Lionesses in Profile / Meet the 10 women entrepreneurs showcased at Start-Up Night Africa in The Hague

October 4, 2023 Melanie Hawken

Startup Night Africa, The Hague / Lionesses in Profile

As a key driver of Lionesses of Africa’s ‘Access to Markets and Investment Programme,’ Start-Up Night Africa in The Hague aimed to connect Africa’s high-growth women entrepreneurs to international markets and investment opportunities. We showcased 10 inspirational women entrepreneurs in growth-mode at the event on 11 July 2023, all looking for new investment, markets, and collaboration opportunities. If you didn’t get to meet each of them on the evening, then take a look at their start-up stories below, which have all been published on the Lionesses of Africa website, and make those all important connections now.

Podcast / How women entrepreneurs in Africa are building businesses in growth mode and getting investment ready

October 4, 2023 Melanie Hawken

Lioness Radio

Podcast — In this episode of the Lioness Radio Show, our theme is on how women entrepreneurs in Africa are building businesses in growth mode and getting investment ready. Our host, Nomalanga Sitole, speaks to three of the inspirational women entrepreneurs we showcased at Startup Night Africa in The Hague, learning more about their business building journeys and their future growth plans. These include: Carmen Stevens, founder of Carmen Stevens Wines Pty Ltd, a multi-award winning, black-and-woman owned winery creating impact in South Africa; Chilufya Mutale, co-founder and ceo of PremierCredit in Zambia, a multi-award winning and fast growing Pan African Challenger bank for SMEs; and Yvette Dickson-Tetteh, founder of Pure and Just Food, a dynamic, youth-powered, and women-led Ghanaian company catalysing African potential through climate-smart agribusiness.

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