Womeneur’s Founder to Facilitate Interactive Workshop at She Leads Africa SheHive NYC Event

Calling all professionals, startups and entrepreneurs who want to learn tips and strategies from today’s established and leading women. She Leads Africa is bringing their 4-day professional boot camp event to New York from June 2nd to June 5th. SheHive brings together young female professionals and entrepreneurs to learn new business skills, network with their peers and connect directly with potential mentors and investors. SheHive NYC also aims to reconnect participants with the continent, providing a space for them to meet and network with fellow young ambitious African women living in the US.

We’re delighted to inform you that our founder, Sharon Beason, will facilitate an interactive workshop on Saturday, June 4, 2-3pm. Her workshop will revolve around the key steps to launching, branding and pitching your business. If you want to learn smart strategies from Sharon and other established women, then grab your tickets here asap before they sell out! They’re going, going, going and you definitely don’t want to miss out on this not-to-be-missed event.

Confirmed speakers for SheHive NYC include:

• Sharon Beason, Founder, Womeneur
• Vanessa De Luca, Editor-In-Chief, Essence Magazine
• Lola Ogunnaike, former CNN presenter
• Thelma Golden, Director Studio Museum Harlem
• Ngozi Opara – Founder, Heat Free Hair
• Asmau Ahmed, Founder, PlumPerfect – one of only 11 black female founders to raise above $1mn in outside funding
• Adiat Disu, Director, African Fashion Week New York
• Lola Coker, Founder, Resource Nigeria – a recruitment firm that specializes in placing Nigerian diaspora returnees with competitive companies in Nigeria

Speaking about the #SheHiveNYC, She Leads Africa co-founder Afua Osei said: “In the US and UK, men dominate the business and corporate landscape but with so many new industries being created in Africa and for communities in the diaspora, we have the opportunity to change things now. Young women should be encouraged to take leadership roles in startups and corporate organizations and supported along their journey towards professional success. It doesn’t matter if you’re first generation, a recent expat or African American, we all have a shared history and opportunity to make things better.”

Some of the topics being covered at SheHive NYC include:

• Building a multicultural brand
• Marketing, especially social media marketing
• Capitalising on the black beauty industry
• Pitching to investors
• Rising up the corporate ladder
• Building a cosmopolitan and international career
• Business development
• Networking
• Goal setting
• Moving back
• Getting into a top MBA school

#SheHiveNYC is part of the SheHive Tour which will take the bootcamp to 7 cities in 2016. Previous editions have been held in Lagos (September 2015 – video here) and Accra (January 2016 – photos here), Abuja (May 2016 – photos here photos here). Former participants have described it as a life changing experience. One participant described how implementing a marketing tactic she learnt at SheHiveAccra helped her close a sales lead the very next day.

Tickets for #SheHiveNYC are going, going, going! Don’t regret not buying your tickets and missing out on what will be an amazing event! Buy your tickets today!

#SheHiveNYC is supported by BellaNaija, Facebook, AfroElle Magazine, Womeneur, WomenWerk, OkayAfrica, Face2Face Africa, Applause Africa, Royalty Lifestyle, Innov8tiv and District Co-work.
She Leads Africa is a social enterprise dedicated to supporting young African women and their journey towards professional success. The organization has been featured on CNN, CNBC Africa, Black Enterprise and Fox Business and has more than 30,000 members across Africa.