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The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence and Balance in Starting Your Own Business by Lisa Bonner — Lionesses of Africa

Book Review The LegaliTEAs of Entrepreneurship: The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence and Balance in Starting Your Own Business by Lisa Bonner is a must-have “how to” guide that gives you the tea on starting and maintaining your own business from a legal perspective, dispensed with a side of practical, first-hand advice that every entrepreneur needs.  […]

Chilufya Mutale, a champion of women’s empowerment through entrepreneurship — Lionesses of Africa

LoA spoke to the inspirational Chilufya Mutale to learn more about what drives her in business to create greater access to economic opportunity for women through entrepreneurship. What does your company do? PremierCredit is a financial technology company that operates an online microlending and investment platform in emerging markets across Southern Africa. We are currently […]

Safeguarding operations against the unexpected – African Farming

A wetter-than-usual summer has been a mixed blessing to farmers in the summer rainfall areas. Some regions experienced flooding and farmers were forced to delay planting or, in some cases, switch to another commodity. African Farming presenter Tony Ndoro asked Nico Groenewald, Standard Bank’s head of agribusiness, how farmers could safeguard their operations against the […]

Hedge against the unexpected – African Farming

This week African Farming visited Amos Njoro, who farms maize and soya beans in the Vaal. Although he was not hit as hard as some farmers were by this season’s unusually high rainfall, Njoro says his input costs have doubled. Raised on a small-scale farm in Zimbabwe, African Farming’s new presenter, Tony Ndoro, is no […]

Auction houses and farmers benefit from improved veld – African Farming

Tony Ndoro, African Farming’s new presenter, is keen to get to grips with the challenges farmers face countrywide. Considering the past season’s unusually heavy rains, he spoke to Vleissentraal’s guest speaker Louis Steyl, the CEO of Bonsmara SA, about the influence of weather patterns on the livestock trade.  Farmers are reliant on favourable weather to […]

Herd health in a wet season – African Farming

African Farming presenter Tony Ndoro herded his father’s cattle from a young age and is familiar with the disease challenges that above-average rainfall can bring. He asked Afrivet’s Dr Baty Dungu what livestock farmers should do to protect their animals during times of heavy rains.  The best thing farmers can do for their animals is […]

Dealing with unexpected heavy rainfall – African Farming

Host Tony Ndoro discusses the topic of unexpected heavy rainfall with panel experts, Managing Director of Lemang Agricultural Services Praveen Dwarika, Dr. Baty Dungu, Veterinary Specialist from Afrivet, Louis Steyl CEO of Bonsmara SA on behalf of Vleissentraal and Nico Groenewald, Head of Agribusiness at Standard Bank. Source link