{"id":131812,"date":"2019-02-19T03:14:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T01:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2019-theme-announced-for-forbes-woman-africa-leading-women-summit\/"},"modified":"2019-02-19T03:14:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T01:14:47","slug":"2019-theme-announced-for-forbes-woman-africa-leading-women-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/2019-theme-announced-for-forbes-woman-africa-leading-women-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 theme announced for FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

2019 theme announced for FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit<\/a>: <\/p>\n

<\/a>The fourth annual FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit \u2013 hosted by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government \u2013 will focus on innovation and non-conformity with its latest theme, \u2018New Wealth Creators\u2019. A selection of the continent\u2019s most influential women in business, sports, science, entertainment and leadership will engage on this topic at Durban<\/a>\u2019s Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre on Friday, 8 March.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year we want to turn the spotlight on those forward-thinking female entrepreneurs who are making a significant impact in some of the more unconventional sectors,\u201d explained Methil Renuka, Managing Editor of FORBES AFRICA and FORBES WOMAN AFRICA, and this year\u2019s host. \u201cThese women are pioneering within industries, as well as pioneering industries themselves, tapping into previously unknown sources of income and transforming the world as we know it. Guests will get a full day and evening to hear these stories and engage with these inspiring women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the emerging industries that will be explored by these \u2018New Wealth Creators\u2019 include, among others:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Virtual and Augmented Reality
\u00b7 Medical Marijuana
\u00b7 FinTech
\u00b7 Biotechnology
\u00b7 Content Marketing
\u00b7 Green Energy
\u00b7 Drones
\u00b7 Mobility Technology
\u00b7 Gaming Platforms
\u00b7 Security
\u00b7 Agritech
\u00b7 Mining
\u00b7 Recycling Waste<\/p>\n

The panel of speakers has been carefully selected to reflect the summit\u2019s core values. Each woman has made a significant impact on their chosen sector by achieving financial success, creating jobs, developing sustainable initiatives, displaying sound management practices \u2013 all the while retaining integrity, vision and leadership.<\/p>\n

Since its inception in 2016, the FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit \u2013 hosted in association with ABSA and the IDC \u2013 has grown, with the 2019 edition set to be the biggest summit yet. There are a number of invited speakers who will be addressing an anticipated audience of some 500 leading women during keynote talks, panel discussions and one-on-one interviews.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe summit was established to celebrate the many accomplishments of women on the continent and, in doing so, provide others with inspiration and support to continue breaking barriers across industries,\u201d said Renuka. \u201cThese \u2018New Wealth Creators\u2019 are visionaries, shaping our narrative in new territory and I look forward to learning from them.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the daytime networking, attendees to the summit are invited to the FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Awards\u2019 \u2013 a glamorous gala dinner celebrating who have made a remarkable impact in the business, sports, science, entertainment and leadership categories. The gala dinner will take place at Durban<\/a>\u2019s Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre from 6.30pm.<\/p>\n

For more information, visitwww.leadingwomensummit.co.za or follow @LWSummit on various social media platforms (#LWS2019KZN).<\/p>\n

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2019 theme announced for FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit: The fourth annual FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit \u2013 hosted by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government \u2013 will focus on innovation and non-conformity with its latest theme, \u2018New Wealth Creators\u2019. A selection of the continent\u2019s most influential women in business, sports, science, entertainment and leadership will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[8275,3335,953],"class_list":{"0":"post-131812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-durban","7":"tag-durban","8":"tag-mydurban-co-za","9":"tag-newspaper","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}