TEA with Nicky

Nikki Symons is the owner and creative director of Cape Town's online bakeshop, Sweet LionHeart. She's a 31-year-old, type 1 diabetic, graphic-turned-cake-designer leading a diverse team of womxn to grow their sweet empire together, one cake at a time. 🎂  Nikki started positing her sweet delicacies in 2015 and has grown Sweet LionHeart into an online bakeshop with an Instagram following of 105K (...

Khanya is is a qualified CA(SA) and Fitness Influencer. Khanya’s Instagram following grew tremendously as a result of her acute eye to see opportunity when many saw a threat during the 2020 lockdown pandemic. Her page saw an exponential sharp increase in followers and engagement that has since resulted in her reaching over 40K followers on IG alone! She continuously builds her brand on various oth...

Priyanka is Co-Founder and Director of Sinevis, a global professional services organisation providing cybersecurity implementation, consulting, and managed services. She is also one of the co-founders for Women in Cyber Security Middle East (WiCSME). 👩🏽‍💻 With over 16 years of experience in cybersecurity technology and risk management across multiple industries and 20+ countries, she is a big a...

Izabela Hamilton, Founder of Coaching & Communication Consultancy initiativehub.com , is a certified Executive & Communication Coach and #IamRemarkable by Google Facilitator, specialising in Coaching and Mentoring Future Female Leaders. Her expertise lies in Career & Communication Coaching, delivering training on Executive Presence, Personal Branding, Positive Intelligence (PQ) and Sof...

Heide Young is currently based in the UAE as Head of Cyber Security Strategy, creating innovative essential cyber security strategies and practices required for teams to securely function, without interfering in daily business processes. Heide is also a co-founder of Women in Cyber Security Middle East (WiCSME), established in March 2018 by nine women. Previously based in Australia, she was part o...

I have already done an introduction about myself so no need to bore you with repetition. 😉 I need to get my ducks in a row with the new life events occurring in my life over the past couple of weeks before I can give this channel my all once again. 🦆As I kept saying in the video: 'this is not the end!' I just feel like I am not managing my time efficiently for all the things that I am involved w...

Ramona works at the intersection of investment, innovation, and emerging markets. Ramona is the former Chief Operating Officer of the Innogy Innovation Hub, which invested in businesses working in the future of renewable energy.  She was formerly CEO of SPRING Accelerator in East Africa and South Asia and been a long-term early-stage investor in impact and technology start-ups as well as a several...

Nobukhosi Dlamini is a multi-award winning, female tech founder and social entrepreneur. She completed a degree in Computer Science at the University of Cape Town and has 15 years of professional experience in the corporate IT sector. She is the Founder of Bahati Tech (a data protection and cybersecurity company), and the GIFT Foundation (a non-profit that seeks to make technology skills and finte...

Marsha has accumulated a wide range of experiences in both legal and Corporate Affairs capacities and has now just recently started up a creative legal and PR Agency, @ffclpr - to provide easily accessible and affordable innovative solutions that are customized and curated specifically for Freelancers, Creatives and Small Business Owners who are otherwise put off by standard legal fees and the com...

Cerina is the co-founder of Future Females. After writing her MBA thesis on the Lean Startup Principles, Cerina was motivated to work with entrepreneurs. With a background in Lean Operations, combined with the Lean Startup principles, Cerina believes that systems provide the structure to make employees feel safe, and allow companies to scale. She met Lauren, her co-founder, working as an associate...

Philippa Dods manages the Marketing operations for the African region of global media intelligence company, Meltwater. She is also the Marketing Strategy Advisor and shareholder of Future Females and has recently become the Director of the, recently launched, Future Females Foundation. She is a member of the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum, which is a network of...

Lauren Dallas is the Co-Founder of Future Females, a movement that exists to increase the number of and support the success of female entrepreneurs.  Launching in August 2017 in Cape Town, Future Females is now in 35 cities globally, with 40,000 members, and also runs a three month online Business School that has supported over 470 entrepreneurs with tech-based business ideas, to turn them into pr...

Farzana Baduel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Curzon PR.  She has been appointed as the Resident Public Relations expert and Ambassador for the Oxford Foundry, the University of Oxford’s entrepreneurship centre.  As a passionate advocate of strategic communications, she champions the power of PR as a dynamic force for building bridges and unifying the world’s voices into a global narrative. She se...

Lee den Hond is living proof that when the purpose is bigger than the challenge, nothing is impossible. She is an inspirational speaker, adventurer, athlete, entrepreneur, 2015 South African Businesswoman of the Year award-winner, and undeniable optimist.  In addition to being the third South African woman to summit Mount Everest in 2013, Lee has also completed the Marathon des Sables in Morocco i...

Lesego Tlhabi is well known for her media persona: Coconut Kelz which is a growing satire/comedy figure. Lesego and Coconut Kelz released their debut novel; a satirical book- Coconut Kelz’ Guide To Surviving This Shithole in September 2019, which has since gone on to become a bestseller. She has regular features on various TV spots across the country. She also wrote, starred in, and was the execut...

To ‘spill the tea’ means to disclose information, especially of a sensitive nature. So, Nicky (Me, Myself & I be used throughout this description) decided to create THE TEA with Nicky because I saw a gap in portraying authentic Feminine Leadership in business, on the sports field and even everyday life. It is evident that the world is progressing, and the gender gap is slowly, but surely, clos...

Motshidisi Mohono is an awarding winning Sport Broadcaster – currently plying her trade at SuperSport International. Mohono made her TV break in 2011 when SuperSport rolled out the Lady Rugga presenter search, where she finished third. Mohono's work speaks for itself and she has been awarded the 2016 GSport4Girls Women in Media: TV award and was named the 2018 SA Sport Awards Journalist of the Yea...

Jessica Sutton is a born & bred Cape Tonian actress, who is now making a name for herself across the US (& the world!) She is Tally Craven on the new Teen series sensation (also, one of my personal favourites), Motherland: Fort Salem live on Freeform & NOW ALSO on Showmax in South Africa. Jess made her first international appearance in 2015 on the mini-series Saints & Strangers, bu...

Paulette Neo Kaise is a fitness enthusiast with a BA in Media Studies and Industrial Psychology. Paulette found her love for fitness while she was studying and has now made it her career after she pursued a Personal Training Diploma. Paulette also has a burning passion to give back to her community and to assist those who find themselves in disadvantaged situations. That is how she founded Empower...

Romy Mayer is the only female Race Engineer on her team at Triple Eight Race Engineering. She is also part of the Red Bull Supercar Racing Series, but not only that, she is the lead engineer on an AMG GT3 in a race series in Asia where the driver is the Prince of Malaysia! Romy believes that it is important to have role models to help shape the minds of the next generation where we can and inspire...

Lufuno Sathekge (also known by her IG handle as @_msbrownstyling) is a Wardrobe Stylist in the Media & Entertainment space. She has styled productions for V-Entertainment, MassiveMusic, SuperSport, TV commercials, Music videos, Private shoots, as well as offering Personal wardrobe makeovers! Lufuno stumbled into the stylist career by chance while working as an Account & Relationship Manage...

Onke Dumeko is the Editor-in-Chief & Group Publishing Director at The Bar Group, for DESTINY Connect and the magazine. She is an unshakeable woman who strives to lead a purposeful and impactful life and lives by the mantra that “Leadership is a privilege, not a right and it is to be earned in the arena of action because ultimately, leaders should not create great followers, they should create...

Rachel Kolisi is a mother of 4, an entrepreneur and philanthropist. She co-founded RISE ( https://risewomen.org.za/ ) with business partner and personal trainer, Tammy Raustron. RISE is a movement dedicated to helping women live more purposeful lives, through health and fitness.  Rachel believes that the Kolisi Foundation ( https://kolisifoundation.org/ ) is a vehicle through which many lives can...

Noluvuyo is a Tech Company Founder, a social entrepreneur, author and 2019 Inspiring50 Winner. She is a technology professional and leader with a career that spans 11 years across the Telecommunications, Financial Services, Higher Education and Natural Energy sectors. She an alumnus of the University of Cape Town, where I am also a current MCom Information Systems candidate.   She has founded publ...

Tayla Sutherland is a born and bred Cape Tonian who now resides in Sydney, Australia. Tayla completed her Bachelors and Honours at Vega in Art Direction and in Brand Communication and moved to Sydney to pursue a Masters in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing. While she was a student in Sydney, she realised that there was a gap in the South African market for “beautiful online boutiques”, whi...