by Helena Naitsuwe Amadhila Entrepreneurs are creative and innovative individuals with unique eyes to see opportunities and create wealth. In order to persist and succeed, it is imperative for entrepreneurs to be risk-takers. Risk-taking involves engaging in activities that are not easy to do for entrepreneurs to achieve set goals. Risk-taking is a distinctive factor […]
What inspired you to start your company? Two main points: When I was in Europe, I realized that the leadership of women is not known or there are very few examples, particularly in entrepreneurship where they are the most important compared to other continents. The second motivation came from experience in the field. Many women are […]
Tell us a little about your team Our team includes one main designer (founder), one main tailor, one assistant and two salespeople. We are all passionate about fashion and the potential of made in Ethiopia products, so we all try our best to do a fantastic job in making quality products and to promote them […]
Book Review Sonya Barlow, award-winning entrepreneur and author of Unprepared to Entrepreneur: A Method to the Madness of Starting Your Own Business, believes times have changed. Today you can launch a successful enterprise with your phone, sell through social media and tap into a whole world of opportunities. In her new book, Sonya takes a […]
Sujata Jaffer runs four companies consecutively including Nexia SJ Tanzania and associated companies Corporate Management Consultants Limited (CMC), International Tax Consultants Limited (ITC) and Corporate and Legal Services Limited (CLS) and provides strategic leadership to 40 professionals. She has strategically led Nexia SJ Tanzania to become a firm serving more than 200 clients. Nexia SJ […]
Quincewood Group Limited is a technology company founded by entrepreneur Fatma Fernandes in Tanzania. The business is focused on the agricultural sector, developing innovations that aim to improve the livelihoods of farmers and even the playing field across the journey from farmer to table. The products developed are done with sustainability in mind. It’s latest […]
By Lionesses of Africa Operations Department During the last three weeks we have written about our frightening and ever changing world. One in which life will never be the same again (it seems) and one in which changes happen not only with increasing size, but with an ever increasing speed. How this will impact in […]
Getting a job is a thrilling experience and as you advance in a career path and as a professional, negotiations take a whole new turn and the approach to these higher roles and negotiating them is as much an art as it is science. This might be an exciting experience as can be unnerving because […]
WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU’VE EVER BEEN GIVEN? Don’t ever give up. Take ownership of your life. People can give you a leg up, but it’s up to you to craft your future. WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY IF YOU COULD? I would have taken bigger risks earlier and been bolder. I should […]
Jeremia Mathebula, Grain SA/Absa/John Deere Financial New Era Commercial Farmer of the Year in 2018, knows that to be competitive and profitable in a farming business means optimising all your resources. From only 10 cows in 2009 and a maize yield of less than 2t/ha in 2010, steady year-on-year growth has resulted in a successful […]