Maua Bio Magazine

When people admire Sue Chigorimbo 's crochet work today, they see the finished product. What they do not always see is the journey behind it.

Like many women, Sue has faced seasons of loss, uncertainty and difficult choices. Somewhere along the way, she picked up a crochet hook and began creating. What started as a skill became a source of income, a creative outlet and a way of building a life on her own terms.

Her story is a reminder that big changes do not always begin with grand plans. Sometimes they begin with learning a skill, making the most of what you have and taking the next step.

At Maua Bio Magazine, we are proud to share the stories of African women who are quietly shaping their own futures and communities.

Read Sue Chigorimbo's full story here:
📖 https://mauabiomagazine.com/sue-chigorimbo-african-woman-artist/
What skill or passion has changed the direction of your life? Share your story in the comments.
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The Fathers We Rarely Speak About

by Lesego Linda Plank

Every Father’s Day, I think of the fathers rarely discussed. In South Africa, fatherhood is often viewed through the lens of absence, reflecting many families’ realities. Dingane Arthur Nyanisa, my father, was neither perfect, wealthy, nor famous; he was present. As a daughter raised mainly by her father, I feel our stories are overlooked. This is not applause for men like my father but an effort to preserve stories that inspire future fathers.

Read article here: https://mauabiomagazine.com/the-fathers-we-rarely-speak-about/
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IT IS HERE!

She came into the world before the world was ready, born at the threshold of a mud house in Kitale, Kenya, before anyone could prepare a proper welcome. As it turns out, that has always been her way.

Raychelle Nangami Masakha built her credentials the conventional way. A Bachelor of Business Management, a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Master's in Data Science. On paper, she was destined for boardrooms, balance sheets and the quiet authority of numbers. Life, however, had a different set of blueprints.

Because plans are what we make. Purpose is what finds us.

Today, Nangami stands not behind a trading desk but at a threshold far older and far more sacred, the meeting point between ancestral wisdom and the awakening African woman. What began as a corporate speaking career has evolved into something that cannot be contained by a job title or a LinkedIn profile. She is a cycle-breaker, a womb healer, a keeper of stories that African women were never supposed to forget. Through RESET, through sacred ceremonies, through a voice that has carried from Nairobi's boardrooms to digital stages reaching thousands across the continent and its diaspora, she has become the door.

In this Africa Month special edition, we sit with Nangami in the fullness of her story, the heartbreak that forged her, the grandmother whose name she carries and whose spirit she channels and the quiet, radical act of an African woman who chose her purpose over her plan

Her full biographical feature is live now.

📖 Read and own your edition here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dHvz_fCk | 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d2ak7jSi

Some stories don't just inspire. They remember you back to yourself.

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AFRICA DAY | UPCOMING BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE

On the day Africa declared herself to the world, we declare her .....Nangami Masakha!

Literally born at the doorway, her calling comes from the heart of Kenya. Nangami Masakha is the embodiment of , weaving her voice beyond stages into sacred spaces where reset, heal and reclaim the fullness of who they are. She has become the door between our and our , the threshold where the wisdom of our ancestors meets the awakening of this generation. What began on a public stage has grown into a sacred assignment: sounding the clarion call for African women to arise, to remember who they are and to walk unapologetically into the power of their femininity.

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Tag a woman who needs to hear this.


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This is a reminder.

The MAUA Value Lab closes on 31 May 2026 and we are not ready to close it without hearing from you.

Every programme we build, every tool we design, every opportunity we create will be shaped by what women like you tell us right now. Not by trends or assumptions but by your lived reality and needs.

We want to hear from

· African women — on the continent or in diaspora
· Woman of African descent, wherever you are rooted
· You work with or for African women and carry that insight

Your voice is not a nice-to-have. It is the foundation.

👉 Share your voice before 31 May

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1i70cN5G3uGrNP3MUx2fd_rCvTBY11g6duEavvSzcDTAYBA/viewform

A BIG THANK to all the women that have responded so far!