the pride of Africa's women entrepreneurs
by Brigette Mashile, founder of Roka Roko
It is approximately 4 years and some months since I resigned from my corporate job to pursue my business dream. I remember the mixed emotions I had leading to that day and on that day. I recall also all the people I spoke to about it prior to; but on D-day, I made the decision alone. Four years later I see things differently and realize a lot of things were aligned for me to leave. It was time.
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Chef Naledi, Private Chef and Cooking Instructor (South Africa)
They say that to build a successful business, you should start with your specialist skills, passion and knowledge, and harness those as the basis for a business that can grow. This is an approach being taken to the full by the talented Chef Naledi, a South African private chef and culinary instructor who is now helping others to build their knowledge and experience of cooking at home.
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Beatha Shitemba, founder of Nels Babies (Namibia)
- Beatha Shitemba, founder of Nels Babies (Namibia)
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Chule Gobodo, co-founder of Brainbow Conscious Creatives (South Africa)
Give yourself permission to fail…
- Chule Gobodo is the co-founder of Brainbow Conscious Creatives, a South African film-maker connecting consumers and brands through visual storytelling. Her company is the only youth, female black owned boutique creative story agency in South Africa, specializing in using storytelling as a brand activism tool. This graduate of motion picture studies is constantly on the look out for the perfect story that is able to best create a connection between her client and their customers. Read Chule’s startup story.
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Maria Natália João, founder of MNJ Eventos & Serviços (Mozambique)
The world of eventing is a hugely competitive business, so the secret to success is building a reputation and service offering that is differentiated in the industry. For entrepreneur, Maria Natália João, founder of MNJ Eventos & Serviços, that meant harnessing her considerable expertise and experience as an event MC and building upon that to create a multifaceted business.
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by Lizl Naude, founder of Lilly Loompa
It’s hard to believe that we are already in the second month of 2018! Most of us have made earnest promises to better ourselves during this coming year. Some resort to making New Year’s resolutions, others just continue with their routines as in the past. Some are very disciplined by nature, others like me have to be very intentional about discipline.
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by Eldari Visser, managing director of Picketfence Life
We have established that we need to understand journeys and destinations to ensure that we focus to reach our ultimate goal. This is for our personal life, our business careers and our wealth. Yet so many still miss the mark. They seem to be working so hard at it but after a while it is just not working out. We give up on our dreams or goals and many give up on life. That can be avoided if we just take some time in the beginning of any journey and think about our destination.
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Winnie Ochieng (L), co-founder of Wipedo Ltd (Kenya)
- Winnie Ochieng, co-founder of Wipedo Ltd (Kenya)
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Lindiwe Mafavuneh, founder of LCM Capital (Botswana)
Anything is possible…
- Lindiwe Mafavuneh is founder of LCM Capital, a Botswana based entrepreneur on a mission to help companies to manage their risk and maximize their investments. Lindiwe’s company focuses on alternative investments, risk management solutions and advisory services and she is on a mission to help companies to manage their risk and maximize their investments. Read Lindiwe’s startup story.
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by Abigail Klopper, founder of Abigail K Photography
Today I’m sharing a little bit of confidence inspiration for you as a result of my own experience of adding more colour, beauty and excitement into my life of late. You see, the moments that make life so interesting are not just those BIG awesome moments – The BIG achievements, the BIG milestones, the BIG events. It’s also the little awesome moments.
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Wambui JL, founder of Hairpolitan Lifestyle (Kenya)
These days, there is growing interest in the use of natural products for health, wellness and beauty in Africa, and a growing audience to learn more about trends and products in the marketplace. Hairpolitan Lifestyle is an online magazine, created by Kenyan entrepreneur Wambui JL, and aimed at sharing stories about people who are celebrating and living natural lifestyles.
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Alethea Volanie, founder of Volani Creative Designs (South Africa)
- Alethea Volanie, founder of Volani Creative Designs (South Africa)
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Mimi Kalinda, founder of Africommunications Group (South Africa)
Let’s have women support one another…
- Mimi Kalinda is the founder of Africommunications Group, a South African entrepreneur empowering fellow Africans through the power of storytelling. She has created a pan-African public relations and communications agency based in Johannesburg, South Africa servicing local and global clients with a complete and culturally attuned communications services offering. Her clients include private, public and non-profit sector organisatyions in the African market, with a focus on Francophone and Anglophone Africa. Read Mimi’s startup story.
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by Brigitte Mashile, founder and ceo of Roka Roko
I have been to so many events where people feel the need to ‘pop bottles’, and to be specific, ‘Moet’ bottles. Moet is not cheap, and it is attached to an affluent life; the life of the better than; the life of those who have arrived. I personally have had Moet like 3 times in my life, and no, I did not purchase it in any of those events. I fell in love with the Nectar Imperial. I also knew, very well, that I was not about to buy a bottle of this brand - it is not cheap.
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Janine Starkey, founder of House of Janine (South Africa)
- Janine Starkey, founder of House of Janine (South Africa)
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Sonia Paiva, founder of Woman Farmer Foundation & Eswatini Kitchen (Swaziland)
Your diligence will be rewarded…
Sonia Paiva is the founder of Woman Farmer Foundation & Eswatini Kitchen, a Swaziland serial entrepreneur making an impact in the agribusiness and food processing sectors in her country. Eswatini Kitchen produces a range of gourmet foods using only natural products without any colorants, or preservatives, such as Jams, Sauces, Pickles, Honey, and Marmalades. Most of these products oversees. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Sonia spent time in the corporate world, in the motor industry in particular, running the well known Carson Motors in the city of Manzini, before moving to the NGO world and the food industry sector.Read Sonia’s startup story.
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Amanda Steinberg
From the founder and superstar CEO of DailyWorth.com, Amanda Steinberg - the go-to financial site for women with more than one million subscribers - comes a fresh book that redefines the relationship between women, self-worth, and money. Worth It shows women how to view money as a source of personal power and freedom—and live life on their terms.
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by Dr. Laura Camacho
It’s not fun bringing up the topic of difficult conversations, but just this month I’ve had two clients ask for workshops on the specifics of crafting those critical, or difficult conversations. Critical conversations are the ones where the stakes are relatively high (even if only for you) and opinions vary.
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by Lynette Hundermark, managing director of Useful & Beautiful
8 years after the global app-splosion, even in a country like South Africa where smartphone adoption took a little longer than the rest of the world to catch up, “app-overload” aka “app-fatigue” is now a thing that we are all faced with in this digital and mobile age.
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by Leigh Ann Gowland, founder of Employee Driven Change
Managing change within corporates can be compared to changing the direction of an aircraft carrier set on its course with momentum, size and speed contributing to the resistance to any change in bearing. There is usually time to plan, mobilise the crew, and adapt to the weather conditions. By comparison a small business would be a canoe turned by a single paddle but also threatened by winds, currents and the strength of the oars-person.
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