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Today, her brand is a reflection of her own design inspiration and her love of African style and culture.</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'> LoA was fascinated to learn more about this passionate entrepreneur and her work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>What does your company do?</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Mwabonwa Designs specializes in designing and creating a range of decorative homeware including curtains and duvets, pillows and African prints, and also beaded jewelry and accessories, as well as kids wear.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><strong><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal'>"I decided that turning my own imagination into real tangible products would be a wonderful inspiration to start a business."</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>What inspired you to start your company?</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>I love contemporary African wear and beaded necklaces, but they are expensive to have them made, so I decided to learn how to do design and create them myself so that I wouldn’t have to pay anyone else to do it for me. Another inspiration came as a result of my always imagining designs in my mind, but when buying fabric and telling someoneelse how to do it, they would simply look at me with a 'that's impossible' kind of look. So I decided that turning my own imagination into real tangible products would be a wonderful inspiration to start a business. Another reason for starting my business is because I want to be financially independent. As an environmental activist, it is better for me to run an enterprise that is going to employ youths and also provide funding for environmental activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Why should anyone use your service or product?</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Because at Mwabonwa Designs, all our products are uniquely made with a sense of modernity connecting the customer to African style and culture. They are the best products for women who are proud of their African identity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:0%;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 align=right style='margin-top:0cm;text-align:right;line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><strong><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal'>"At Mwabonwa Designs, all our products are uniquely made with a sense of modernity connecting the customer to African style and culture. They are the best products for women who are proud of their African identity."</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:0%;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Tell us a little about your team</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>I have a team of two people that help me with the day to day activities of the business. One is a 28 year old lady who has a Bachelors Degree but is interested in fashion. Another one is a man in his late 30s who is a tailor by profession.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Share a little about your entrepreneurial journey. And, do you come from an entrepreneurial background?</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>I don't come from an entrepreneurial background and I never imagined I would find myself in the position of owning a brand. I've always been a social activist and my journey through entrepreneurship was just born out of the passion to create something meaningful on my own. My business is driven by passion, so I still enjoy it even when markets are difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:0%;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:0%;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:0%;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0cm;line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><strong><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal'>"My journey through entrepreneurship was just born out of the passion to create something meaningful on my own. My business is driven by that passion, so I still enjoy it even when markets are difficult."</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>What are your future plans and aspirations for your company?</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>My future plan is to expand the business and have not less than 5 outlets within Zambia and neighboring countries. I hope to run a tailoring and designing school so that I can empower other young people who are struggling to find their paths in life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>What gives you the most satisfaction being an entrepreneur?</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Generating my own income and deciding what to do with it. Another source of satisfaction comes from the act of creating something beautiful that people will want to own.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>What's the biggest piece of advice you can give to other women looking to start-up?</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Don’t give up on your passion and dreams. In life we always have to push for the doors of success to open.-</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>lionessesofafrica.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><img width=750 height=375 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D6148F.21AFDA60"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:20.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:20.4pt;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Invest Wisely!</span></i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Bulls n Bears <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Telephone: <a href="tel:%2B263%204%202927658" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>+263 4 2927658</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Cellphone: <a href="tel:%2B263%2077%20344%201674" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>+263 77 344 1674</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Alt. 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