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Timing is everything!  — Lionesses of Africa

By the Lionesses of Africa Operations Department We often hear of ‘first mover advantage’ whereby the first one into a new industry, country or product, the ‘Pathfinder’, has a significant advantage that is not easy to beat. But is that true?  To a certain extent, yes. There is after all a reason we all still […]

Lioness Launch / Burundi-based Margaux Wong launches its beautiful new Joy collection of wearable art pieces — Lionesses of Africa

A highly personal and beautiful new collection of wearable art pieces has been launched by Burundi based designer, Margaux Rusita, founder of Margaux Wong. This new collection of wearable art pieces, Joy, celebrates strength & delight in two exciting capsules: Daisy & Veronica. Joy is named after and dedicated to designer Margaux Rusita’s mother, Joy […]

Rokhaya Diop, an entrepreneur building a new approach to customer service evaluation in Senegal  — Lionesses of Africa

What does your company do? NoterKo specializes in customer service quality evaluation, data collection and capacity building. In 2018, we launched a platform where users can rate the quality of the customer service for private and public companies. The objective is to allow the clients to give feedback and see what other users think about […]

Mayleen Kyster Nduli, an entrepreneurial pioneer of Africa’s steel industry — Lionesses of Africa

Lioness Weekender chatted to Mayleen Kyster Nduli to learn more about her pioneering entrepreneurial journey in Africa’s tough steel and metals sector, and her aspirations for the future. What does your company do? Africa Steel Holdings is a boutique investment holding company with interest across the steel and metals value-chain. What inspired you to start […]

Faith in wool moves mountains for sheep farmers – African Farming

Despite limited resources, Goodman Ginyigazi and Columbus Solani have faced the challenge of farming on communal land head-on. Thanks to their determination, the two farmer friends are making waves in the wool industry and proving that communal farmers can achieve commercial success. Peter Mashala found out more. Nothing is impossible if you love what you […]