African Women in Business

Fazielah Allie, 50, grew up in Cape Town in the 1980s and is now majority shareholder and CEO of K9 pet foods, a manufacturer of premium foods for cats and dogs supplying major retail chains. She shares her inspiring story of climbing up a corporate ladder with only her Gr12, high school certificate, to becoming

Shayla was a professional cheerleader for a leading sports team in the USA, cheerleading is a sport in its own right and Shayla relied on high energy, high caffeine drinks to keep her going. The acidic nature of these drinks led to her developing a stomach ulcer…but she loves coffee. Enter Shay Latter Coffee!So she

Vivian Kaye – Most of us saw the ‘Good Hair’ documentary by Chris Rock examining the black hair industry in the USA. Through this we learned that similar to Africa, the hair care industry including extensions and accessories is owned by mostly Asians, and very little black participation especially in the extension market. Vivian’s Kinky

Khulile Ofosu, 44yrs, is a high-flying finance professional in one of the world’s biggest multinationals and co-founder of Sibahle Collection. This uber busy mom of one daughter still found the time to build a high-growth and impact-driven business. We speak to her on how she married passion with profitability as she and her co-founder Caroline

Rita Bunatal is a 25yr old entrepreneur who is UNAPOLOGETIC and FIERCE about her identity as an American of African descent. Born to a Ghanaian mother and a Kenyan father, Rita grew up in the States and started a fashion label whilst she was still in college. Malaika Apparel is a protest label that encourages

Lara Mare is the female majority co-founder and co-owner of Rush Nutrition. Rush Nutrition is the manufacturer of on-the-go natural and raw whole food solutions that are free from toxins and are alternatives from high sugar and artificial energy snacks. Lara is a mom passionate about helping people live their best, healthy lives by eating

Florratt is one of Africa’s leading network marketing businesses with a presence in most of Southern Africa born from the tiny kingdom of Lesotho. We speak to Florratt founder, Mampho Tjabane, about why she chose this distribution model, her establishment of a second factory in Johannesburg and her passion for empowering women. Florratt manufactures their

Why are South African malls teeming with black customers but less than 5% of the stores are black owned? We have a frank conversation with Nobesuthu Ndlovu about the challenges facing black entrepreneurs in the high end retail space like malls. Nobesuthu is candid about her experience with her retail stores, Burgundy Fly, in malls

Nompumelelo Madubedube is a quality freak who when in search for quality human hair wigs ended up sourcing hair herself in India and sewing it herself to ensure high quality human hair wigs that don’t shed. We speak to this young millennial about her wig manufacturing business that has blown up in 3 years and