Female African entrepreneurs visit U.S., get business advice
A State Department program brings 47 businesswomen from 37 African nations to the U.S. to learn how to build and finance their companies and sell abroad. Fashion designer Tanya Aab says she feels lucky: Few businesswomen from Swaziland can travel to the United States to learn how to build their companies and sell their brands overseas. Read the full story
This is quite refreshing to hear. Although, it is 2012 and this should be commonplace by now, surely? There are loads of misconceptions about Africa, especially the poorer countries, and I for one think it’s fantastic for women to be steaming ahead and being icons for African businessmen and women – maybe they can show the blokes how it’s done! A very close friend of mine from the Ivory Coast, who is one of the most intelligent women I have ever met, has so much to offer her own country – and the world, actually. I hope there are more who follow in their footsteps.