#LeadersOfIndustries Our leader of industry is Amsterdam based Lethabo Motsoaledi, a tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Voyc, a company that helps businesses understand their clients better. This remarkable young lady talks to us about innovating in a space that is traditionally male-dominated, being passionate about African Tech Solutions & caving a career that affords her the luxury to globe trot… We continue to highlight #WomensMonth2020 & showcase how #SheIsPower

Our #LeaderofIndustry is Lekgetho Makola who is currently Head of the Market Photo Workshop, where he leads the strategic visions of artistic and educational programming of the 31 year old photographic institution that among numerous curatorial and research initiatives, offers photography courses prioritizing students from marginalized communities. Many of the photographers who came through these programmes have gone to receive national, regional and international recognition. He recently featured in international publication, Vogue Italia and we’ve invited him to reflect on what looks like a successful & fulfilling career …

Every Tuesday we profile innovative entrepreneurs who’ve chosen to solve problems in society and this Tuesday is no different. Local automation startup Autopilot has created a tool aimed at easing validation and authentication in the procurement process for local government. The procurement of critical personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies has become a critical issue around the globe due to the global pandemic. Autopilot has developed AutoCollect in an effort to address the current issues surrounding the procurement of critical personal protective equipment. We are joined by co-founder, Mr Adam Shapiro on this week’s #MindingMyBusiness

As a man, looking at Women’s Month activities and events from a distance – do you understand the plight of women and do you think women are doing well in commemorating the women of 1956 – if not, what more do you think can be done?
Today’s #OpinionPiece states, “Over the years, Women’s Day has somewhat lost its true meaning. Instead of remembering and celebrating the courageous women who fought for freedom, human rights, and justice, 9 August has been largely reduced to a pink commercial circus revolving around pedicure specials and discounted coffee and cake. Fact is, Women’s Day and its original meaning are more relevant now than ever before. Since our first democratic elections 26 years ago, women have not ceased to build our Beloved Country, strong, courageous, fierce, and determined superheroines are making South Africa a better place”
This is written by Alef Meulenberg, the CEO of Afrika Tikkun & he joins us on the line to voice is views as we observe #WomensMonth2202

#LeadersOfIndustries Every Wednesday we profile women who've taken up space in their respective industries. As we observe Women's Month 2020 and showcase how #SheIsPower Thandi Sibisi, a Pioneering Black South African Gallerist joins us on the show to reflect on her interests in the arts from opening her gallery first gallery in 2012, as the first in South Africa to be entirely owned by a Black woman. The gallery closed down but 8 years on, she's reopening the Sibisi Gallery in Johannesburg, hoping to build a new art market cantered on the country’s rising crop of millionaires. Her story is of great tenacity. She joins us later on the show.

On #LockdownCommunity Samuel Hlonyana, popularly known as Sam The Challenger, is the founder of 90 Days Without Sugar. He is also the author of Life after Dieting. He joined Mandla Shongwe on #SAfmSoundAwake to discuss the online weight-loss programme and more.

#SheIsPower is the station's hashtag for Women's Month 2020 and our guest this week is Azana - a Durban born singer whose Neo-soul, Afro-pop and house body of work channels the vocal powers of heavyweight musicians such Camagwini, Simphiwe Dana, Letta Mbulu, Nina Simone and Erykah Badu. In July, the songstress released her 14-track debut album, Ingoma – meaning drum – which features award-winning musician Sun-EL Musician in a hit titled “Uhuru”. She joins us for a hangout on the show, tune in as we get to know her & listen to her music.

#WomensMonth2020 Well, now that we’re in the middle of a pandemic what does the furture of work look like for most African professionals, especially women? Well, Through a series of expert panel discussions, CNBC Africa; a leader in business, financial data, news and insight, in partnership with Forbes Africa, will be hosting a first-of-its-kind virtual Pan African summit on 20 August 2020. The Future of Work Virtual Conference aims to find solutions to the crisis in Africa’s work and job system, and to drive home the need for a much more effective implementation strategy.

Two women speaking at the summit join us later on the show; Kavitha Prag who is the Supply Chain and Network Operating Lead within Enterprise Technology & Performance & Canninah Mapena who is the Managing Director and Country Sales Director for Rockwell Automation Sub-Saharan Africa.

On today’s #Leadersofindustries, we’ve invited two women leading the pack in medicine whilst devoting their time & lives to making a change in society. Doctor Patience Ntshani affectionately known to many as Dr Pashy is an award-winning anesthesiologist with a penchant for fashion and finer things in life. She’s recently established the Dr Pashy Foundation and called upon the services of young female women in medicine – one of those women is Katlego Mathosa, Medical Dr and acting senior clinical manager — Helene Franz Hospital, Sekhukhune District, Limpopo.

How have these two women impacted each other & how are they progressing as we showcase forward-thinking & progressive wowmen this #Womens2020? Find out in our conversation with them as we observe #84Yearsofsabc & show that #SheIsPower

As part of #WomensMonth2020 we’re featuring women solving problems in society… This week’s edition of #MindingMyBusiness features Tsitsi Marote, a co-owner of Guardian Health, a maternal and foetal health solution that won the ITWeb Business Intelligence Summit data hackathon earlier this year. The app helps healthcare professionals by using AI and data to help determine risks for complications, ITWeb reports. For her work as a data scientist and in developing Guardian Health, she was also named among Geekulcha’s Top 15 Geeks for Youth Month 2020.