Nwabisa Mayema
Empowering Entrepreneur Impact
As the strategic partnerships director at the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship South Africa, Nwabisa Mayema has much to add to the conversation about how to empower entrepreneurial impact.
Tuck InNwabisa Mayema thrives on people, partnerships and connection, and describes herself as an entrepreneur for entrepreneurs. Her big vision for herself was born as a teenager when she was a member of a high school debating team that participated at a United Nations event in New York. Since then, the accolades have been streaming in.
In 2005, she was named one of 100 Brightest Young Minds in South Africa and in 2014 she finished top five in the Goldman Sachs-GIBS 10 000 Women Certificate Programme. Nwabisa was selected to participate in the United States Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (Change Makers in Social Entrepreneurship) in 2015 and in 2016 the Independent Media Group listed her on its Top 100 Young Independents: Inspiring and Aspiring Young South Africans (Innovation category).
She participated in the Austrian Leadership Programs (ALPS), hosted by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2017 and was nominated as one of 50 Inspiring South Africans in the same year. In 2018 Nwabisa was nominated to participate in a second International Visitor Leadership Program (the first time that the Department of State created a programme for alumni) which recognised women alumni as economic multipliers.
10 Tasty Bites
Below is a preview of what you can expect to learn in this recipe.
1 - How Has Your Experiences And Involvement With TEDx And Volunteering For The United Nations Influenced Your Approach To Business And Leadership?
2 - What Assumptions On Entrepreneurship And Business Need To Change?
3 - What Is Impact Business?
4 - What Problem Does The Branson Centre For Entrepreneurship Solve?
5 - What Are The Qualities Of Businesses That Succeed At The Branson Centre For Entrepreneurship?
6 - What Is The Importance Of Partnerships And Collaboration?
7 - What Are The Challenges That South African Entrepreneurs Face?
8 - What Can We Do To Engage And Activate Young Entrepreneurs?
9 - What Perspective Would You Give Aspiring Impact Entrepreneurs Looking To Start Their Own Initiatives And Make A Positive Impact On The World?
10 - What If An Entreprenuer Is A Non-Impact Business? How Do They Make The Transition?
About This Recipe
The big distinguishing factor between successful and unsuccessful businesses is purpose, says Nwabisa Mayema, the strategic partnerships director at the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship South Africa. She also links impact entrepreneurship to purpose and outlines her preferred process for uncovering an individual’s purpose and that of a business.
Nwabisa furthermore outlines the challenges South African entrepreneurs face, and explains how partnerships and collaboration can help entrepreneurs overcome those hurdles.
She emphasises the importance of keeping things real when engaging young entrepreneurs, and highlights the potential pitfalls of a national mindset that glorifies entrepreneurship to an unrealistic level.
What You'll Learn
In this recipe you will learn:
- A 3-step process to discovering your purpose.
- Three questions to ask yourself before starting a business.
- About the challenges that face entrepreneurs in South Africa.
- The importance of partnerships and collaboration.
- What partnership management is.
- About the role the Branson Centre plays to help empower entrepreneurs.
Learn
Learn from someone who speaks from a position of real authority, perspective and experience.
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Implement practical tips and techniques learned in the trenches - doing, rather than talking.
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Join a cohort of like-minded entrepreneurs in our growing community and share your learnings as you go.
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