Lioness Business Agility Series / Live Webinar / In partnership with Absa This has been a tough 18 months for business, and there is still so much uncertainty to deal with. So how do you now make the move from just trying to survive the current ups and downs as a business and instead fast-track […]
by Elizandra dos Santos From a busy life to a new way of living with a lot of calm, we are invited daily to embrace the new. This new is so uncertain that it makes us stop to reflect and rethink issues that before were not considered […]
by Mbalenhle Ndaba The statement that the grass is greener on the other side is a nice line, but it fails to define what is over on the other side once we get there. Those greener pastures may not be as we thought, especially when we no longer have the tools of perspective or experience, […]
Hope Distillery is a small South African distillery in the heart of urban Cape Town. Established by Lucy Beard and her husband, Leigh Lisk, seven years ago as a small-batch gin distillery, Hope Distillery has grown into one of the leaders of the artisanal liquor scene, having grown from distilling its own boutique gin to […]
By Lionesses of Africa Operations Dept Sadly we are not talking of the amazing FemiHandbags; Ruff ’n’ Tumble; House of Tara; Lilly Alfonso; SuzieBeauty and the many other thousands of incredible brands from Lionesses, the labels that just scream quality, trust and passion. Here we look at the labels and the generalizations that then attach […]
Book Review Author Lynda Sunshine West, whose new book The Fearless Entrepreneurs points out that entrepreneurship can be scary, says nothing is set in stone and you either make it or you don’t. There’s no guarantee. She points to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics which shows that approximately 20% of new businesses fail […]
“It is truly a pleasure to present this Commonwealth Points of Light award to Marta Uetela on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen. Her inspiring work with the development of affordable prostheses helps improve and transform people’s quality of life, opening doors for dreams to come true. The impact of Marta’s work goes further still […]
FarmDirect (www.farmdirect.africa), a new marketing platform for agricultural produce, will now allow farmers to market their farm produce directly to consumers. A collaborative effort between Media24’s farming brand Landbouweekblad, agricultural software company Agrista, and OENA Group, the new platform allows farmers to not only list their produce, but also provides them with the opportunity to […]
The Agbiz Grain Symposium will be taking place virtually from 21 to 23 September 2021. The theme of this year’s symposium is ‘The grain handling and storage sector beyond 2021’. Key speakers include Prof Johann Kirsten, Ted Blom, Dr John Purchase, Prof Ferdi Meyer, Wandile Sihlobo, and Arlan Suderman. DATE: 20 to 23 September 2021 TIME: 9:00 to 11:30 daily […]
Baby vegetables, peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, orchards, small livestock, cattle… The list goes on. Tshepiso Mametja, owner of Maswele Farming in Limpopo, has a lot on her plate but she makes it work. Lindiwe Sithole, host of African Farming Season 2, meets this incredible female farmer who dares to dream big. Tshepiso Mametja grew up on […]