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Digital Marketing 101 — Lionesses of Africa

By Geraldine Eve  There are basic questions that you need to answer before you embark on your digital marketing journey, and in this article we shall go through them. You may need a pen and paper or better still just open your notes app on your device and answer the questions. WHY? Many people want to put […]

Levelling the playing field — Lionesses of Africa

By Usha Maharaj  Unemployment rates are on the rise, retrenchments are commonplace, the job market is transforming, and hope turns to despair everyday as graduates face the reality of a saturated job market. Levelling the playing field matters more today than it ever has before.  A past work colleague, let’s call her Cindy, gave me […]

Ijeoma Onuoha, a Nigerian fashion brand builder creating stylish yet affordable fashion for women  — Lionesses of Africa

What does your company do?:  Touchbyasoebigirl is a female fashion brand (parent company Asoebigirl Limited) created to meet the fashion needs of women through affordable but stylish clothing. We fondly refer to our customers as “Touch Woman”. A Touch Woman is a woman that stays stylish regardless of what time or day or occasion it […]

Sandra Mauricio Vuvu, an entrepreneur from the DRC, now building an organic beauty brand in South Africa — Lionesses of Africa

Share a little about your entrepreneurial journey. And do you come from an entrepreneurial background? My mom has been my biggest inspiration and so was my late father Mauricio Vuvu. My passion started mainly seeing how my parents worked well together in their business in Angola whereby they created their own perfume brand many years ago […]

Embrace the Unknown and Unlock Your Hidden Genius by Victoria Labalme — Lionesses of Africa

Book Review Every entrepreneur is in search of inspiration – an innovative idea to elevate their business. In Risk Forward: Embrace the Unknown and Unlock Your Hidden Genius by author Victoria Labalme, she helps you to discover how to embrace uncertainty, trust your intuition and achieve success. In her new book Risk Forward, presentation strategist […]

Nondumiso Pikashe, a South African entrepreneur creating a proud indigenous wine brand (2021) — Lionesses of Africa

Impact Partner Content – Absa Exciting things are happening in South Africa’s winelands with a new generation of entrepreneurs making great wines for the local and global market place and building new brands to watch. Ses’fikile Wines, founded by Nondumiso Pikashe, is one brand making a name for itself and winning fans both locally and […]

Now is the time to focus! — Lionesses of Africa

By the Lionesses of Africa Operations Dept  The world famous free solo (alone and with no rope!) climber Alex Honnold as pictured above (whilst climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock, the 3,200ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park) yes, we’ll just say that again – with no rope, says that often his […]

Beyond their day jobs in the world of Tech, 7 women unpack their private passions sharing their ‘how’ and their ‘why’ — Lionesses of Africa

Location: Lagos  VP, Growth at Software company and founder, Biamo Maternity Designs  Her How: Leverage your relationships Seun Runsewe is a popular name  in Nigeria’s vibrant tech industry having worked with brands such as Paystack and OPay. Her strides in the industry trail her path and she is well respected for leading the development of […]