Archive for Tendai Murahwa

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An end is a beginning

“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from” — TS Eliot   During the year I had occasion to make contact with Kiki Theo, the South African based author of Money Alchemy into Wealth & Beyond. She [...]

31 Oct 2012 | 0 comments

Empty your boat

“If you can empty your own boat crossing the river of the world, no one will oppose you, no one will seek to harm you.” — OSHO   Harare, the Sunshine City, is very hot this week. The clouds are dark and the afternoon rainfall has done little to change the hot humid air. Being [...]

25 Oct 2012 | 0 comments

The best in empowerment

I look forward to the day when the majority of local companies will have a dedicated budget for women’s economic empowerment and well-thought-out programmes on which to spend it. Although the non-profit sector has always been active in this field, lasting economic empowerment can only come with the full participation of the private sector.  That [...]

17 Oct 2012 | 0 comments

The customer is queen

The first week of October was International Customer Service Week (www.csweek.com) Credit goes to the yellow and red international courier company for bringing this to our attention in their advertorial, “Customer service the deciding factor for Lesotho companies” which appeared in the local media. The company celebrated the special week in 51 African countries including [...]

10 Oct 2012 | 0 comments

Working with your sweet spot

“Since human beings are the only life form that can drown and still go to work, the only species that can fall from the sky and still fold laundry, it is imperative that we find that vital element that brings us alive.” — Mark Nepo   It’s the beginning of a brand new month and [...]

3 Oct 2012 | 0 comments

Can women access international markets?

In recent weeks I have pondered over this question more than any other time following discussions in various fora.   One of these was the workshop for Lesotho’s Textiles and Apparel Industry held at Victoria Hotel on September 25, organised by the Southern Africa Trade Hub (SATH) (www.satradehub.org) in collaboration with the Lesotho National Development [...]

26 Sep 2012 | 0 comments

Mind the gender gap in mining

“The men came presenting projects of road construction — but the women wanted to tackle their health and nutritional priorities. Five years later, after pouring money into the area of infrastructure we are seeing the same levels of unhappiness in the house. Perhaps the women were right.”  — A World Bank report   The mining [...]

19 Sep 2012 | 0 comments

Every star is a star

“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.” Robert Goddard, American physicist and inventor   We got to know of Goddard’s work through Professor David Block during his talk entitled Power of Vision. Professor Block is the Director of the [...]

12 Sep 2012 | 0 comments

Women making the most of Internet

“The Internet needs to be treated as an ‘infrastructure’.  It’s as core, as critical as electricity, water or roads in terms of growing the economy.”  Ory Okolloh, Google’s policy adviser for Africa   When I saw a copy of the latest edition of Forbes Africa magazine, it was the heading “Africa’s Top 20 Women” which [...]

5 Sep 2012 | 2 comments

If not now, then when?

“I regret I never accomplished anything of my own.  I was ambivalent and frankly, I wanted things, big house, and beautiful clothes. It was easier to get status from your father than to get it for myself. And I failed you in a lot of ways, Mary, but probably none more than that.” A mother [...]

30 Aug 2012 | 0 comments
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