reasons you might be experiencing the resistance and ways to overcome it.
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