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Ipeleng Kwadi – African Farming

CATTLEIpeleng Kwadi, Brits, North West Because it is now winter and the grass has dried off, cattle need a supplement to get sufficient nutrients. The fodder-flow plan has been in place from the beginning of May, in preparation for the dry season. For our supplementary feed, we give the cows sufficient protein to increase their […]

Vaccinate and educate to manage risks – African Farming

For Lindiwe Sithole, host of African Farming Season 2, visiting the Eastern Cape in all its splendour is only the beginning of an insightful journey. She gets the opportunity to see the large farming enterprise that Mandla Mandlendoda and his brother, Johnston, runs in the province.  Dr Thapelo Makae, a veterinarian with Elanco, was just […]

Managing fodder feed flow successfully – African Farming

An excited Lindiwe Sithole, host of African Farming Season 2, travels to the beautiful Eastern Cape to visit the large farming enterprise of Mandla and Johnston Mandlendoda. The brothers take her on a tour of their farmlands, showing her the various wildlife species that call it home. Running such a multifaceted enterprise takes a lot […]

In the thick of it – why women are such exceptional leaders during a crisis — Lionesses of Africa

by Linda Zuze (PhD) When your company is in free fall, or when painful retrenchment discussions are underway, and when productivity is at an all-time low, who would you put in charge? Well, it turns out that women are considered better leaders during complex times. That’s right. Opportunities for promotion actually improve for women when […]

Lioness Launch / Female-founded African startup and legal technology company, life.file launches to help people handle the legal parts of life and death — Lionesses of Africa

life.file is a female-founded African startup and legal technology company launched by Claire Keet and Sinal Govender. They are on a simple mission to reimagine the way that people experience the legal parts of life and death. The law is a guest at life’s best and worst moments – like starting a business, beginning or […]

Faraja Nyalandu, a Tanzanian social entrepreneur passionate about education — Lionesses of Africa

 In 2013, Faraja established Shule Direct, a thriving organisation providing comprehensive web and mobile educational platforms offering national curriculum based learning content across multiple subjects to over a million in and out of school youth. The enterprise now hosts Tanzania’s 1st Start up incubator for young women entrepreneurs for their personal and professional development and […]