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Interview with Regina Agyare, Ghanaian Tech Entrepreneur
A coder who loves a challenge, Regina is using tech to help local business and create the next generation of innovators in rural areas…
Interview with Kenya’s ‘SupaMama’ Entrepreneur
“Entrepreneurship is similar to motherhood. It doesn’t come with a manual. You go with your gut feeling, and believe that you are good at what you do.”
My 8 Secrets to a Successful Career & Thriving Life
One of Africa’s rising professional women – Mwamvita Makamba – shares her reflection on 2012 and intentions for an even greater year in 2013. Learn from her personal experience and success, not only as a single mom but in the fast-paced business world…
It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Knows You: the Mentor Effect
Kenyan native Angela Oguna Oruoch is a shining example of the immense power of mentors, sponsors and a network. From Nairobi, to engineering school at University of Kansas, to her first job as an electrical engineer at a global company, it was the support along the way that gave her courage, guidance and the ability to succeed…
Giving Women the Edge in South Africa: BWASA
BWASA is a catalyst for the transformation of the lives of women of South Africa as well as the entire continent…
Investment Banking from London to Nairobi
I remember, it was the year 2000 and I had just graduated from my Masters in Law in Banking and Finance in 1999. What was my motivation then? I don’t think I had any. But London’s bright lights were calling…
Be So Good at What You Do That Gender Won’t Matter
Funmi has lived out this advice out and continues to be an example in her growing success. She does this by keeping the client’s vision and end goal in mind, having fun and being bold in her work and ideas…
Tap Into Your Intrinsic Nature, Further Your Business
GUEST CONTRIBUTOR: NJERI RIONGE
Executive Director, Ignite Consulting and Investment Ltd. Nairobi, Kenya
The intrinsic nature of women is to nurture, harmonize and align, wanting to make good everything we do. This is possible, of course, only if you have the requisite confidence to engage in self-reflection, acknowledge and accept your weaknesses, and are ready to embark on developing…
Start a Business to Make a Positive Impact
“[Entrepreneurship] gives you the opportunity to make a positive impact – if you’re not happy with the way things look or are done, start a business to change it!”
And that’s exactly what Elizabeth Kimotho did!
Even though both of her parents are business owners, entrepreneurship in Kenya can have negative connotations, typically viewed as something people do when they can’t…