The Creative Womxn Hookup is a great and safe space for women in the creative industry to meet and discuss or share ideas and advice on how to excel in their chosen careers, as well as do business together and collaborate. Pioneered by creative entrepreneur Landa Willie, the hookup has had three successful installments inContinue reading “Collaborations and Doing Business Through The Creative Womxn Hookup”
Category Archives: Business
Lebo Mphela Pioneers Black Owned Nail Polish Brand in South Africa
Nail grooming is a very important part of most women’s lives because women feel great when they have their nails filed and polished. It is also comes as no surprise that nail grooming is unisex as men have also started to take nail grooming seriously, salons and nails bars have had an influx of menContinue reading “Lebo Mphela Pioneers Black Owned Nail Polish Brand in South Africa”
Threads Stitched By Standard Bank: The Business Of Fashion Accelerator Programme
The global Fashion industry today is worth 3 trillion USD however, Sub-Sahara Africa accounts for only 1% of that. Of all the potential obstacles to growing this market in South Africa, it seems creative talent and exposure are the least of what hinders upcoming fashion brands from thriving on the international scene, access to financeContinue reading “Threads Stitched By Standard Bank: The Business Of Fashion Accelerator Programme”
African Women Awards Nominees Announced
African Women Awards founded by Carol Nyazika and Lisa Chiriseri will be hosting the second Award ceremony on 3 December in Harare at a venue that will be announced soon. The awards were launched on the 7th of November 2015 at Meikles Hotel in Harare with the aim of recognizing, celebrating and honoring powerful andContinue reading “African Women Awards Nominees Announced”
The Fashion Torch Incubation Hub Launch
After three months of product testing, evaluation and thorough research, on 25th June 2016 my friends at Fashion Torch Africa officially launched East and Central Africa’s first Business incubation and mentor ship hub for fashion and and creative arts brands and ideas. FTA HUB works with a vision of Growing Africa Fashion and creative artsContinue reading “The Fashion Torch Incubation Hub Launch”
Tropics Voices Ambassadors
I am so happy to announce that a couple of awesome human beings and I have been selected as Tropics Voices Ambassadors by South African based media group called Tropics Media.We will be sharing our stories on http://www.tropics-magazine.com stay tuned and follow our articles on different topics.
Ideas Expo 2015
“It all starts with an idea, right?” I believe that this is exactly the statement that sparked the creation of the Ideas Expo 5 years ago founded by young Africans from Botswana Calvin and Tumiso. When opening the expo Tumiso highlighted that they wanted to use creativity to provide solutions. The world has become soContinue reading “Ideas Expo 2015”
Africa Reign: Ruramai Musekiwa
Ruramai Musekiwa is a creative activist who’s passionate about art life and effecting positive social change through creative mediums and campaigns. She is a graphic designer by trade, writer, visual artist and aspirant muso. “Rudo” as she is affectionately known strives to find the balance between an extremely philanthropic business model and a focused profitable value proposition. “Sibahle”which meansContinue reading “Africa Reign: Ruramai Musekiwa”
Africa Reign: Kagiso Koyabe
Kagiso Koyabe, is an Economist with a degree from the University of Johannesburg, entrepreneur and designer from Botswana. A South African graffiti artist who told Kagiso about the history of the Hip Hop Culture in Southern Africa and taught him about design, materials and art inspired Kagiso to start an urban lifestyle company called LuckyContinue reading “Africa Reign: Kagiso Koyabe”
Africa Reign: Belinda Phofu
Belinda Phofu is a 21 year old creative entrepreneur and alternative jewelry designer. Belinda’s brand SIIC,which stands for Style Is InCalculable, is an alternative jewelry brand that was created in 2012. She began making jewelry in 2012, which was the year she had to take a gap year because her mom couldn’t afford to send meContinue reading “Africa Reign: Belinda Phofu”
Afrikan Princess 