Did you know there was a distinction between succeeding and thriving in business? Ariana Huffington explains the difference. Huffington is the Chair, President, and Editor-In-Chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, a nationally-syndicated columnist, and author of 14 books. She has been named on Forbes Most Powerful Women list, and on Time Magazine’s list of …
Celebrity fashion mogul Jessica Simpson speaks to Steve Forbes at the Forbes Women Summit on what it takes to operate a $1Billion fashion brand. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based pioneer digital publication demystifying the image of Africans in the west through contemporary African fashion and celebrating the brilliant woman in …
Invest Africa host Nozipho Mbanjwa continues the youth investment discussion with Mandela Washington Fellow Nola Mashaba, Economist Thabi Leoka and KPMG’s Mabutho Mthembu. The panel sheds light on youth entrepreneurship with audience of young entrepreneurs. Challenges & opportunities facing Africa’s Youth (Part I) Insight into Africa’s Youth Entrepreneurship Landscape (Part II) Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, …
Happy anniversary to Ladybrille Magazine and to you Ladybrillers! Thank you for helping us celebrate you the brilliant woman and African fashion for eight wonderful years. If you missed Ladybrille alumna Elfonnie Inokon-Anusionwu’s feature with yours truly, please revisit the interview below to learn how Ladybrille started. Thank you for your continued support and we …
“Simple slip-ons have been the secret ingredient in Rachmat Thomas’ success story. The fashion entrepreneur’s shoe factory used to employ 90 people, but these days demand from South Africa’s largest apparel retailers is so high, she needs the skills of 300 workers. “The success story about this pump is that it is all handcrafted,” says …
“Work is dignity,” says Simone Cipriani. “People want employment, not charity.” With that in mind, Italian-born Cipriani founded a programme in 2009 called the Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI) that links some of the world’s top fashion talents to marginalised artisans – mostly women – in East and West Africa, Haiti and the West Bank. Now …