Celebrating great staying power in business

As entrepreneurs, it is sometimes good to look back and see just how far we have come, and what has changed over the years. At Lionesses of Africa this week, we undertook an interesting exercise. We looked back at the very first edition of Good Morning Lionesses that we published on 17 August 2015 - yes, that’s how long we have been publishing our daily newsletter for you all! Given all the talk at the moment about how entrepreneurs sometimes struggle to go the distance and survive through good and bad times, we were interested to revisit the stories we featured in that first edition. We are pleased to report that each of the women we featured have shown great staying power, and are still here today. They are great examples of Africa’s many women entrepreneurs who build businesses and brands that last. So, if you are wondering who we featured in that first edition of Good Morning Lionesses, they were: Bushera Bashir, founder of luxury cashmere scarf company, Trebene in South Africa; Lynette Hundermark, founder of tech company Useful & Beautiful in South Africa; and Divine Ndhlukula, founder of Securico in Zimbabwe. Well done Lionesses for your staying power in business!