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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="mailto:sales@dulys.co.zw"><img border=0 width=658 height=931 src="cid:image002.png@01D492A3.B7BB3190" align=left hspace=12 title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"></a><![endif]><a href="mailto:sales@dulys.co.zw" target="_blank"></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>6) Aliko Dangote (Nigeria)</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin-bottom:8.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, currently worth $12.3 billion <i>(mid-August 2017)</i>, is a role model to entrepreneurs on the continent.</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>While his business interests currently spread across Africa, Dangote’s impressive fortune was built from very humble beginnings.</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>He started his business in 1978 with 500,000 Naira borrowed from his grandfather. That’s about <b>$1,400</b>in today’s terms.</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>A common mistake we often make as entrepreneurs is to overlook and take for granted those sources of capital that are around us and within our reach. Friends, family, work colleagues, neighbours and people within our social sphere can be interesting sources of capital, especially in the early stages of business.</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>And because business flourished, Dangote was able to pay back the loan to his grandfather in about six months.</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>In the early years, Dangote focused on importing soft commodities, including rice, frozen fish, sugar and baby food into Nigeria. Today, his business interests have expanded into local production of cement, salt, flour and recently, petroleum refining.</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>These days, the banks, private and institutional investors are keen to invest in Dangote’s businesses because of the track record of success he has achieved over the years. But in the beginning, it would have been tough – if not impossible – for him to raise startup capital from any of these sources.</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>Remember, only people who know, like and trust you will be willing to take a chance on you in the early days of your business.</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'> </span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-bottom:8.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>7) Bethlehem Alemu (Ethiopia)</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin-bottom:8.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>Bethlehem Alemu grew up in Zenabwork, a poor village in the suburbs of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>Her business – <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>SoleRebels</span></em> – is one of the most popular and fastest-growing African footwear brands in the world! Her collection of eco-friendly footwear (made from recycled materials) have been sold in more than 50 countries across the world, including the USA, Canada, Japan and Switzerland.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>But her business dream would have never have taken off without the <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>$10,000</span></strong> in capital she raised from family and relatives in 2004.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>Despite her poor background, it was possible to get her family and relatives to pitch in their contributions. This is the not-too-glamourous part of getting a business off the ground that glossy magazines fail to mention.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>Success comes at a price. It may be embarrassing and downright difficult to ask other people to invest in your business idea, dream, vision or project. But you just have to do it if you want to stand a chance.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>Using that initial capital, Bethlehem’s business took off and she has gone ahead to launch another fashion business – Republic of leather —  that trades in luxury leather products like bags, belts and other non-footwear leather accessories.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>Her inspiring success story has been featured on Forbes, the BBC and CNN. And she was described by Forbes as<em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> ‘One of The World’s Most Powerful Women’.</span></em></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-bottom:8.4pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin-bottom:8.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>8) Giraffe (South Africa)</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin-bottom:8.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>Anish Shivdasani and Shafin Anwarsha are the entrepreneurs behind <i>Giraffe</i>, a South African startup business that provides low-cost automated recruitment solutions, based on a mobile app.</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>In 2016, the business won the <i>Seedstars World Competition</i>, beating 63 other startups from 55 countries across the world to win the grand prize of <b>$500,000</b> in equity investment funding.</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>On a continent where many entrepreneurs complain about lack of capital, this startup from South Africa beat other businesses from across the world to win the prize. Of course the judges were impressed by the ingenuity of their business model and its potential impact on unemployment in South Africa.</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>The truth is, there are hundreds of startups in Africa that could achieve the same feat if only they participated in competitions like this.</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>Shortly after winning the $500,000 prize, Giraffe attracted an undisclosed additional seed funding from a group of US-based investors, led by the <i>Omidyar Network</i> – a philanthropic investment firm of Pierre Omidyar (founder of eBay).</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#404040'>One of the benefits of winning a competition is the exposure it gives to you and your business. Very often, the exposure ends up attracting more investors and capital to you.</span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=1181 colspan=4 style='width:885.55pt;border:solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.25pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#345883'>INVESTORS DIARY 2018</span></strong><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=216 style='width:2.25in;border:solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Company</span></b><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=209 style='width:156.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Event</span></b><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=212 style='width:159.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Venue</span></b><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=543 valign=bottom style='width:407.45pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Date & Time</span></b><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.0pt'><td width=216 valign=top style='width:2.25in;border:solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.0pt;border-image: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=209 style='width:156.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=212 style='width:159.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D9D9D9 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D9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