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From glamorous Paris to gritty Johannesburg, Zazi Nyandeni arrived with $2,700 and updated sartorial skills to showcase haute couture on South Africa’s racks and runways. With just $2,700 in her...
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One day before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, Google parent company Alphabet asked all of its North American employees to work from home. The tech titan may have been...
View ArticleMarillyn Hewson, One Of The World’s Most Powerful Women, Stepping Down As...
The S&P 500 is losing another one of its few female CEOs: Marillyn Hewson, the chief executive of defense contractor Lockheed Martin, announced Monday that she will step down as CEO on June 15. At...
View ArticleHow Hand Sanitizer Company Touchland Is Tackling Unprecedented Demand From...
When the swine flu was at its peak in the first few months of 2010, Andrea Lisbona was in the earliest stage of developing a hand sanitizer company. Lisbona saw the opportunity to capitalize on the...
View ArticleNew Billionaire Ghost Writer: The Mystery Around MacKenzie Bezos
MacKenzie Bezos is an author, an early Amazon employee, a billionaire — and isn’t talking. MacKenzie Bezos was not fussy, which was helpful, as there was no time for fussiness at Amazon headquarters...
View Article#MyWorstDay: A Demolished Shop That Built A Success Story
Ada Osakwe’s business growth in Nigeria was fraught with struggle, but she is now fighting the injustice meted out to her as a female entrepreneur in the early days. Most democratic societies consider...
View ArticleHow To Become A Billionaire: Nigeria’s Oil Baroness Folorunso Alakija On What...
One of only two female billionaires in Africa, with a net worth of $1 billion, Nigeria’s oil baroness Folorunso Alakija elaborates on the state of African entrepreneurship today. The 69-year-old...
View ArticleMake The Colleges Pay: How This Entrepreneur Helps Companies Offer Education...
Most edtech startups are idealistic outfits with little revenue and low valuations, but Rachel Romer Carlson’s Guild Education is worth $1 billion and is on track to book $100 million in sales. Her...
View ArticleOprah Winfrey Donates $10 Million To Coronavirus Relief
Oprah Winfrey is the latest billionaire to step up amid the coronavirus pandemic. The television mogul today announced she will donate $10 million to coronavirus relief efforts. In an Instagram post,...
View ArticleHow To Raise A CEO: A Mother And Daughter Share Lessons
At the 2020 FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit in Durban on March 6, for the first time on the same stage, South Africa’s minister Dr Naledi Pandor and her entrepreneur-daughter Dr Aisha Pandor...
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