Similar Posts
Warrior Women with Saray Khumalo
Saray Khumalo is the first black African woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest but there’s a lot more to her than that – she’s a sister, a mother, an executive leader and loves creating entrepreneurial businesses out of nothing – especially when also making people’s lives better. Saray is Mandela Day Libraries ambassador…
Best Practice for Small Business
The Small Business Handbook launch took place at Nu Metro Cinemas, Hyde Park on Thursday 2 March. Hlengiwe Mkhize, the Honourable Deputy Minister of Telecommunications, gave the keynote address; backed up by some gritty advice from Nokwazi Mzobe, the book’s author and Founder of Matoyana Business Solutions. There was a lot of women-power in one…
Why Teamwork Matters
“It is not true that I am self-made. Like everyone, to get to where I am, I stood on the shoulders of giants… We all need fuel. Without the assistance, advice, and inspiration of others, the gears of our mind grind to a halt, and we’re stuck with nowhere to go.” Arnold Schwarzenegger In 2016…
Warrior Women with Busisiwe Hlatswayo
Matoyana Media’s next Warrior Women interview is with Career Coach for Black Women in the Workplace, Busisiwe Hlatswayo. Busisiwe also has an MBA and is Head of School for Business Innovation and Technology (BIT) at AFDA. But her start in life was far from easy as we explore in this conversation. Hi Busisiwe, many thanks…
Creative Wisdom
Some real-life entrepreneurial wisdom from Creative Writer, Dominique: “The best way a creative person can be a success is to find a business person who respects their talent and creative ability and dedicates themselves to using their business acumen to make them both successful. Often it’s because they’re focused on creating things other than money,…
The Rise of the Warrior Women
A new documentary with Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o takes us on a fascinating journey as it charts the history of a fierce – but seldom heard of – all female African army. In the 17th and 19th centuries in the Kingdom of Dahomey (modern-day Benin) there was a tribe of warrior women known as the “Agoji”–…