As the African proverb says, “you empower a woman, you empower a nation”. Taking this powerful thought forward, the 2nd season of the FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme aims to trigger the possibility of empowering a generation by empowering the women.

As the country celebrates the centenary of one of the great daughters of the African soil Mama Albertina Sisulu, this women’s month NEPAD SANBio is shining a light on females who are continuously playing their part in recognising and emulating Mama Albertina’s values.

The 2nd phase of the Zambian edition of FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme Season 2 concluded on Friday last week in Lusaka, with four female bio-entrepreneurs selected to represent the country at the annual SA Innovation Summit to be held in September in Cape Town.

Clemence is a 45-year old successful livestock farmer in rural countryside of Chipinge, in Zimbabwe. He is a family man with six children, 3 boys and 3 girls, all of them going through primary school. In the past two decades, Clemence has seen enough change in technology for a whole life-time, starting from a time where one had to batter trade a cow for a mobile phone SIM card to now, where the same card costs less than USD 1. Now he does not have to write letters but send text messages.