From Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo of Lionesses of Africa
What turbulent and uncertain times we are living in. The COVID 19 virus outbreak globally has created a new and challenging reality for us all. Businesses are feeling the pain already, and the true impact of the crisis is still unknown. As entrepreneurs, we are dealing with a multitude of issues, from managing cashflow, through to trying to get sales when the market is struggling. At Lionesses of Africa, we understand what our community of 1 million+ women entrepreneurs is going through, and we are committed to playing our part in trying to help.
You can rely on us to continue to communicate with you each workday through our Good Morning Lionesses and Bom Dia Leoas digital newsletters, and every weekend through our Lioness Weekender digital newsletter. We are currently hard at work building a new portal on our website to help you to specifically deal with managing the impact on your business as a result of this crisis. We will bring you essential information, resources, webinars and advice on a daily basis. We will be updating you regularly on other new initiatives we are planning together with our impact partners as they are launched.
At this point, I would personally like to thank our valued impact partners who, along with us, understand the urgent need to help us support our community at this difficult time. We are working with them to find some practical solutions.
Right now, there are many ways you can continue to promote your business, products and services across the network and to get your business seen by potential customers during these tough economic times. Here are some practical ways to connect with the 1 million+ users in our network:
Share Your Story - get your business featured on Lionesses of Africa - click on the link here http://www.lionessesofafrica.com/startup-story-submission
Launch Your Product or Service - tell our community about your new products and services - click on the link here http://www.lionessesofafrica.com/lioness-launch
We cannot underestimate the impact we can make by all of us coming together as a community to share our knowledge, expertise, experiences and ideas with each other on how to survive in business during such difficult times. Share with us how you have successfully overcome your own business challenges so that we can all learn from your experience - send us an email to submissions@lionessesofafrica.com
So, I encourage you to keep sharing, inspiring and connecting with one another. Keep doing business with one another during these tough times. I also invite you to become one of our valued editorial contributors and reach our entire community with your insights at this critical time - click on the link here http://www.lionessesofafrica.com/become-a-contributor
Remember, as a Lioness of Africa, you are not alone. You have a million+ other women entrepreneurs across the continent who are going through the same challenges both at a personal and a business level. So, let’s keep communicating, keep supporting one another - importantly keep doing business with one another - so that we can all come through this.
Stay safe, stay well, and let’s be there for one another on this challenging journey. We are so much stronger together!
Kindest regards
Melanie Hawken
Founder & CEO, Lionesses of Africa