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Start-Up Night Africa Feature Interviews Podcast
The Start-Up Night Africa special edition of the Lioness Radio Show brings together government decision-makers, investors, and women entrepreneurs to talk about how to practically address the gender funding gap. This podcast series features interviews with women entrepreneurs who are in high-growth mode, and who share their challenges of attracting investment, the opportunities for investors in their businesses, and their success stories. Investors talk about what they look for when making their investment decisions in women-owned businesses. This is a podcast for all women entrepreneurs who want to better understand the business of funding, and for the investors who are looking for the next exciting high-growth woman-led business.
Lioness Radio Show Special Event Ed. 5 Start-Up Night Africa, The Hague 2024
Hosted by Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo of Lionesses of Africa, and delving deeper into some of the topics discussed at Startup Night Africa in The Hague on 11 June 2024. In this edition, the focus of the discussion is on learning more about the experiences of women entrepreneurs from the Lionesses of Africa community in growth mode and looking for funding to take their businesses to the next level.
Special guests on this edition of the Lioness Radio Show are Sasha Knott, co-founder of Job Crystal, based in South Africa and the UK; and Dupe Killa-Kafidipe, founder of Platinum Fisheries in Nigeria.
Lioness Radio Show Special Event Ed. 3 Start-Up Night Africa, The Hague 2024
Hosted by Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo of Lionesses of Africa, and delving into some of the topics discussed at Startup Night Africa in The Hague on 11 June 2024. In this edition, the theme is on how women entrepreneurs in Africa are building businesses in growth mode and getting investment ready in order to access that all important funding and support to take their businesses to the next level.
Special guest on this edition of the Lioness Radio Show is Nishdeep Sethi, Group Director of Structured Finance at the African Guarantee Fund. She speaks to Melanie about AGF's impact focused work in overseeing the implementation of the AFAWA Guarantee for Growth programme, which aims to enhance the capacity of financial institutions to address the needs of women entrepreneurs.
Lioness Radio Show Special Event Ed. 1 Start-Up Night Africa, The Hague, 2023
Hsted by Nomalanga Sitole, and featuring three of the inspirational high-growth women entrepreneurs showcased at Startup Night Africa in The Hague on 11 July 2023. In this edition, the theme is on how women entrepreneurs in Africa are building businesses in growth mode and getting investment ready to break into new European markets.
Nomalanga is joined on the show by Carmen Stevens, founder of Carmen Stevens Wines Pty Ltd, a multi-award winning, black-and-woman owned winery creating impact in South Africa; Chilufya Mutale, co-founder and ceo of PremierCredit in Zambia, a multi-award winning and fast growing Pan African Challenger bank for SMEs; and Yvette Dickson-Tetteh, founder of Pure and Just Food, a dynamic, youth-powered, and women-led Ghanaian agribusiness, transforming fresh fruit into natural, tropical dried fruit products.
Lioness Radio Show Special Event Ed. 4 Start-Up Night Africa, The Hague 2024
Hosted by Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo of Lionesses of Africa, and delving deeper into some of the topics discussed at Startup Night Africa in The Hague on 11 June 2024. In this edition, the focus of the discussion is on closing the gender finance gap for women entrepreneurs.
Special guest on this edition of the Lioness Radio Show is Vignesh Subramani, Head of Sales & Distribution, SME Business, Absa Bank, South Africa. He speaks to Melanie about the work that Absa has been doing to address the funding challenges facing women business owners in growth mode, and in particular the launch of She Thrives, the bank's dedicated and holistic banking solution for women.
Lioness Radio Show Special Event Ed. 2 Start-Up Night Africa, The Hague 2023
Hosted by Nomalanga Sitole and featuring two of the inspirational high-growth women entrepreneurs showcased at Startup Night Africa in The Hague on 11 July 2023. In this edition, the theme is on how Africa’s women-founded businesses and brands are looking to expand into European markets with their world-class products and a sustainable value chain.
Nomalanga is joined on the show by Jane Maigua, founder and ceo of Exotic EPZ, a female owned, agro-based social enterprise in Kenya specialising in macadamia nut processing and exports; and Samantha Skyring, founder of Oryx Desert Salt in South Africa, a proudly African brand offering the purest, naturally organic, mineral rich, sustainable salt.
THE BUSINESS OF FUNDING PODCAST
The Business of Funding Podcast
The Business of Funding Podcast brings together investors and women entrepreneurs to talk about gender lens investing - the challenges, the opportunities, and the success stories. Investors talk about what they look for when making their investment decisions in women-owned businesses; and successful women entrepreneurs share their personal experiences of taking their businesses to the next level through investment. This is a podcast for all women entrepreneurs who want to better understand the business of funding.
The Business of Funding Podcast - Episode 3
Produced by Lioness Radio, a division of Lionesses of Africa Public Benefit Corporation / Powered by Enygma Ventures
This episode features: Sarah Dusek, Co-founder, Enygma Ventures & Michelle Geere, founder, Adbot. Michelle talks about the launch of a special free Google Ad campaign offer for women entrepreneurs in the Lionesses of Africa community who want to reach new customers online.
The Business of Funding Podcast - Ep.1
Produced by Lioness Radio, a division of Lionesses of Africa Public Benefit Corporation / Powered by Enygma Ventures
Hosted by Nomalanga Sitole, this episode features Sarah Dusek, Co-founder, Enygma Ventures and Claudia Castellanos Roques, co-founder, Black Mamba Foods, the ethical producer of specialty foods, best known for its chilli sauces, based in Eswatini. The business has become the Enygma Venture Fund's latest pioneering investment.
The Business of Funding Podcast - Episode 4
Produced by Lioness Radio, a division of Lionesses of Africa Public Benefit Corporation / Powered by Enygma Ventures
This episode features: Sarah Dusek, Co-founder, Enygma Ventures who talks about the latest call for applications in April 2022 to her investment fund for high growth women entrepreneurs in Southern Africa. Sarah is joined on the show by two women fintech entrepreneurs from Zambia. Chilufya Mutale is the founder of Premier Credit, a financial technology company that operates as an online micro-lending and investment platform in emerging markets in Southern Africa. Evelyn Kaingu is the co-founder of Lupiya, an award-winning Zambian fintech startup that provides online loans.
The Business of Funding Podcast - Episode 2
Produced by Lioness Radio, a division of Lionesses of Africa Public Benefit Corporation / Powered by Enygma Ventures
This episode features Sarah Dusek, co-founder, Enygma Ventures, who talks about her investment fund for high-growth women entrepreneurs in Southern Africa. Sarah is joined on the show by two women entrepreneurs in business growth mode - Ego Iwegbu, co-founder, The Good Mineral, a clean makeup brand for sensitive skin and skincare routines, and Acanda Jaswa, founder, Brown & Ayo, an e-commerce site for natural hair extensions.