Video published on April 9, 2012
Njeri Rionge talks about how she we went from humble beginnings as a hairdresser to co-founding a leading Internet Service Provider, Wananchi Online. This celebrated Kenyan serial entrepreneur talks about how she grew this startup to become East Africa's leading cable, broadband and internet-based phone company. She also talks about how she's moved on to found new ventures such as Ingnite Consulting. All said and done, Njeri says she has just got started and is looking to scale even more heights as a successful woman entrepreneur. A true inspiration for all African women wanting to make their way in business.
Read moreVideo: CNN African Start-Up, June 27, 2014
Featuring Teta Isibo the founder of Inzuki Designs, a Kigali-based startup that specializes in jewelry, accessories and interior decor.
Every week, African Start-Up follows entrepreneurs in various countries across the continent to see how they are working to make their business dreams become reality.
Read morePublished on May 8, 2013
Teta Isibo introduces the products of Inzuki Design which was one of the businesses represented at Rwanda Day Boston.
Read moreVideo published on September 21, 2013
Teta Isibo is the the founder of Inzuki Designs based in Kigali Rwanda. She a retail store and online design business selling her own designs made by local women cooperatives, including vases, earrings, shoes and bags. Grow Movement placed her with a volunteer consultant in the USA called Mimi NG. Together they have worked on building the model for Teta's export to the USA business. They had the opportunity to meet in the USA when Teta was sponsored as the Rwandan entrepreneur of the year.
Read moreSource: CNN African Voices
Watch this against all odds story of this 48-year-old entrepreneur who has painstakingly turned the first Kenyan-owned brewery into a lucrative business. In the process, she had to succeed where others had tried and failed in the face of an entrenched monopoly.
Read moreSource: Wisdom Exchange TV | Published on Jun 24, 2014
Part 1 Expertise ... Wisdom Exchange TV takes us to Johannesburg, South Africa, introducing a pioneer in the aviation industry. Sibongile Sambo is the Founder and Managing Director of SRS Aviation, the first 100% black female owned aviation company providing professional and personalized flight options to destinations around the world.
Read moreSource: Wisdom Exchange TV | Published on Jun 24, 2014
Part 2 - Philosophies ... Wisdom Exchange TV takes us to Johannesburg, South Africa, introducing a pioneer in the aviation industry. Sibongile Sambo is the Founder and Managing Director of SRS Aviation, the first 100% black female owned aviation company providing professional and personalized flight options to destinations around the world.
Read moreSource: Wisdom Exchange TV | Published on Jun 25, 2014
Part 3 - Conscious Contributions™ ... Wisdom Exchange TV takes us to Johannesburg, South Africa, introducing a pioneer in the aviation industry. Sibongile Sambo is the Founder and Managing Director of SRS Aviation, the first 100% black female owned aviation company providing professional and personalized flight options to destinations around the world.
Read moreSource: Wisdom Exchange TV | Published on Jun 25, 2014
Part 4 - Leadership Lessons ... Wisdom Exchange TV takes us to Johannesburg, South Africa, introducing a pioneer in the aviation industry. Sibongile Sambo is the Founder and Managing Director of SRS Aviation, the first 100% black female owned aviation company providing professional and personalized flight options to destinations around the world.
Read moreSource: Nedbank SimplyBiz | Published on Jun 18, 2014
Jenna Clifford is interviewed on SimplyBiz and talks about her tough upbringing and how this prepared her well for a path in entrepreneurship.
Read moreSource: rainmakerstelevision | Published on June 10, 2014
Susan Mashibe is the first Tanzanian FAA certified pilot and airplane mechanic. She returned to her home country to start an aviation business. Hear the difficulties she encountered.
Read moreSource: FRANCE 24 English | Publication date: 06/09/2014
Tara Fela-Durotoye is a Nigerian lawyer and beauty entrepreneur. She founded House of Tara International, Nigeria’s leading beauty and cosmetics company, and was named one of Forbe's '20 Young Power African Women'. Here she talks about her company and journey as an entrepreneur.
Read moreDr. Jennifer Riria is a PHD holder and is distinguished as a microfinance banker and practitioner, researcher, and gender specialist. This video tells her story.
Read moreSource: NdaniTV | Published on June 2, 2014
Wecyclers founder and CEO, Bilikiss Adebiyi Abiola shows us how "one man's waste is another man's treasure" in this edition of Young CEO. Watch to find out how she used a simple business model to convert over 2,000 tones of waste into over N1 million naira worth of prizes and incentives, and to create numerous jobs within the community.
Read moreIn this video interview conducted at the 2014 Milken Institute Global Conference, Cherie Blair discusses her Foundation's three-pronged approach of enterprise development, mentorship and mobile technology, strengthening women's voices and empowering them to contribute to their nations' economies.
Read more“We have to create an ecosystem that is based on the value of dignity in order to take the world into a better future."
- Jacqueline Novogratz is a philanthropist and founder and CEO of Acumen Fund
Read moreMonica Musonda speaks to young entrepreneurs at BongoHive.
BongoHive Insaka held on the 18th of February 2014 at BongoHive, where it hosted lawyer turned entrepreneur, Monica Musonda who is CEO & Founder of Java Foods, a Zambian based food processing company established to provide affordable nutrition to the Southern African market.
Read moreSource: ENCA
Ethiopian entrepreneur, Bethlehem Alemu, has become one of Africa's most renowned shoe designers, with her SoleRebel brand of shoes made from recycled car tyres. Here she is featured on the South African news channel ENCA.
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