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The Conversation: From start-up to success: Women rolling the dice in business

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From start-up to success: women rolling the dice in business

18/10/2021 GMT

From start-up to success: Women rolling the dice in business

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Two women from Zambia and Vietnam on the risks they took to become top entrepreneurs

Two women who turned their start-ups into successful enterprises discuss the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial world

The stereotype in the entrepreneurial world is that women are too risk averse to lead companies. But is that true? Kim Chakanetsa talks to two women who turned their start-ups into successful enterprises.
 
Linh Thai is one of Vietnam’s top female entrepreneurs. She was brought up in the USA, after her mother fled their war-torn home country with Linh and her sister, who died during the journey. Her mum’s leap of faith inspired Linh to move back to Vietnam and become an entrepreneur. She is now a co-star on the investment reality show Shark Tank Vietnam and founder of TVL Group, a workplace skills training company focused on early- and mid-career professionals.

Monica Musonda is a Zambian lawyer who decided to quit her high-flying corporate career to start her own company. She’s now the CEO of Java Foods, a food processing company providing affordable nutrition to the southern African market. She is one of the few Zambian women involved in manufacturing and agro-processing and she is a member of the UN Lead Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement.

Produced by Alice Gioia

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(L) Linh Thai, courtesy of Linh Thai 
(R) Monica Musonda, courtesy of Monica Musonda

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