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Africa has a growing problem: a large population of youth and working-age people with limited employment opportunities. She Leads Africa co-founder Afua Osei joins host Landry Signé to discuss the role entrepreneurs play in closing that gap. Highlighting the importance of technological access, the Africa diaspora and the outsourcing of digital talent, Osei offers insights and solutions into how African entrepreneurs and policymakers can narrow the divide. Show notes and transcript Foresight Africa podcast is part of the Brookings Podcast Network. Subscribe and listen on Apple, Spotify, Afripods, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback email to podcasts@brookings.edu.

Welcome to the "News of the Entrepreneurs Talk Africa" podcast where our founders Marc, Jason, and Gerald explore the dynamic world of African entrepreneurship. They kickstart the series by delving into the current state of startup funding, the rise of generative AI, the shift in venture capital mindsets, and the impressive surge in female entrepreneurship across the continent.Timeline00:00:06 - Introduction to the podcast and hosts.00:00:57 - The trio begins their discussion on the current funding situation for startups in Africa.00:11:07 - Jason emphasizes the importance of investment opportunities for growth in fragmented ecosystems like Africa.00:12:34 - Gerald introduces a paradigm shift in companies' utilization of investment funds.00:13:47 - Jason points out investment opportunities from grant-giving organizations.00:16:39 - Marc shares details about the Africa Business Heroes program from the Jack Ma Foundation.00:19:04 - Gerald explores the expanding presence of tech hubs and incubators in emerging African markets.00:21:55 - The team dives into the importance and utilization of generative AI for African entrepreneurs.00:26:40 - Jason argues that AI has become a necessary tool for all businesses.00:28:04 - Jason provides insights into investment trends and prospects in Africa.00:30:46 - The hosts discuss the rise of female entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa.ReferencesGenerative AI: Explore further about AI on OpenAI and Technology Review's Article on GPT-4, as well as AI initiatives by Google and Microsoft.Discover thriving African entrepreneurs at FCB dot AI, She Leads Africa, Lionesses of Africa, and African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative.Venture Capital: Know more about Savvy, Fred Swaniker from ALU, and African tech hubs.Female Entrepreneurship: Learn about it from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Soul Rebels.Additional resources: African Business Angel Network, DEG Developed PPP Ventures program, Go-Getters Agri Prize, Agri Hack, Africa Business Heroes program, Rwanda tech hubs: KLab, [Impact Hub Kigali](https://impacthub.rwEnjoy! And let us know what you think about this new season!

This episode provides an understanding of why is growing a global audience for your business important, creating space for other women when it comes to navigating the corporate space, and breaking it down to generate revenue. Afua Osei is a Partnerships Strategist helping digital entrepreneurs build the skills, systems and confidence to work with their dream brands. As a Co-Founder os She Leads Africa, Afua built the team and relationships to generate nearly $1M in corporate revenue through innovate brand partnerships with global brands such as Facebook, Google, Unilever, Visa and L'Oreal. Connect with Afua Osei! • Afua Osei Instagram • www.afuaosei.com/hello To stay in touch and receive exclusive content make sure you sign up to the newsletter! Please make sure to rate and review this episode to bring more awareness✨ and tag @bauseitup & @yessibause so we can share on Instagram stories!

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Today's guest is Afua Osei. Afua is a partnerships strategist and co-founder of She Leads Africa. She has created remarkable brands both for She Leads Africa and personally. In this episode, Afua shares her journey from being a US citizen growing an incredible African brand and advice for young entrepreneurs looking to start or grow their own brands. Tune in to hear her story here. Sign up to get the latest updates from us HERE. Let us know what you think of this episode by sharing it on Instagram or Twitter and tagging us @shebrigade Please also subscribe, follow and leave us a review on whichever platform you're listening on. www.shebrigade.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shebrigade/message

She Leads Africa co-founder Yasmin Belo-Osagie stopped by to discuss the Derek Chauvin verdict, the Ma'Khia Bryant shooting, and the recent revelation about Nipplegate.

In this episode, I'm joined by Afua Osei Co-founder of She Leads Africa, a digital lifestyle platform for millennial multicultural women and Partnerships Strategist helping digital entrepreneurs scale. Born in the DMV to Ghanaian parents Afua has lived, worked and built a business in Nigeria. Here she shares her top tips for digital entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses with corporate clients, individuals in the diaspora on building businesses in Africa and more. www.afuaosei.com @helloafua

Episode 69: Entrepreneur & Global Growth Coach, Afua Osei talks about becoming the Co-Founder of Motherland Mogul Media and She Leads Africa. She also chats about her passion for helping people build their brands. Afua Osei shares advice on how to overcome the word “NO” as well, plus more! Get inspired!

Chika Russell is an international entrepreneur, mentor and speaker. After 10 years working in finance and banking and qualifying as a management accountant, she went on to launch CHIKA'S. Born out of three simple principles: good food, good ethos and good causes – these are snacks with soul. The CHIKA'S range of African-inspired, boldly-flavoured snacks proved mainstream consumer demand for African foods that immediately struck a chord with retailers like Wholefoods, Waitrose, Holland & Barrett's and Ocado, establishing CHIKA'S as the leader in this space.In 2015, Chika Russell took part in BBC's Dragons Den and gave what Deborah Meaden described as ‘one of the best pitches ever'. The battle between the 5 Dragons for a stake in the business was the most-watched episode of the whole series. In a short period, Chika Russell has grown her business, and is now listed in an impressive 3,000 retail stockists in the UK and internationally, also including airlines and hotels. In July 2015, she launched her snacks for change programme to help send more girls to school. A supporter of girls in education since 2000, in 2019 she formalised a partnership with World Vision empowering girls with the bold aim of supporting 38,000 girls through their education by 2025.In 2019, we recognised Chika as one of the Top 30 Inspiring UK Entrepreneurs. She has also been recognised as a ‘Consumer Business Rising Star' by the Black British Business Awards and a future leader by She Leads Africa. CHIKA'S was ranked in the top 50 start-ups in the U.K and she has also represented female-led SMEs at 10 Downing Street's Women in Business events.You can order these tasty CHIKA'S snacks online or in a variety of retailers including Waitrose, Ocado & Co-Op.HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE INTERVIEW:We'll begin with talking about you and your journey before you took the step of creating your own brand. Can you tell us about your background in business before founding CHIKA'S Foods? (1:23)Deciding to create your own business is a big step for any entrepreneur. Were you worried about taking that step and backing yourself? (4:15)You then appear on Dragon's Den and deliver a pitch that Deborah Meaden described as one of the best pitches ever. You get offers from all of the Dragons but decided back yourself and turn them down. Could you talk us through why you made that decision and the process of appearing on the show? (6:06)2020 had been a difficult year for businesses of all sizes. Has your business been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and has it changed your outlook on the business? (12:34)Many business leaders are talking about the lack of diversity in different sectors. Do you think more needs to be done to encourage the representation of females and minorities in the sector you operate? (16:27)The CHIKA'S Foods brand is closely associated with World Vision. Why was that specific cause so important to you and can you tell us a little about the partnership? (20:04)Putting 2020 behind of you and focusing on 2021, what are you looking forward to most in the next 12 months? (25:32)What would be your advice to people watching who may be thinking of taking the same step you did and launching their own business? (26:50)When are we going to see you on Dragon's Den, in a chair as a Dragon? (28:59)Click here to watch other Business Leader Insight interviews and be sure to check our Virtual Events page for upcoming interviews and events.Be sure to subscribe to the Business Leader YouTube channel for more interviews with some of the UK's leading business figures.

Afua Osei is an entrepreneur and global growth coach helping digital entrepreneurs think beyond their borders and build global brands. As a Co-Founder of She Leads Africa, Afua has built a digital lifestyle platform for millennial multicultural women reaching more than 800,000 women across 100+ countries. In addition to building a thriving community, Afua has built international partnerships with brands like Facebook, Google, Unilever and L’Oreal to design culturally relevant and data driven engagement campaigns. In December 2016, her company was the first African led startup to ring the Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Born and raised in the Washington DC area, Afua previously served as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company and graduated with a Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago, studied international management at the London School of Economics, and graduated cum laude from Allegheny College. Join my tribe to receive exclusive offers and resources straight to your email. Connect with Jacent: At WamalaWellness.com On Instagram On Youtube SUBSCRIBE | The Jacent’s Gems Podcast On Anchor.fm On Apple Podcasts --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jacentsgems/support

What does it take to build a global brand? In today’s episode, we meet Afua Osei, the Co-Founder of She Leads Africa. In 2012, Afua decided to take an internship in Nigeria and fell in love. Born Raised in the DMV area, this move had her family looking at her sideways. 8 years later, she and her partner Yasmine have built a global digital lifestyle platform that has reached more than 800,000 millennial

Charlyn Kentaro Otim is a young Ugandan entrepreneur who is very passionate about natural hair. She founded the Kentaro Handmade Organics while she was still working full-time in legal research. Kentaro today, is an award-winning maker of organic handmade products which are free of chemicals. These products range from shampoos, hair treatment, moisturizing creams and oils. She uses local Ugandan ingredients such as cocoa butter, shea butter, avocado, cow ghee, hibiscus and mujaaja extracts. Charlyn, with her Kentaro Homemade Organics, has received international recognition from CNN, All Africa, and She Leads Africa.

This week I should have been in Iceland to host the Selfmade Summit. Instead, I hosted the 5-day online course “How to Succeed in the Next Normal in Online Business”.  Over a whole week, the speakers from the Selfmade Summit and some special guests joined me to share how the last three months have changed their lives and businesses and what the NEXT NORMAL means to them.  Are you ready to hear some mind-blowing insights?  Then tune in and listen to Denise Duffield-Thomas, Lisa Larter, Suzy Ashworth, Elena Herdieckerhoff, Claudia Chan, Joanne Sweeney, Lorraine Dallmeier, Dr. Natalia Wiechowski, Gwen Lane, Molly Pittman, Nnenna Kalu Makanjuola, Caitlin Bacher, Ashley Crouch, Kirsten Stendevad, and Ann Wilson.    Connect with the Speakers of the Selfmade Summit   Elena Herdieckerhoff Elena is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and successful TEDx Speaker with nearly 3 million views on YouTube. In her TEDx talk, she explains why we need to change the prevalent cultural narrative around highly sensitive people. As a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and acclaimed Intuitive Coach and Business Mentor since 2014, she empowers other HSP's around the world to turn their sensitivity into their greatest asset in life and business. Her big mission is to create a “love revolution” led by caring souls to effect global change and raise human consciousness to the next level.   Watch her TEDx talk here.   Elena is a dear friend and mastermind buddy since 6 years. She has spoken twice at SIGRUN LIVE and received raving testimonials from my audience. Claudia Chan Claudia is the founder of an award-winning leadership conference, S.H.E. Summit, that has made advancing women, diversity and inclusion both accessible and actionable since 2012. She is also the author of the bestselling business book, THIS IS HOW WE RISE: Reach Your Highest Potential, Empower Women, Lead Change in the World. In her book, she coined the term, “Whole-life leadership,” as a more accessible, whole-life integrated approach and gender-traits-balanced definition. Her book was celebrated as a “2018 must-read for any woman and for many men” by CNBC, featured in The New York Times and listed in the top six on 800-CEO-Read. She was also named one of eight UN Women Champions for Innovation. Claudia has been one of my advisors for the Selfmade Summit conference and movement. Check out her book.  Joanne Sweeney Joanne is a two-time author, founder of Public Sector Marketing Pros and host of Ireland's only Public Sector Digital Marketing Summit. Specialising in digital communications for government agencies, Joanne's books are used by police forces, universities and public sector bodies across the world to instruct them how to communicate in the Digital Age. Her latest book Public Sector Marketing Pro was named best new PR Book of 2020 by Book Authority and is a finalist in the British Book Awards for Best International Business Book. She has also developed her own online certified training programmes. Joanne is also a trainer and consultant and works directly with government agencies across the world. Most recently with national and local Government in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. She is the preferred social media trainer for the EPP Group in the European Parliament who have 181 MEPs from across 27 member states. Last month she had an international ocean research conference trend on Twitter in Brussels. Joanne is also a podcaster and vlogger and author of the national study The State of Social Media in the Public Sector, an analysis of Ireland's public sector social media footprint. Joanne was my VIP Mastermind client in 2018 and I helped her identify her niche and now she is an authority in her niche. She is my go-to person when I want to talk about crisis communication. Watch our recent chat on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEwZQqHidTo   Lorraine Dallmeier Lorraine Dallmeier is the CEO of Formula Botanica, the award-winning online organic cosmetic science school, which has trained thousands of organic cosmetic formulators to start or grow their own indie beauty brand in 160+ countries around the world. Lorraine won the Digital Achiever of the Year award for the beauty industry at the 2018 CEW Achiever Awards, judged by Google, and has been voted into the top influencers list in the natural beauty industry for 5 years running. Lorraine is a dear friend and mastermind buddy since 6 years and has been a frequent guest on the Sigrun Show and a special speaker at my mastermind retreats.     Suzy Ashworth  Suzy Ashworth is a renowned Hay House author, serial entrepreneur, a business growth strategist specializing in mindset and messaging and a mum of 3, who helps female entrepreneurs increase their intention, impact and income with grace and ease. With work that has been featured in Forbes, The Guardian and on the BBC she helps her global client base create powerful messaging that converts browsers into buyers and builds a tribe of superfans for their businesses. Over the last four years, Suzy has supported almost 1,500 female entrepreneurs through online and in-person mentoring. She runs a number of retreats and events including Limitless Live, an annual one-day event which connects, inspires and motivates women into taking themselves and their businesses to the next level of success. Suzy was my 1-1 client in 2016 when she got offered to be a Hay House author and was starting her second business in marketing and mindset after being a calm birth educator.     Dr. Natalia Wiechowski  Before Natalia became a LinkedIn strategist and personal branding expert, she was a doctor of philosophy and worked as a library manager in the United Arab Emirates, but soon moved into marketing. By the time she was 29, she realized that she was living an illusion. “I always thought I'll be happy in my next job, without understanding what happiness really means to me.” She felt miserable, quit her job, went on a 9-month sabbatical and finally found her dream lifestyle and career. She has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Entrepreneur Middle East, Khaleej Times, Cosmopolitan Middle East and more! Natalia recently published her first book in English and German called Personal Branding mit LinkedIn: Die Think Natalia-Methode https://amzn.to/3dZR9sW Gwen Lane  Gwen Lane is a travel and lifestyle influencer from Los Angeles, CA who founded The LA Girl, a community for millennial women in 2014. She's worked with Fortune500 brands like Disney, Facebook, Google, Starbucks, American Airlines and more. She is now a business coach for influencers who want to grow their following and monetize through brand sponsorships and digital offers. Her mission is to help people increase their influence, income and impact. Gwen and I became friends some years ago when we met a conference in California. She and her husband got married in Switzerland and did their honeymoon in Iceland. And she was one of the first to apply to speak at the Selfmade Summit.     Molly Pittman  Molly Pittman is a leading digital marketing strategist, educator and entrepreneur and has trained more than 20,000 people across the globe. Molly specialises in paid traffic and especially Facebook Ads, and recently became CEO of SmartMarketer. By the age of 24, she had risen from being an intern to a VP at an 8-figure digital marketing company. Now running her own business, she offers her students marketing resources, training and support at TrainMyTrafficPerson.com & TeamTraffic.com. Molly recently published her first book called Click Happy, about her journey in life and business. Learn about it here https://amzn.to/2UKbhaV   Nnenna Kalu Makanjuola Nnenna is the founder and editor-in-chief of Radiant Health Magazine. Her lifelong commitment to improving health outcomes for Africans began with her work as a pharmacist. Wanting to make a larger impact, she transitioned to the public health sector starting as an intern at the World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva where she helped to develop data for the WHO Global Infobase, a country-level database of non-communicable disease risk factors. Nnenna has been featured in How We Made It in Africa, Voice of America, YNaija's Leading Ladies Africa, She Leads Africa and was recently named one of 41 Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs Putting the Country on the Global Business Map by Lionesses of Africa. She was also a media panel speaker at the 24th Annual Wharton Africa Business Forum at The Wharton School. Nnenna worked with me 1-1 in 2016 to launch her magazine as an app. Now her magazine Radiant Health Magazine is available in stores around the United States. Lisa Larter Lisa Larter is a Business Strategist, Digital Marketing Expert, Author and Speaker. Lisa is a master at integrating modern marketing with effective business strategy to capture leads and revenue growth opportunities. The Lisa Larter Group helps their clients to formulate marketing strategies that support their business goals and objectives. Lisa provides consulting & advisory services, and implementation services including: social media & content management, book marketing, and website design. Lisa and I met online in December 2014 and she was my client for a whole year and then I decided to work with her in 2016. Since then we've been friends and from time to time we mastermind together. She recently spoke at my VIP & RED Circle Mastermind Retreat and my clients loved it.   Caitlin Bacher Caitlin Bacher is a mom, wife, and CEO of a multi-million dollar business that helps online course creators generate consistent, scalable revenue without launching. As a busy mom and course creator, Caitlin did not have time for stressful, expensive launches. She ignored the advice of all the “popular launch gurus” and carved out her own path, determined to create a million dollar course without launching. Now she has helped hundreds of course creators do the same inside her signature program. Caitlin and I met in January 2017 when we both joined a new mastermind group. She had just made $250K the year before and I $340K and both of us were able to scale our businesses to $1M that same year. Ashley Crouch  Ashley Crouch is an international speaker on leadership, publicity strategy, and entrepreneurship. She has presented to audiences at Princeton University, University of Texas at Austin, Altitude Summit, WeWork, DocuSign, SheWorx, United Healthcare, Author Advantage LIVE, Women Empowerment Expo, and Lady Project National Summit. She is the author of the #1 International Bestselling Book, Unknown To Unforgettable: How To Stop Playing Small, Land National Media Attention, And Position Yourself As A Power Player and host of the podcast, Prowess: Stories of Leaders Who Have An Edge. She was a Forbes Under 30 Nominee for 2017 in Social Entrepreneurship and lives in Malibu, CA. Ashley's writing appears in Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, Fast Company, TIME.com, Huffington Post, Refinery29, Bust, and she has trained over 2000 people worldwide on visibility and publicity strategy.   Denise Duffield-Thomas  Denise Duffield-Thomas is the Money Mindset Mentor or the new wave of entrepreneurs. Her books Lucky Bitch, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch and the newly published, Chillpreneur (Hay House) give a fresh and funny road-map to create an outrageously successful life and business. Denise helps women create wealth through her mindset courses and practical wisdom on releasing money blocks. Denise's event in London in February 2015 was the first business event I attended as an online entrepreneur. It was exactly at the right time for me because I had just had a very successful quarter and was dealing with money mindset issues for the first time in my business. Since that event and by reading her books I was able to overcome many of my money mindset issues.   Kirsten Stendevad Kirsten Stendevad is a visionary leader specialized in 21st Century leadership, feminine leadership and leadership based on the feminine model. She is the (co-)author of 7 trendsetting books which she has lectured about at Harvard Business School, MIT, McKinsey & Company and more. Kirsten is the transformational mentor of ambitious female entrepreneurs and change makers and train formal and informal leaders in “Feminine Century” leadership. She has an MA from University of Copenhagen and New School for Social Research and is a Certified Kundalini-Yoga Instructor and Evolutionary Coach. She has spent half of her life in international environments, including 12 years in Brussels and 10 years in New York City. She currently serves a global audience out of Copenhagen, Denmark and is the mother of three, whereof two on Earth and one in Heaven. Ann Wilson Ann Wilson is a best-selling author of The Wealth Chef, Wealth Expert on the hit Channel 4 TV series “Save Well – Spend Better”. She is a trainer, speaker, entrepreneur and financial empowerment activist – that helps people master this vital life ingredient called money and use it to create freedom of choice, so they can live the life they really want. Ann's first career was as a civil engineer during which she worked all over the world on mega transport infrastructure projects. - Achieving all she wanted to in the engineering world and having created her own financial freedom by learning how to invest and create assets – Ann decided to leave the infrastructure world and instead focus on helping thousands break free from debt, financial restriction and anxiety by teaching people how to manage money better and learn how to create real wealth generating assets. In the process she became a bestselling author, TV star, an internationally renowned speaker and created a million US$ online training business through which she is also helping people master their money stuff, so they can get out and live their greatest lives with money supporting rather than enslaving them. She has been featured in The Sunday Times, The Sunday Express, Psychologies, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Woman's Health, The Huffington Post among others and is regularly interviewed on radio and TV around the world.   Doors to SOMBA Are Open! You know that now is the time to take your business online, but you don't know where to start?  SOMBA is the only comprehensive 12 month program providing the support you need to build and scale your online business. You get a whole year of support and training that shows you step-by-step how to generate results in your service-based online business. Doors are open now for a limited amount of time.  Click here to learn more.    Selfmade Summit 2021 in Reykjavik, Iceland Yes, the Selfmade Summit is happening! We just had to postpone it by a year. It will take place on June 22nd to 23rd, 2021.  Join me at the premier international conference for women entrepreneurs and experience 2 transformational days of online business strategy, mindset breakthroughs and meaningful networking to propel your business forward.  Have these amazing insights from our speakers inspired you? Get your ticket for the Selfmade Summit now and don't miss out on hearing them speak live on stage.  Get my ticket for the Selfmade Summit 2021   Please share, subscribe and review Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Sigrun Show. If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the show. Click here to learn how to leave a review, then head over to Apple Podcasts for your chance to win a special thank you gift!

Customer generated content or CGC is a powerful marketing tool that is highly effective in customer conversions.  Studies show that  consumers are heavily reliant on CGC for important insights on a product and for making purchasing decisions. Research also found that consumers have more faith in CGC than they do in advertising.  Digital marketing and eCommerce expert, Joanna Steele, developed a CGC strategy for Argos shares valuable information on how to harness the power of CGC through reviews.  TAKEAWAY #1 - Customers trust other customers. TAKEAWAY #2 - Customers want to see all reviews - the good, the bad and the ugly. TAKEAWAY #3 - eCommerce websites should have at least 15 reviews per product. TAKEAWAY #4 - Incorporate CGC into the whole customer journey.  TAKEAWAY #5 - Use CGC to improve everything about your product. Joanna Diana Steele is a Digital Marketing & eCommerce Consultant, Trainer & International Public Speaker. She has over 15+ years of digital experience helping multi-million pound UK brands like Argos, London 2012 Olympics and Mothercare engage consumers with award-winning campaigns and experiences, build online communities and increase sales. She was nominated for a TechWomen 50 Award in 2017, which recognises emerging tech talent in the UK and writes a column for She Leads Africa – a community that helps young African women achieve their professional dreams with engaging online content and pan-African events. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dimax – A digital agency that unifies creativity and technology, helping businesses in Central & West Africa to become digitally focused to drive growth. The Dimax vision is to be the No.1 digital agency in Africa. Her passions are Africa, tech and travel. She is also a big music fan and loves football supporting North London's finest Spurs.   Connect with Joanna Steele:  Linkedin - www.linkedin.com/in/misssteele/ Website - www.dimaxdigital.com Instagram - @joanna.diana.steele Twitter - @misssteele   Sponsors: Kurious Digital The eCommerce platform we use to run all our eCommerce businesses. If you are in the market for a new eCommerce platform, check it out. Their new monthly subscription service has made this even more accessible. Have a look at it, check out the demo. Lightbulb Light bulb agency is an end to end eCommerce business that anything that you don't really want to do or have the expertise to do with eCommerce. It offers a range of services such as research product, create website, marketing, generate traffic, customer service, picking and fulfilment.  Lightbulb ship from the UK all over the world for a number of customers and you can try out their service with no problems.    Links to other platforms where this podcast is available: Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

”You have to be the number one cheerleader for your brand” Welcome to Episode 21! I had the pleasure of chatting with Afua Osei on this episode. Afua is an entrepreneur and global growth coach that helps digital entrepreneurs think beyond their borders and build global brands.  As a Co-Founder of She Leads Africa, Afua has built a digital lifestyle platform for millennial multicultural women reaching more than 700,000 women across 100+ countries. In addition to building a thriving community, Afua has built international partnerships with brands like Facebook, Google, Unilever and L’Oreal to design culturally relevant and data driven engagement campaigns. In December 2016, her company was the first African startup to ring the Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange.  This is such a gem of an episode! Afua shares so many golden nuggets on how to build a global brand in this episode.   Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher. Subscribe and Review in iTunes Click here to subscribe in iTunes! Be sure to sign up for the Project Start Over Podcast newsletter here to stay in touch and be the first to know when a new episode drops.   To submit a topic to be discussed on the show, or to submit a potential guest, visit: www.projectstartover.com.   Connect with Afua: Afua’s websites Afua Osei  She Leads Africa Sign up for her newsletter here. Instagram Afua: @helloafua @sheleadsafrica Project Start Over: Project Start Over – @projectstartover_ #ProjectStartOver 

Yetunde Shorters  is a Purpose & Branding  coach who helps female entrepreneurs get clear on their purpose and monetize their passion.  I had the privilege of working with Yetunde a few years ago after meeting her at the She Leads Africa event in the NYC.  After going through her workshop, I knew that she need to come on the show to talk about what he work and importance for everyone to have clarity when pursuing their purpose. With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing and companies going through a workforce shrink. This topic is pertinent now more than ever as we collectively begin to think about how to reposition ourselves in our current and future roles in work and life as a whole. In this conversation, Yetunde takes us through:  Key steps to begin taking to get clear on your purpose How to find purpose that is aligned with your values in a corporate job and career Common mental blocks people have when pursuing their purpose and how to overcome them. Yetunde has a several programs in full swing at the moment. Be sure to peruse her offering to see which of her offerings might be a good fit for you. She also a has a free 20 min consultation that you should definitely sign up for. As you can tell from the conversation, I truly admire and value her approach in this arena.

Afua Osei ABOUT AFUA OSEI Meet Afua Osei, the co-founder of Motherland Mogul Media which comprises of digital media platform She Leads Africa and the networking SLAY Festival. Her work reaches over 700,000 women across the world. Forbes Africa listed her as one of the youngest power women in Africa in 2014. ABOUT THIS EPISODE Afua Osei has an interesting backstory as someone born in the United States to immigrant parents who now lives in Nigeria. In this episode, she talks about the differences in her parents as immigrants and immigration today. Listen to what inspired her evolution as someone passionate about Africa and women. Afua has a positive mindset rooted in faith. While her work as brought accolades, she believes in lifting up others and giving them space to shine. Afua and Zeze also get real about what entrepreneurship means to your pocketbook. The successful entrepreneurs are motivated by purpose more than financial reward. Afua gives advice for someone starting a business and why you should enjoy the process. Highlights of the episode: What is She Leads Africa and its visions (4:17) About the SLAY Festival and its community-building aspiration (6:44) Afua’s early years and what influenced her evolution as someone passionate about Africa and women (8:46) What Afua gained from attending business school and working with McKinsey Africa (17:04) Afua on the value of letting other people shine and being helpful to others through mentoring (27:16) Being real about being broke (33:08) How Afua Osei found her purpose as an entrepreneur (37:14) Afua’s advice for someone starting their business (40:09) Mentioned Resources Afua Osei.com SLAY Festival She Leads Africa Malée ABOUT ZEZE ORIAIKHI-SAO Zeze Oriaikhi-Sao attended Grenoble Ecole De Management, where she received a Master’s in International Business. She also holds a Bsc (Hons) in Informatics. She is a mother, an international and entrepreneurial leader. The Founder and Managing director of Malée Natural Science; Africa’s 1st global luxury fragrance and body care brand operating across two continents with products available in 9 countries in wholesale, B2B, Hospitality, E-commerce and travel retail. An advisory board member and Program Director at INNOCOS, the world beauty innovations summit as well as a consultant and international speaker and beauty industry expert on the luxury beauty and cosmetics industry, sustainability practices, innovation, disruption, trends, and brand heritage. Featured in international TV and Media publications such as CNN, The Telegraph, Grazia, ELLE Magazine, Glamour, Oprah Magazine, and Atlanta Post. She is a pioneer of Female owned luxury business in Africa and is passionate about innovation. Zeze is the host of the pioneering podcast Third Culture Africans. She shares entrepreneurial tips, and more on her website Zezeonline.com.

Odunayo Eweniyi is Cofounder and COO of PiggyVest. She previously cofounded pushcv.com, one of the largest job sites in Africa with the largest database of prescreened candidates. In 2019 she was named one of Forbes Africa 30 under 30 Technology as well as 30 Quartz Africa Innovators 2019. She sits on the advisory board of TrainFuture, an Education Technology company based in Switzerland, as well as the Gender Lens Acceleration Best Practices Initiative, a collaborative effort of Village Capital, US and the International Finance Corporation's Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative. She works to support the inclusion of women in technology by working with hubs and female-focused networks, including For Creative Girls, GreenHouse Labs, She Leads Africa, Itanna. She is also the cofounder of the women's community, Wine and Whine Nigeria.

On Episode 3 of the Perfête Podcast, Kunbi talks to Afua Osei, entrepreneur and co-founder of She Leads Africa a community for young, ambitious African women. Afua shares her entrepreneurial journey from her days as an MBA student at University of Chicago, to her move across the globe and how she turned this little idea into a globally recognized brand. Follow She Leads Africa on Instagram: http://instagram.com/sheleadsafrica and visit their website: wwww.sheleadsafrica.com Afuas personal page: http://instagram.com/helloafua

Today we sit down with Nnenna Kalu Makanjuola, another awe inspiring tenacious woman. Nnenna is the founder and editor-in-chief of Radiant Health Magazine.  Her lifelong commitment to improving health outcomes for Africans began with her work as a pharmacist.  She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from Texas Tech University and her Master's in Public Health from Columbia University. Radiant Health is a bi-annual print and digital magazine dedicated to the African woman and her journey to wellness through health, beauty and culture. The magazine's mission in their own words is to tell our own health stories and inspire African women to live out their healthiest and most fulfilled life. Nnenna has been featured in How We Made It in Africa, Voice of America, YNaija's Leading Ladies Africa, She Leads Africa and was recently named one of 41 Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs Putting the Country on the Global Business Map by Lionesses of Africa. She was also a media panel speaker at the 24th Annual Wharton Africa Business Forum at The Wharton School.  In today's episode we discuss the impact that her Mother had on her life, as her number one cheerleader. We talk about her fond memories of Christmas in her village of Abiriba. We also talk about the challenges of running a magazine and what keeps her going, when things get tough. Nnenna quotes Marie Forleo, who says that "Everything is figure-out-able." Finally we talk about the next issue of the magazine, which will be available in June. For more information about Radiant Health  Magazine, and to purchase a copy please visit the website at: http://www.radianthealthmag.com. Instagram - @radianthealthmag Facebook - @radianthealthmag Twitter - @RadiantHealthNG >>>Subscribe on APPLE PODCASTS | STITCHER | GOOGLE PLAY 

Odunayo Eweniyi is the co-founder & Chief Operations Officer, PiggyVest. She previously co-founded pushcv.com, one of the largest job sites in Africa with the largest database of pre-screened candidates. She has 5 years’ experience in Business Analysis and Operations and is a First-Class Graduate of Computer Engineering, Covenant University, Nigeria. She was one of Business Day’s Spark 2019 Women to Watch and made the World Women in Fintech Power List for 2017; the YNaija Most Influential People in Technology 2017 and 2018 and she is a 2018 Westerwelle Young Entrepreneurs fellow. In honour of her work, she was named one of 100 most inspiring women in Nigeria 2019 by Leading Ladies Africa, one of 50 most visible women in Tech by Tech Cabal in 2019 and the youngest Nigerian on Forbes Africa list of 20 New Wealth Creators in Africa. She works to support the inclusion of women in technology by working with hubs and female-focused networks like For Creative Girls, GreenHouse Labs, She Leads Africa, Itanna, etc. Below is the Summary of the Interview Working. Saving. Investing. with Odunayo Eweniyi She was of the opinion that every individual needed to save money because nobody was going to do it for them as the present state of the economy also called for that. Even as it is important to be able to avoid accumulating debts, she advised that people make a practice of putting some amount aside anytime they get paid. She spoke on the need for people to have financial education especially young people around the issues of finance, saving, investing as well as budgeting. She gave credence to technology as a tool that can be used in automating such financial processes. Saying that with existing online platforms, one could save seamlessly. Speaking on the right time to invest she said that individuals could invest any time as it is important that their money works for them adding that they should ensure to also diversify their portfolio when investing. She said that one could recognize a good investment if the returns are higher than the inflation rate at the time. She motioned on people to take the opportunity to register now even as the Nigerian Economy is not stable. When investing she advised that people should carry out their research and play based on their risk appetite i.e. the amount of risk, they are willing to take, the interest rate and where they are most comfortable. She revealed that she often had the habit of planning for two days upon receiving money, this she said was important as a lot of people did not have a healthy relationship with money being that money was only a tool. She went further to say that she makes sure not to spend money that she has not yet seen or acquired yet. Speaking about partnerships around their online platform she said that there are always a lot of conversations around every feature they released so as to serve their customers better. She went on to say that their users often appreciated these features as they made sure to always build their products around their customers even as it has helped them stand out over the long run. Listing some of the lessons she had learned as a tech founder, she said that she had come to know when to put a business idea to rest, to understand that formal education could not prepare one for business and has come to see the internet as a very useful tool in learning. On paying debts versus saving, she said that priority should be placed on both as she often referred to the 50-30-20 principle. She advised on people using 50% of their earnings for personal needs, 20% for savings and investments, then 30% for their wants and paying their debts. She reiterated on the need for people to develop healthy spending habits and to always learn to also say no to impulsive spending.

Nina Dafe mentors heart-centred; visionary Christian women who want to banish the blocks keeping them from achieving their business goals once and for all. She is also a speaker, talk show host and blogger whose writing has been featured on multiple platforms including Thrive Global, TEDx, HuffPost, She Leads Africa, Bustle, Relevant Magazine and Radiant Health Magazine. You can join her Miracle Mindset Makeover free for 7 days now  at: Faraboverubiescollection.com!

Black women are sometimes the only person of color in professional spaces.  It can be hard not to feel alone, and often times like we don't have access to the rules of the game.   Afua Osei,  co-Founder of She Leads Africa wanted to change this.  In this episode, she talks about how she went from vision to execution. Afua also talks about being raised in a Ghanaian family in the DMV and moving to Nigeria, where she eventually founded She Leads Africa, a lifestyle brand aimed at helping women of the African diaspora to learn to navigate their careers Moving to Africa was NOT a part of her plan, but Afua shows that amazing things happen when you follow your heart. She created a successful lifestyle brand that helps so many women of the diaspora because of it! In this episode, we talk about What it’s like to move from the US to Nigeria Being a retournée, and moving back to Africa Starting a business by yourself vs with partners Why black women sometimes find it hard to navigate the corporate space The Glow Up Toolbox She leads Africa   Reach out to us! Afua Osei Website: sheleadsafrica.org | Instagram: @helloafua, @sheleadsafrica   The Glow Up Podcast Email: Hello@theglowuppodcast.com | Instagram: @glowuppodcast | Twitter: @glowuppodcast | Facebook: The Glow Up Podcast

When Afua Osei, Co-founder of She Leads Africa, graduated from business school, she did not think she would end up in Lagos, Nigeria. After spending some time as a management consultant, Afua co-founded She Leads Africa, a community that helps young African women achieve their professional goals. On this episode, Afua talks about her career plan, how the “5 year plan” can sometimes stifle you, and importance of political action at an early age. She also shares her tips on using personal voice for change, creating a network in a new country, and finding the source of her own confidence.

When Afua Osei, Co-founder of She Leads Africa, graduated from business school, she did not think she would end up in Lagos, Nigeria. After spending some time as a management consultant, Afua co-founded She Leads Africa, a community that helps young African women achieve their professional goals. On this episode, Afua talks about her career plan, how the “5 year plan” can sometimes stifle you, and importance of political action at an early age. She also shares her tips on using personal voice for change, creating a network in a new country, and finding the source of her own confidence.

Afua Osei is an entrepreneur, investor and public speaker who co-founded She Leads Africa, a media company for millennial African women. On this episode of My Africa, she discusses her growing up in the US and her journey to Lagos, Nigeria and why it is important to empower the next generation of African women.

On today's episode of Building the Future, we have Afua Osei, Co-Founder of She Leads Africa. She Leads Africa is a community that helps young African women achieve their professional goals with engaging online content and pan-African events.   Afua's journey to entrepreneurship has been an interesting one: from working in the Office of  First Lady Michelle Obama and working in other political campaigns to consulting for Mckinsey in Lagos and finally started SLA with fellow McKinsey consultant, Yasmin Belo-Osagie.  Through it all, Afua has always been interested in jobs that allow her work with women.   On this episode, you'll learn: More about Afua's work with Michelle Obama and how her experience working with the First Lady shaped her views on branding and communications. How business school opened her mind to the opportunities that abound outside of politics The ‘aha' moment for SLA and why SLA is focused on African women instead of the entire African population. Why the first iteration of SLA was not successful, how SLA v2 came to fruition with help from her co-founder, Yasmin The science behind approaching potential sponsors and partners. Afua doesn't reach out to sponsors and hope one of them takes the bait. How SLA makes money And more   Selected links from this episode:

On this episode, Joel @joway25 talks to Yasmin Belo-Osagie, co-founder of She Leads Africa @SheLeadsAfrica (www.sheleadsafrica.org). She Leads Africa is a community that helps young African women achieve their professional dreams. Yasmin shares how this all came about and her aspirations for women and girls on the continent. Check it out!

We're all about how can we help young women build these high growth ventures...those are the businesses that are really able to impact and shape the economics of a country. Afua Osei is the co-founder of She Leads Africa, a dynamic organization that is empowering professional and entrepreneurial women across the Globe. We sit down to chat about how women of the African Diaspora can soar!