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Mentors and Mentees
MentHer is a global mentorship network supporting female social entrepreneurs in idea and seed stage.
Our aim is to:
Inspire: through sharing success stories of female founders through MentHer Magazine and MentHer Podcast.
Connect: female entrepreneurs with peers around the world to support idea generation and expansion, and to experts for mentorship support to start and grow businesses.
Empower: to share knowledge and information through our master classes, masterminds, MentHer Sprints, Social Impact Summit and events
Our key objectives are to provide:
- Access to Mentors
- Access to Networks
- Access to Markets
- Access to Funding
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The Social Impact Founders Club brings together experts leading in their respective fields and who have exceptional experience supporting entrepreneurs, individuals and teams, to share their insights to help you start and grow a social enterprise that reflects your passion and purpose.
Ntsiki Mkhize
Mentorship | Living on Purpose
Modiegi Mulaudzi
Marketing | Branding
She founded Lefa Communications; a Digital marketing and corporate communications agency. Modiegi is currently completing her Masters of Science in Digital Marketing Communication with the University of Salford.
She also holds a B.Com in Accounting from the University of Johannesburg, among other things.
Raelene Clarke
Creating an Exit Strategy
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Louise Steyl
Understanding Social Impact
Social Entrepreneur & Lecturer, JBS
Adelaide is a social entrepreneur and co-founder of the Dr Kenneth Kaunda Resource Centre and serves on the board for BigFish Film School. She holds a MBA and is currently completing her PHD in Organisational Effectiveness in Social Enterprises.
Adelaide has been exposed to the corporate and non-profit sector in managerial positions for over 21 years. She recently joined the Business Management team lecturing Entrepreneurship and is involved in the academic coordination for the continuous education programmes.
Dr Micaela Mazzei
Alternative Business Models
Senior Lecturer
Glasgow Caledonian University
Micaela is Programme Leader for the MSc Social Innovation at GCU and leads the module on Social Innovation and Alternative Economic Forms.
Her interest in social innovation and the social economy is: understanding the contextual determinants of social innovation and social enterprise development and performance; understanding the dynamics of local (and regional) economies; and the involvement of voluntary and community organisations in delivery of public services.
Vanessa Bluen
Business & Personal Leadership
The Consultant Powerhouse
MD & Founder
Vanessa has integrated what she loves doing with her business focus – working with individuals in organisations at all levels to realise their potential, challenge their work and personal paradigms, build critical skills and play to their strengths. She supports youth development organisations in building leadership, entrepreneurial capability and business confidence.
The Consultant Powerhouse supports JSE listed companies, corporates and SMEs with customised learning and development and coaching initiatives across the full range of economic sectors, building high performing, resilient and competitive organisations.
Mathapelo Montsho
Managing Your Business
Why Cook
Co-Founder & Co-Owner
An advocate for SMMEs, especially women in business. Mathapelo through her entrepreneurship journey has managed to find ways to be innovative in business, finding different ways of adding value to clients, and winning new clients who have grown with Why Cook over the years. Why Cook is a 100% female black owned, level 1 BEE catering company.
In addition to her role at Why Cook, Mathapelo is a mentor at Focused Network, she holds an MBA from Regent Business School, and is currently doing her Doctorate of Management in Technology and Innovation with Da Vinci institute.
Dr. Santie von Below
Managing Your Business
Why Cook
Co-Founder & Co-Owner
An advocate for SMMEs, especially women in business. Mathapelo through her entrepreneurship journey has managed to find ways to be innovative in business, finding different ways of adding value to clients, and winning new clients who have grown with Why Cook over the years. Why Cook is a 100% female black owned, level 1 BEE catering company.
In addition to her role at Why Cook, Mathapelo is a mentor at Focused Network, she holds an MBA from Regent Business School, and is currently doing her Doctorate of Management in Technology and Innovation with Da Vinci institute.
Kat Luckock
Selling to Corporate
The Social Entrepreneur Coach
Kat has a background of growing a successful social enterprise herself inspiring the next generation around business for good, through her unique education programme. She grew this successfully by mastering her own aligned method of selling to corporates, so she didn’t have to be dependent on grant funding or sponsorship.
Kat now helps social entrepreneurs achieve their vision for social and environmental change. She specialises in helping you attract more clients and customers through confident, aligned sales, mindset and visibility strategy.
Adelaide Sheik
Selling to Corporate
The Social Entrepreneur Coach
Kat has a background of growing a successful social enterprise herself inspiring the next generation around business for good, through her unique education programme. She grew this successfully by mastering her own aligned method of selling to corporates, so she didn’t have to be dependent on grant funding or sponsorship.
Kat now helps social entrepreneurs achieve their vision for social and environmental change. She specialises in helping you attract more clients and customers through confident, aligned sales, mindset and visibility strategy.
Wendy Chalmers-Mill
Resilience
MD & Principal Trainer, Positive-Performance
Wendy began her career in the medical profession working in Occupational Health addressing the associated costs of not addressing wellbeing at work. She holds qualifications in Corporate Coaching and Neuro Linguistic Programming. For the last 20 years she has specialised in corporate management particularly in this field of resilience, wellbeing and human communication.
Wendy has a published book, articles and papers. She’s lectured widely throughout the UK and has regularly been interviewed on television and radio.
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