Shádia Gafur Chachine, a Mozambican entrepreneur building a people management consulting business

August 26, 2023 Melanie Hawken

Shádia Gafur Chachine, founder, Mbira Advisory (Mozambique)

Shádia Gafur Chachine is the founder of Mbira Advisory, a consulting company specializing in people management in Mozambique. She has 15 years of professional experience, mostly in NGOs, of which 4 are in project management in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention and 11 years in the area of HR, people management. With this experience Shádia acquired an understanding of international standards, dealt with a diversity of people, cultures and different realities, always in close collaboration with those responsible for the departments/areas in the organization, to ensure that all tasks were carried out in compliance with organizational growth and challenges. It was in this context that during the COVID pandemic, when the effects of the pandemic were already being felt in the work area, she decided to create Mbira, with the aim of contributing to the well-being of people in the work environment.

Robyn Keet, a South African management consultant accelerating business and digital transformation

July 23, 2023 Melanie Hawken

Robyn Keet, co-founder, BrightWolves (South Africa)

Robyn Keet is the co-founder and operations manager for the South African entity of a Belgian-based management consulting company called BrightWolves. Robyn is passionate about bringing together sustainability and entrepreneurship. After gaining valuable experience studying and working in Europe, Robyn returned to her roots to co-lead the international expansion of BrightWolves into South Africa with business partner Domien Agten. BrightWolves is a boutique consulting firm that specializes in providing end-to-end solutions, from strategy to implementation. The company covers the entire spectrum, from business advisory to digital transformation and sustainable value creation in companies. BrightWolves’ vision is to deliver positive and sustainable impact to its clients, to its team, and the South African economy.

Tsitsi Mutendi, a Zimbabwean entrepreneur passionate about business legacy

August 28, 2022 Melanie Hawken

DanTs Investments, a multi-faceted business group focused on family business and legacy planning in Africa

Tsitsi Mutendi is a family business and family office advisor, and the Founder and Lead Consultant at Nhaka Legacy Planning in Zimbabwe. She is also Co-Founder at African Family Firms (A non-profit Africa Family Business Association). Tsitsi is a well-versed, award winning business woman with over 12 years’ experience building her own successful software development, publishing and education businesses. During this time, Tsitsi developed a passion to assist family businesses in building multi-generational businesses which translate into multigenerational legacies. Tsitsi is recognised globally for her business acumen and world class delivery.

Anja van Beek, a South African coaching professional helping people and business leaders to achieve their ambitions

February 20, 2022 Melanie Hawken

Anja van Beek, founder, Anja van Beek Consulting & Coaching

Having an agile mindset in business and life is one of the keys to success, something that specialist business coach, Anja van Beek, founder of the Consulting & Coaching business that carries her name, knows all about. She has built a business that helps both individuals and companies to achieve their ambitions and fulfill their potential, helping them to lead fulfilled lives and make an impact.

Sabina Ali, a Mozambican entrepreneur advising organizations on their business strategies

January 23, 2022 Melanie Hawken

Sabina Ali, founder and executive partner, SAB Consulting (Mozambique)

Sabina Ali is the founder and executive partner of SAB Consulting in Mozambique, a company recognized for its strategic leadership, tailored business strategies and support in the areas of organization, implementation, monitoring and coaching. She is also the co-founder of Dr. Moz, a pioneering digital platform for the health and wellness industry, recognized as the first Mozambican platform to provide telemedicine services.

Adama Ndjol Kouyaté, an entrepreneur bringing management consulting expertise to Morocco

September 12, 2021 Melanie Hawken

Adama Ndjol Kouyaté, founder, Farafina Consulting (Morocco)

For those businesses and organizations looking to expand onto the African continent and in need of strategic and organisational support, Farafina Consulting, founded by Adama Ndjol Kouyaté, is there with the right advice. Her specialist consulting expertise is also helping to grow a new generation of business leaders on the African continent and globally.

Modupe Sanders, a Nigerian restaurant consultancy entrepreneur helping clients to startup their businesses

February 16, 2020 Melanie Hawken

Modupe Sanders, founder of Mo Consult (Nigeria)

The restaurant business is an exciting one to enter for any passionate foodie entrepreneur, but it is also potentially one of the most challenging. Getting access to expert advice in starting up a successful new restaurant or turning around an existing one is key. Mo Consult, founded by Modupe Sanders, is a business offering just such a specialist service to its clients.

Emma Tendai Dimairho, a South African entrepreneur with a passion for environmental management

January 19, 2020 Melanie Hawken

Emma Tendai Dimairho, founder of Sentient Environmental Consultancy (South Africa)

Environmental management is a highly specialized business sector and one that is traditionally dominated by men, but Emma Tendai Dimairho, founder of Sentient Environmental Consultancy, is changing that landscape.

Georgina Angélica, an Angolan entrepreneur turning a passion for early years education into a business

January 5, 2020 Melanie Hawken

Georgina Angélica, specialist education and professional development consultant (Angola)

For Georgina Angélica, her business motto is: “Cada necessidade um recurso”, which translates as, “For every need, a resource”. In her specialist education and professional development consultancy, she lives by that motto, providing courses and workshops for local educators to meet all needs.

LIONESS LAUNCH / South Africa’s Orizur Consulting launches two new Cyber Law and Cyber Security initiatives for business and government

September 15, 2019 Melanie Hawken

Adv. Lufuno T Khorommbi, founder of Orizur Consulting Enterprise (South Africa)

With the 4th Industrial Revolution comes the need to address the growth of cyber threats in business and government, which have the potential to cause disruption and damage. The need to stay on top of cyber law and cyber security issues has never been greater. In South Africa, specialist cyber law enterpreneur, Adv. Lufuno T Khorommbi, founder of Orizur Consulting Enterprise, is launching two new initiatives to help clients to navigate their way through cyber threats and cyber law.

Tia Linda Zuze, an entrepreneur in South Africa making research excellence count across the African continent

September 15, 2019 Melanie Hawken

Tia Linda Zuze, founder of Chimango Research (South Africa)

To make change happen in Africa and to make the right decisions at the right time, you need to understand the facts, you need access to accurate information, and you need to hear people’s stories and opinions. In South Africa, Chimango Research, a specialist consultancy launched by entrepreneur Tia Linda Zuze, is undertaking research initiatives that provide the essential data needed by those in change-making positions on the continent.

Ncebakazi Nompula, a South African entrepreneur on a mission to help companies create continuous improvement business solutions

April 6, 2019 Melanie Hawken

Ncebakazi Nompula, founder of GEE Solutions (South Africa) — **Ncebakazi Nompula**, founder of GEE Solutions (South Africa)

Many companies experience challenges when it comes to ensuring maximum productivity levels, from both people and processes, but in South Africa one woman entrepreneur has the solution. Ncebakazi Nompula, founder of GEE Solutions, knows how to make organisations work smarter, not harder, to get productivity levels up.

Claudette Nahum and Nangula Shejavali, two entrepreneurs helping Namibia’s businesses to build sustainable companies

December 15, 2018 Melanie Hawken

Claudette Nahum & Nangula Shejavali, founders of Leading Edge Management Consultants (Namibia) — **Claudette Nahum & Nangula Shejavali**, founders of Leading Edge Management Consultants (Namibia)

A healthy business eco-system needs strong, sustainable companies and organisations, and often they need the right developmental support, advice and expertise to grow. In Namibia, that’s where Leading Edge Management Consultants, founded by entrepreneurs Claudette Nahum and Nangula Shejavali, is there to help.

Marta Mulungo, a Mozambican entrepreneur helping her business clients transform their ideas into results

October 6, 2018 Melanie Hawken

Marta Mulongo, founder of MMCoaching (Mozambique) — **Marta Mulongo**, founder of MMCoaching (Mozambique)

Many people have great ideas, but very few develop them into actual businesses or products. What is often needed is a great business coach to advise on how to create the right business habits from the start. That is where MMCoaching comes in, a niche coaching business in Mozambique created by founder Marta Mulongo who is on a mission to help her clients to succeed.

Mireille Karera - The startup story of a Rwandan entrepreneur providing bespoke consulting and coaching services to clients around the world

January 28, 2016 Melanie Hawken

Mireille Karera, founder of KORA Associates — **Mireille Karera**, founder of KORA Associates

Many entrepreneurs take a personal passion and turn it into a business. In the case of Mireille Karera, she had a passion to see people grow and progress in their lives in practical ways, and that led her to set up her company, KORA Associates, that encourages, coaches and advises individuals, businesses and communities in achieving their goals, visions and dreams.

Sharon Sinclair - The startup story of a South African consultancy bringing a more holistic approach to business

January 7, 2016 Melanie Hawken

Sharon Sinclair, founder of Chandramala (South Africa) — **Sharon Sinclair**, founder of Chandramala (South Africa)

Mindful business consulting may not be something familiar to many, but Sharon Sinclair looks to change all that with her company, Chandramala Pty Ltd in South Africa. She is introducing a programme of Organisational Alignment, an energetic change management process that encourages people to find their purpose and achieve a more fulfilled work and personal life.

Alana Bond - The startup story of a South African entrepreneur dedicated to helping the country transform itself through business and social enterprise

July 29, 2015 Melanie Hawken

Alana Bond and Lana Lovasic, directors of Simanye Group

The Simanye Group is on a mission to help South Africa, and the African continent as a whole, find sustainable solutions to positive transformation and to support new economic development and growth in the communities that most need it to grow and thrive.

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