Sharing our business challenges makes us stronger

There is a tendency to think that our challenges as women entrepreneurs are unique to ourselves, to our cities and countries, and to our business sectors. But the fact is that, it doesn’t matter where you travel across the African continent or indeed the rest of the world, the business challenges we are experience tend to be just the same. As we continue to tour Africa’s business capitals with our Lioness Lean In events, meeting with really inspirational women business builders along the way, we hear the same challenges being honestly discussed. These range from getting access to capital, to accessing new markets, to juggling work and family commitments, to training and developing people, to name but a few. So as women entrepreneurs, whether we are building our businesses in Lagos or Lilongwe, Maputo or Lusaka, we can all learn from one another, share our experiences and insights, help each other along our journeys. That’s the power of belonging to a community of like-minded women entrepreneurs, and remembering that we go Further, Together!