Biz Chats with Women Business Owners

There are thousands of incredible women business owners in Eastern Africa and elsewhere; each with a unique story. Each weekly episode shines the spotlight on their untold stories.

Alice Sanyu - Cross Border Trader Uganda 06/13/2019

Alice Sanyu - Cross Border Trader Uganda Alice is a member of the Busia Women Cross Border Traders Cooperative Society Ltd., #Uganda and Fruits Cluster Leader. Alice trades primarily in fruits (water melon, passion fruits and oranges) that she sources from all over Eastern Uganda and sells to traders from Kenya. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/10146189

Margaret Baraza - Cross Border Trader Uganda 06/13/2019

Margaret Baraza - Cross Border Trader Uganda Margaret is a member of the Busia Women Cross Border Traders Cooperative Society Ltd., #Uganda and Cereals Cluster Leader. She also chairs the Busia District Farmers Association. Margaret has been a farmer / trader for several years. She grows cassava for consumption in the home and maize for sale in neighbouring Kenya. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/10146071

Mariam Babu - Cross Border Trader Uganda 06/13/2019

Mariam Babu - Cross Border Trader Uganda Mariam chairs the Busia Women Cross Border Traders Cooperative Society Ltd., #Uganda. She is a member of the Eggs Cluster. She is a self-confessed reformed smuggler who changed her ways after her peers elected her to serve as their Chairperson. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/10145985

Edna Mudibo - Cross Border Trader Kenya 06/13/2019

Edna Mudibo - Cross Border Trader Kenya Edna Mudibo is a member of the Busia Cross Border Women Traders Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Kenya. She is the cooperative’s Secretary and has been a cross border trader for almost 20 years, trading in cereal and making peanut butter. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/10145435

Grace Maloba - Cross Border Trader Kenya 06/13/2019

Grace Maloba - Cross Border Trader Kenya Grace Maloba is a member of the Busia Cross Border Women Traders Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Kenya (BCBWT SACCO). She is the Grocery Cluster Leader and has been a cross border trader for twelve years. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/10145175

Florence Otieno - Cross Border Trader Kenya 06/13/2019

Florence Otieno - Cross Border Trader Kenya Florence chairs the Busia Cross Border Women Traders Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Kenya (BCBWT SACCO). She trades in cereals, fruits, soap and environmentally friendly bags and imports goods from as far as South Africa. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/10144867

Sylvia B Mwansa - SBM Investments Ltd Zambia 10/15/2018

Sylvia B Mwansa - SBM Investments Ltd Zambia Driven by her passion to equip people to fulfill their dreams, Sylvia is a serial entrepreneur who is just about to complete her doctorate in business administration. She is CEO of SBM Investments and The Change Agency Initiative. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/7181792

Kasazi Lotuno Nyendwa - Lotuno Enterprises Ltd. Zambia 10/08/2018

Kasazi Lotuno Nyendwa - Lotuno Enterprises Ltd. Zambia Zambia’s fish processing pioneer Kasazi was inspired to start a fish processing company while listening to a presentation by a fish processor at a trade event in Uganda. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/7138670

Lydiah Sibanda - Norwich Insurance Brokers Zambia 10/01/2018

Lydiah Sibanda - Norwich Insurance Brokers Zambia Lydiah calls herself a “premature entrepreneur.” Norwich Insurance Brokers emerged from the ashes of the collapsed Meridian Holding Group where she was CEO of Meridian Insurance Brokers. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/7109406

Faith Kabende - Faye Designs Zambia 09/24/2018

Faith Kabende - Faye Designs Zambia Fashion Designer Faith considered designing, making and selling clothes nothing but a weekend hobby, until it dawned on her that she was getting enough orders to start a business, and so she did. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/7080004

Mary Kamanda - Kigelia Fresh Produce Kenya 09/17/2018

Mary Kamanda - Kigelia Fresh Produce Kenya When an attempt to become a horticultural farmer did not yield the desired results, Mary applied the lessons she learned from the experience to a new Apiculture venture. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/7051914

Suzanne Njeri Kuria - Kamiti Fish and Integrated Farm Kenya 09/10/2018

Suzanne Njeri Kuria - Kamiti Fish and Integrated Farm Kenya Suzanne is a well-respected fish farmer who learned everything she knows about fish farming on-the-job and by speaking to people engaged in the sub-sector. Her story demonstrates what one can achieve with sheer determination and drive. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/7023897

Shirlene Nafula - Crystal River Products Kenya - Beauty & Cleaning Products 09/03/2018

Shirlene Nafula - Crystal River Products Kenya - Beauty & Cleaning Products At just 21, the day after her UK student visa application was denied, Shirlene decided to start a business that manufactures beauty and cleaning products. Four years later, Crystal River Products makes six bio-based products that meet the Kenya Bureau of Standards quality requirements. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6997842

Annette Ayamba - YourChoice Agro Processors Ltd. Uganda 08/27/2018

Annette Ayamba - YourChoice Agro Processors Ltd. Uganda When she returned from maternity leave, Annette’s lecturing position had been filled by someone else. Rather than seek employment, Annette started YourChoice to fill a market gap she had previously identified: a reliable supply of high quality millet flour. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6969339

Gloria Arinaitwe - AEN Uganda Ltd - Cereal Porridge 08/20/2018

Gloria Arinaitwe - AEN Uganda Ltd - Cereal Porridge At 23 years old, while working as a Standards Inspector with the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), Gloria Arinaitwe was inspired to start a bottled millet beverage company - AEN Uganda Ltd. Podcast and show notes: www.bizchatshub.com /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6942632

Hilda Karamagi - Blue Edge Marketing Ltd. Uganda 08/10/2018

Hilda Karamagi - Blue Edge Marketing Ltd. Uganda Always an “intrapreneur” in the leading companies where she held key marketing positions, Hilda Karamagi finally branched out on her own by launching Blue Edge Marketing. The firm offers strategic marketing support to organizations that do not have an in-house marketing department. Download podcast and show notes: www.bizchatshub.com /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6910716

Lovin Kobusingye - Kati Farms Ltd. Uganda - Fish Processing 08/06/2018

Lovin Kobusingye - Kati Farms Ltd. Uganda - Fish Processing Kati Farms emerged from Lovin’s pursuit of fish marketing options while she worked for a Ugandan fish farmers' cooperative. When her fish sausage idea proved a winner, it was time to leave employment. www.bizchatshub.com for podcast & show notes. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6890488

Regina Nakayenga - Rena Beverage Solutions Uganda 07/30/2018

Regina Nakayenga - Rena Beverage Solutions Uganda Regina Nakayenga started Rena Beverage Solutions as her retirement plan. Rena produces highly nutritious beverages and powders from organically grown hibiscus flowers and seeds, palm seeds, okra and rosemary.Podcast & show notes: www.bizchatshub.com /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6861960

Fransisca Masika - Nature Responsible Safaris Tanzania 07/23/2018

Fransisca Masika - Nature Responsible Safaris Tanzania Fransisca is the Managing Director of Nature Responsible Safaris, a tour company specializing in responsible tourism and travel to eco-friendly lodges and camps. The company also links its customers directly to local community projects. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6838138

Bilhah Maina - BIL Honey Enterprises Kenya 07/16/2018

Bilhah Maina - BIL Honey Enterprises Kenya Bilhah, the owner and Managing Director of BIL Honey Enterprises works with over 100 women beekeepers in Baringo County, Kenya to produce unadulterated honey and honey by-products. www.bizchatshub.com for podcast and show notes /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6815050

Christine Auma - Jubilee House of Hospitality Uganda 07/09/2018

Christine Auma - Jubilee House of Hospitality Uganda Christine Auma, Managing Director of Jubilee House of Hospitality seeks to introduce a formal and professional approach to the hospitality sector, as an alternative to the informal approach taken by many in Uganda. Download show notes at www.bizchatshub.com /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6785693

Eva Muthuuri - E-Logistics Ltd. Kenya - Coffee Dealer 07/02/2018

Eva Muthuuri - E-Logistics Ltd. Kenya - Coffee Dealer Eva established E-Logistics in 2008 to both trade in coffee and create inclusive linkages across the coffee global value chain. She is committed to seeing women participate at all levels of the coffee value chain. Listen to the podcast and download show notes at www.bizchatshub.com /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6759946

Patricia Oisso Maina - Fine Drop Distributor Tanzania 06/25/2018

Patricia Oisso Maina - Fine Drop Distributor Tanzania Patricia Oisso Maina juggles owning and running Fine Drop Distributor, a wholesale beverage supplier and the neighboring Engutoto Complex Pub alongside her full time job and family responsibilities. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6736672

Caroline Tormoi - Eldo Tea Enterprises Kenya 06/18/2018

Caroline Tormoi - Eldo Tea Enterprises Kenya CEO Caroline Tormoi co-founded Eldo Tea Enterprises, Kenya in 2011. The social enterprise grows, processes and packages specialty purple, white and green teas by partnering with 30 small holder farmers. Download show notes at www.bizchatshub.com. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6714326

Suzanna Mushabe Haarbosch - Caio Shea Butter Uganda Ltd. 06/11/2018

Suzanna Mushabe Haarbosch - Caio Shea Butter Uganda Ltd. Suzanna Mushabe Haarbosch is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Caio Shea Butter Uganda Ltd., a social enterprise producing premium, unrefined Nilotica shea butter, shea butter cosmetics and skincare products. Suzanna and her business partner Semine Lykke Brorson founded Caio in 2015. Their intent was to increase the incomes earned by the women in Northern Uganda who harvest shea nuts and produce shea nut butter using traditional methods. Listen and download show notes at www.bizchatshub.com /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6684397

Gaudencia Magessa - Posh Events Planners Tanzania 06/04/2018

Gaudencia Magessa - Posh Events Planners Tanzania Gaudencia Magessa founded Posh Events Planners, Arusha, Tanzania in 2012. Constantly frustrated by the limited supply of creative ideas, suitable décor and event decorations for the high end events she planned at work, Gaudencia followed her entrepreneurial instinct to fill a market gap. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6655852

Akinyi Odongo KENYA - Fashion House 05/28/2018

Akinyi Odongo KENYA - Fashion House Akinyi E. Odongo, a passionate promoter of sustainable fashion, is the Founder and Managing Director of Akinyi Odongo KENYA™, a Nairobi-based fashion house that defines African fashion with a global view. Akinyi is committed to reviving disappearing traditional fabric treatment techniques, works with over 2,000 traditional weavers in Kenya, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso and is Founder of Fashion Agenda Africa. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6639450

Santa J Laker Ecclesiastes Uganda Ltd. 05/07/2018

Santa J Laker Ecclesiastes Uganda Ltd. Santa Joyce left public service in 1991 and began her business in Northern Uganda in 1996. Her art and craft product lines are: recycled paper beads, basketry, and clay pots. Her other product is sesame / simsim oil. She has successfully helped thousands of other women in Northern Uganda (many who previously resided in Internally Displaced People Camps) build businesses out of these traditional activities. /episode/index/show/bizchats/id/6564861

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