Next on the programme was a woman entrepreneur who knows all about growing successful businesses across a range of business sectors. Gwen Mahuma is the Director of Mahuma Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd, or MIH as it is better known, an investment company with interests in South Africa’s Steel and Infrastructure sectors. Gwen is someone who […]
What does your company do? Executive Nails is a space dedicated to the treatment of hands and feet. What inspired you to start your company? Bringing a difference to the Mozambican market as it is a premium space with investment in refinement, dedication, and implementation of unique details such as gourmet catering service and excellence […]
Share a little about your entrepreneurial journey. And do you come from an entrepreneurial background? I am from a banking family with grandad, dad, mom, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters working in a bank. This corporate life never appealed to me, which is why I explored the digital advertising industry for most of my career […]
by Sylvia Walker Whether you’re starting a new business, or on your way to success, managing the money aspect can be tough. In the early stages, you are the business and lines are easily blurred between your personal and business finances. You may find yourself paying for business expenses from your personal bank account, or […]
by Anja van Beek Conscious Living, Leadership, Wellbeing Emotions and the workplace don’t always mix well, but they can if you learn how to deal with them. “It is not the fittest that survive but the ones that can best adapt to their environment,” writes Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species. Over the last few months, […]
by Naike Moshi My personal branding journey started 6 months ago; I did not understand what it meant to have a personal brand. I have been busy promoting my business brands for the last 8 years and have been behind the scenes for a while. People are aware of my brands – CVPeople Tanzania and […]
by Lionesses of Africa Operations Department Over the past two weeks, we have looked at what excites PE Investors at the back end of your business (production, supply etc) as you come to them to catapult your business into the next stage of its growth. We then looked at the front or sharp end of […]
Israel Nemaorani, a pioneer black farmer, started farming vegetables in Tshivhilwi outside Thohoyandou in the 1990s and took title to his land in 1994. In 1996 he began to transform the 202ha farm into what is today a successful black-owned commercial citrus farm. Sadly, Israel passed on in 2019. His son, Lavhengwa Nemaorani, intends to […]
WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER BEEN GIVEN? When I graduated, my dad told me, in whatever field I wanted to achieve, I should do three things: plan, implement and maintain. He also advised me to work hard and to stay away from politics. WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY IF YOU COULD? […]
by Nontobeko Mbuyane I have been told on several occasions, “you always land gracefully on your feet,” even from people that are close to me. If gracefully landing is defined by falling forward, becoming flexible in the face of turmoil in my life, being pushed backward and then standing in the uncomfortable truth of the […]