the pride of Africa's women entrepreneurs
Read this fascinating interview with Divine featured on BBC Network Africa, and its African Dream show on 6 July 2012.
Securico, the company that Zimbabwe's Divine Ndhlukula started in her cottage in the late 1990s with four employees and very little capital, has become one of her country's largest security firms. According to her, perhaps the biggest barrier she had to face when she set it up was her gender.
Read moreSource: Capital Talk | published on Jul 30, 2012
Keroche Breweries Limited Chief Executive Officer Tabitha Karanja discusses a 15 years journey of founding Keroche Breweries Limited, sharing the ups and downs and challenges she has been through.
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Njeri Rionge has established a special awards programme and summit for Kenya’s budding entrepreneurs - the Ignite Scaling Your Business Upwards. The new Awards and Summit offer local SMEs and upcoming entrepreneurs the opportunity to network with their peers and industry leaders, and to learn how to expand and grow their companies. The Ignite Scaling Your Business Upwards Summit will be held on 18-19 September 2012 at The Junction Mall, Nairobi.
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The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship announced today that Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu , founder and CEO of soleRebels, has received the Foundation's Social Entrepreneur of The Year Award at the 2012 World Economic Forum on Africa
Read moreSource: Uganda Investment Authority | Uploaded on April 28, 2011
Julian Omalla talks about how she started Delight Uganda Limited and its range of 'Cheers' branded fruit juices to moving on to diversify her business interests into farming, agri-processing and real estate. A truly inspiring woman entrepreneur!
Read morePublished on Feb 8, 2011 by The Entrepreneurs Show sponsored by Telkom
Carrol Boyes has turned a passion for functional art into a major business brand. In this video she shares how it all started.
Read moreCarrol Boyes opens her home to the Top Billing television show and shares her treasured art and sculpture collection from which she derives much of the inspiration for the functional art pieces for which she has become so famous.
Read moreSource: KTN Kenya | published on February 6, 2011
KTN's Money and Power programme features Kenya's femme fatale of business, Tabitha Karanja. Her's is a David and Goliath type- story. When she first opened her distillery, many thought she was crazy to enter the brewing business which was then a monopoly of the East African Breweries Limited. The challenges were many, but she has managed to rise to become an industrialist while running a billion shilling brewer that's still growing. KTN's Cynthia Nyamai spoke to Tabitha Karanja about "the money and power".
Read moreVideo source: Africa's Success uploaded on Jan 13, 2012
In this video Divine Ndhlukula talks about her company Securico and its range of security services and solutions including manned guarding, cash and asset transit, alarm systems, CCTV installation, rapid response units, private investigation, risk audits and security consultancy. The company is the largest employer of women in Zimbabwe, outside the public sector, with more than 900 on the payroll.
Read moreVideo published on January 11, 2012
Njeri Rionge discusses how she set about finding a niche for her business ventures and has followed her passion for creating new ventures. She shares the inspiring story of how she set about becoming one of Kenya's most celebrated serial entrepreneurs. She talks about how she has actualised her entrepreneurial dreams and visions through hard work, planning and focus. This female rule-breaker has bravely succeeded in breaking through the glass ceiling typically associated with the tech industry in Africa. She is a true Lioness of African business!
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99Faces.tv met Juliana at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in January 2011 not knowing how soon Ushahidis software will help millions of people again.
Read moreSource: Dolapo Oni of 53 Extra, Season 2 Episode 5, uploaded on January 9, 2012
Watch this fascinating interview with Deola Sagoe conducted by Dolapo Oni of 53 Extra. Deola talks about her passion for design and her family's new fashion label Clan which is managed by her talented daughters.
Read moreSource: NTV Kenya's 'Money Matters' programme, Video uploaded on Sep 9, 2011
Njeri Rionge is a legend in Kenyan business circles, having co-founded Wananchi Online at a time when few women were in technology. She went on to hold a series of high-profile corporate jobs before quitting to start her own businesses. She describes herself as a serial entrepreneur, business coach and speaker.
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The 10,000 Women Initiative of Goldman Sachs has featured South Africa's high flying aviation pioneer Sibingile Sambo as a case-study.
Read the Case-Study of South Africa's Sibongile Sambo and SRS Aviation.
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