Celebrating the Brilliant Woman in Business & Leadership + African Fashion
Eva Longoria Shares Tips for Women in Business at the 2014 Web Summit in Dublin. Challenges for women in business include: 1. Access to capital. 2. Access to technical skills. Quote: “People tend to put women in boxes: sexy, young. Our greatest advantage is we’re underrated.” Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California …
LADYBRILLE – Less than a decade ago, it was hard to find fashion shows displaying the designs of contemporary African designers on runways anywhere on the local or global fashion map. Today, the opposite holds true. Indeed, Africa’s fashion industries and local communities enjoy an explosion of fashion weeks. Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Africa, South …
Teresa Clarke, Ladybrille Woman Alum featured January 2011, has a lot to say about bridging the diaspora divide. Watch her speech below. “Teresa H. Clarke is the CEO of Africa.com, a company she founded in 2010 after resigning from her position as a managing director in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs & Co. …
I am especially proud of our Ladybrille Woman alumni group and community of women. These are women who are brilliant, intelligent, visionaries, innovators, local, national and international leaders and it is indeed an honor to identify them, celebrate them and continue to see them soar. One such Ladybrille Woman Alum is Joanna Riley-Widenmiller, November 2010. …
“In Lagos and Abuja, “its Africa’s time” learns about the 5by20 initiative, Coca-Cola’s global commitment to enable the economic empowerment of 5 million women entrepreneurs across the company’s value chain by 2020. “It’s Africa’s time” meets with some of the remarkable women who have excelled under the guidance of the 5by20 training and support and …
“According to the United Nations 4 out of 10 workers globally are women. Yet the majority have unsecure work and earn on average 20 per cent less than men. In Africa, women are forging ahead. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, there are more women entrepreneurs in Africa than in any other region. So what …