A few  days ago New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took out the top spot on Fortune Magazine’s annual list of the world’s greatest leaders. Born in Hamilton, Ardern grew up in Morrinsville and Murupara, where she attended a state school. After graduating from the University of Waikato in 2001, Ardern began her career working…

One time before now, you must have been in a zone where you get to gather your thoughts or scribble on paper: a plan, your career goals, the type of family that you would love to create. The list differs for each individual! Truth to be told, nothing really prepares us enough for REALITY. The…

Dr. Wurie Sesay started studying medicine in her home country Sierra Leone, and then she went on to do post graduate studies in Uganda. She is a wife, mother of two sons; eight and seven. She is a daughter and a sister. When she is not figuring out how to thrive in these roles, she…

Eunice Naffie Mustapha is the Owner and Editor of Nafisa Magazine, which is an online writing platform that provides jobs for young female writers. Last Friday, Naffie launched ‘Girlz Planete’ a book that tackles teenage pregnancy, often frowned upon and mostly framed as a taboo subject in Africa. She believes in educating and entertaining people…

“You playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won’t feel insecure around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same.” – Marianne Williamson It’s not everyday that you meet a young leader who is passionate about leading, learning  and giving…

Learning is a continous process, it’s a concept that we must be open to embrace. In my quest for  knowledge, I was blessed to cross paths with an emerging global icon and leader- Tania Tome. Tania wears many hats graciously as a multi-faceted international award winner , leadership coach, economist, entrepreneur, TV personality and author. Her…

  Leadership is getting people to do things not because they are asked but because they want to. A model leader’s desire is to make people want to take up responsibility. Once you make people see themselves in the decisions they take, they are genuinely motivated to take part in the process and then a…

The lights and fireworks to ring in the decade have been beautiful, phenomenal and heavenly. We love how excited most people are to start afresh. We are left wondering what the new trends will be.   Our social media accounts pop-up with ‘new me- new year’ taglines, nicely wrapped with the 10-year picture challenge. How can we…

Thank you for growing from strength to strength, and for demonstrating excellence. Let me break down my definition of excellence. From the outside, I see that you share leadership with rotating chair positions; I see that you give one another the opportunity to shine by handing the mic over and spotlighting the greatness of each…

My name is Tiyani  Majoko. A part of my dream is to create large scale legal solutions that will make the delivery of  legal services worldwide faster, excellent and more accessible. I created  The Legal  Werk, my startup that focuses on legal professionals, which  I aim to launch in North America over the next few…