Standard Bank Top Women Leaders - 16th Edition

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“ WH EN Y OU ’ RE BU S CALI NG A C

ther e is no ti m guess y o u

Y O U H AV E TO B I N FO R M E D P ERS ON

Meet South African powerhouse, Alexandria Procter - CEO

and founder of DigsConnect.

Developed during her Honours year at the University of Cape

Town, DigsConnect was born as a response to the 2018 student

accommodation crisis. The platform

is South Africa’s first digital solution to accommodation for students, aiming to connect landlords

with buyers. As the country’s

largest student accommodation

marketplace, DigsConnect is only

DigsConnect CEO

A le x an d r i a Pr o c te r on entrepreneurship and never giving up

getting started and through it,

Alexandria and her team are trying

to build a self-sustaining community in which people can connect with like-minded individuals in a safe

and secure environment. We sat down with Alexandria to discuss the highs and lows of female

entrepreneurship, what excites her and the principles for workplace success that she absolutely refuses to compromise on.


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Are you an effective communicator?

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page 193

A holistic view on money management for female entrepreneurs

4min
pages 196-197

How to retrench-proof your life

4min
pages 92-93

How to retrench-proof your life

4min
pages 92-93

Safety First: What is Psychological safety and why is it important in the workplace?

3min
pages 90-91

12 Tips for success

4min
pages 86-87

YOUR STRENGTH AND SUCCESS COME FROM YOUR STRUGGLES AND HARDSHIPS

6min
pages 170-171

ZONKE TECH

3min
page 61

Unlocking The Potential Of Women

3min
pages 16-17

Our Top Women

9min
pages 212-216

Shirley Machaba-Run your career like a business

5min
pages 44-45

Supporting The People on The Continent

3min
pages 14-15

Conflict at work

3min
pages 88-89

The future of work is now. Recruitment and staff take centre stage

3min
pages 78-79

Glenda Gray Member of the Ministerial Advisory Committee, updates us on COVID-19, a vaccine and developing immunity

2min
pages 30-31

Standard Bank Top Women Lifetime Achiever Award - Justice Yvonne Mokgoro

2min
page 54

Beyond Awareness: Top SA companies take accountability during 16 days of activism

7min
pages 134-137

Accelerating education systems: Women take charge

17min
pages 158-163

Top 12 influential young women to watch out for in SA

12min
pages 148-152

Top 5 companies acing gender implementation

11min
pages 128-132

Top 6 wealthiest women in South Africa

6min
pages 112-114

Business beyond profit with Lianne du Toit, Network Director at YPO

10min
pages 102-105

Top Women in Sustainability: Drivers of climate change solutions

4min
pages 96-98

DigsConnect CEO, Alexandria Procter on entrepreneurship and never giving up

4min
pages 70-72

Top Women in Tech 2020

8min
pages 56-59

Taking the bull by the horns- Leila Fourie

2min
page 29
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