Lionesses Weekender spoke to the inspirational Kah Walla this month to learn more about this impact driven entrepreneur and activist who is on a mission to bring African solutions to very important African challenges. What does your company do? STRATEGIES! is a 26-year-old consulting firm agency offering services in leadership, strategy and organizational development to […]
What inspired you to start your company? In 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 epidemic and with limited social interaction, working out was the only thing that kept me sane. However, my passion for working out started a few years before that. Working out played a huge role when I was going through a […]
Carmen Stevens, founder, Carmen Stevens Wines Pty Ltd (South Africa) Startup Story Carmen Stevens, founder of Carmen Stevens Wines Pty Ltd, is the first black person accepted to study winemaking in South Africa and qualified in 1995 as South Africa’s first black winemaker. She was recognised with a Top 10 Pinotage award in 1998 for […]
In Botswana, Addison & Western (Pty) Ltd, founded by One Oreeng, is a company known for providing marketing and project management services to its clients, It’s sister company, Certus, which provides technology-driven service as a software solution to ease the traditional KYC onboarding process, is now offering a KYC (Know Your Customer) solution that digitizes […]
by Elizandra dos Santos Do you know how to wait? That is the question that I bring to the present moment. It’s worse for the quick fixers who want instant results, quick effects, quick responses, goals achieved in the shortest time and miraculous resolutions. I wish life were like this. Many people, because they don’t […]
by Eldari Visser After a year or two of just waiting, many entrepreneurs are wandering around with a sense of despair and even guilt. Waiting for the world to get back to some normal. Let’s be honest here. During a world full of turmoil many sat staring at a screen hoping for a call to […]
by Grace Stevens Women like Julia Child, Nigella Lawson, and Martha Stewart are proof that building an empire based on your home baking skills is not only achievable but incredibly fruitful and rewarding. However, there is a big difference between having a delicious side hustle and building a baking empire. When it comes to creating […]
by Kathryn Main South Africa is a buy-now, pay-later society. The effects on young people’s financial literacy are thus characterized by the same behaviour patterns as parents and society. These are high credit and high consumer behaviour with very little savings, and in turn high social risk behaviour. Money Savvy is working to change this […]
Lindiwe Sithole, host of African Farming Season 2, is excited to meet Solomon Masango, a true legend in the agricultural industry. Masango dedicates a lot of his time to mentor other famers. “Over the years I learned that money is not everything,” he says. “Yes, I want to be profitable, but above all my dream […]
PIGSButi Malinga, Bronkhorstfontein, Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng The current situation with African swine fever has pig farmers worried. It’s even worse for us smaller guys, as a positive case can lead us to closing shop. There are strict government regulations to cull all infected animals, with no guarantee of compensation. For us, coming back from such a […]