In 1999, family-run Tanzanian trading company MeTL had annual revenues of $26 million. Now Tanzania’s largest indigenous conglomerate has sales in excess of $1.5 billion. In the January issue of African Business magazine, Mohammed Dewji, MeTL CEO, says diversification and unique distribution capabilities are the keys to his company’s success. After starting out as a …
The ‘Ladybrille Entrepreneur Spotlight’ is a feature on Ladybrillemag.com profiling diverse entrepreneurs, primarily small and medium size business owners. If you will like to be featured, please complete the form below. Our spotlight for today is on Medina King-Sam, a UK based small business owner. At only twenty-nine years old Medina King-Sam is one of …
Ladybrille Magazine is proud to unveil its third installment of its ’20 Influential African Women Entrepreneurs and Leaders in America to Watch’ list. This edition, consistent with prior ones, features women from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, and industry sectors. Nevertheless, what unites them are their powerful stories of pursuing the American dream and succeeding. Indeed, whether in …
In 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates—then engaged—took a walk on a beach in Zanzibar, and made a bold decision on how they would make sure that their wealth from Microsoft went back into society. In a conversation with Chris Anderson, the couple talks about their work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well …
From multiple failures in business to becoming one of the hottest trading stocks on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, South African investment mogul and Executive Chairman of Brimstone Investment; Fred Robertson joins Peace Hyde as he reveals one incident which will forever stand out as his most difficult day in business. Watch the insightful and inspiring …
Chinedu Echeruo, founder of Hopstop which Apple bought in 2013 for $1billion, talks with Allison Fass, executive director of Inc.com, about why he left his own tech startup to invest in West African food companies, and later returned to the U.S. He also shares brilliant insights on growing a company, creativity, business development, marketing and …