Media personality and CEO of Ebony Life TV, Africa's first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle Networks, Mo Abudu was announced early this week by Forbes as Africa's Most Successful Woman of the Year.
In a recent interview with Forbes, she recounts her entrepreneurial journey and reflects on the lessons she has learned.
"This kind of afro-pessimism simply fuelled a burning, deep-seated desire in my subconscious to one day help to rewrite the African story; to get people to talk about the issues that affect our society and to tell the African narrative in a contemporary and interesting way; to change the perception the world had of us; to let the world know that in spite of our challenges as a developing continent, Africans are not a bunch of savages but mostly a breed of gifted and remarkable people"Other women who have been listed in the past include Divine Ndhlukula, founder and managing director of SECURICO, one of Zimbabwe largest security companies, Khanyi Dhlomo, a 36-year-old South African media mogul and unconventional visionary.
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