Build a tribe!…
“Build a tribe - there is nothing more powerful and valuable than a group of friends in business for whom you are each other's personal cheerleaders, motivators and reference-givers.”
Mellisa Mazingi is the Managing Director of Gone Rural, a Swazi handcraft company inspired by women weavers, using creativity and design to ignite change on a community level through ethical, handmade products. Offering income to more than 780 rural women artisans, these women are skilled weavers and are at the heart of everything the company does, as it aims to provide them with sustainable income, decision-making powers and creative outlets. Gone Rural is constantly reinventing traditional weaving techniques, and revolutionising the world-view of African handcraft.
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