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Mainda Kiwelu @mainda

Inspired by creators and change-makers building smart brands and products. Product person in a fashion tech startup. Exploring various creative curiosities.✌🏽

Joined January 2009
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Mainda Kiwelu@mainda
24 Jul 2022
Enjoyed listening to Build by Tony Fadell on Audible. Well woven stories and lessons #business #product #learning audible.co.uk/pd/B09MSBVCYL?…

Build

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Brought to you by Penguin.Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30 years in Silicon...

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Mainda Kiwelu@mainda
23 May 2022
Nodding. False Choice Between #Brand and #Performance cartoon via @tomfishburne #MarketingNuggets marketoonist.com/2022/05/fal… #marketoon

False Choice Between Brand and Performance

In a volatile business environment like this, there’s often pressure to shift gears (and budgets) from long-term brand building to short-term performance marketing that drive quick sales. I recently...

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Mainda Kiwelu@mainda
14 May 2022
👏👏👏bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-… #inspirational #African #Changemakers

Kenyan fighting FGM crowned world's best nurse

Anna Qabale Duba says the $250,000 prize money will help expand her school for children and adults.

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Mainda Kiwelu@mainda
17 Mar 2022
Love like that! ❤ Former refugee donates his maize crop to Ukrainians #African bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-af… via @BBCNews
Interesting to hear about the #Netflix corporate culture of freedom and responsibility. Good lessons from the challenges of working internationally cross cultures and the need to adapt the HQ culture. No Rules Rules by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer on Audible. audible.co.uk/pd/0753554720?…

No Rules Rules

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Brought to you by Penguin. Hard work is irrelevant. Be radically honest. Adequate performance gets a generous severance. And never, ever try to please your...

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Mainda Kiwelu@mainda
21 Feb 2022
Cross Trainer takes another spin with its augmented reality fashion collection #AR #African #fashion iol.co.za/lifestyle/style-be…

Cross Trainer takes another spin with its augmented reality fashion collection

Titled ’The Magolide Project,’ the collection is inspired by the history of Shweshwe prints.

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Just learnt that you can create #NFTs from your #Instagram posts for free via @cocoNFT Mind blown! So much happening, new frontiers for creators! #LearningAboutTheMetaverse
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This is cool! Not just for Africans in the diaspora but for generations young and old in the continent. #African #music bbc.com/news/av/entertainmen…

Africa's lost 'Motown' years rediscovered

African music from the 1980s is being digitised thanks to a young Parisian producer.

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Mainda Kiwelu@mainda
26 Dec 2021
Travel safely and rest peacefully Archbishop Desmond Tutu. You fought for our fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters in South Africa, and with that fought for all of us across borders and seas. An African gem and gentleman forever. ❤ #DesmondTutu #RestInPower #AfricanLion
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Mainda Kiwelu@mainda
14 Nov 2021
Absolutely beautiful! #womenoftheworld #fabric #art #culture #unity bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england…

'This dress is pure sisterhood'

The artist behind a dress made in global embroidery project said it embodies the "unity" of women.

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Mainda Kiwelu@mainda
17 Oct 2021
The #EarthshotPrize is so so inspiring!🥰. ❤ Sir David Attenborough ❤ The winners and finalists. We need this!
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Wishing all the #LondonMarathon runners a great day! Respect and good luck! 🤗💪🤞
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Mainda Kiwelu@mainda
19 Sep 2021
It's a wrap! @sarah_connect4 introd me to #makingthecut, delightfully bingewatched S1&S2. What a treat, great concept from sketch to store! #fashion #designers #maker #business
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In memory of Richard Okorogheye gofund.me/86c425cc
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So very sad! Can't imagine what his family is going through. Prayers and thoughts with all those who knew and loved him. RIP
🇯🇲Candice Carty-Williams🇯🇲@CandiceC_W
7 Apr 2021
Today is a sad day. Rest in peace Richard Okorogheye 🕊🖤
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Black History Month 2026
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3 Apr 2021
Latest Events: (29 APRIL - SATURDAY 8 MAY) SPOT A DAY DANCE DIARY: PATRICIA VESTER - Black History Month 2021 @SerendipityInfo #blackhistory #blackhistorymatters #blackhistorymonth2021 #leicester #onlineevent blackhistorymonth.org.uk/art…

SPOT A DAY DANCE DIARY: PATRICIA VESTER

Patricia Vester is an illustrator and artist based in Potsdam, Germany. For Let’s Dance International Frontiers 2021, Patricia Vester will be artist in

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Still love this story! One voice can change the room...and much more. The Story of "Fired up! Ready to go!" - Obama for America 2012 #voice #purpose #PowerOfWomen youtu.be/QhWDFgRfi1Q via @YouTube
SUPPORT JULIAN COLE & HIS FAMILY gofund.me/015294af

Donate to SUPPORT JULIAN COLE & HIS FAMILY, organized by Che Lingo

Julian Cole, a sports science student and semi professional football player, had his neck b… Che Lingo needs your support for SUPPORT JULIAN COLE & HIS FAMILY

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28 Mar 2021
"Missing #London teenager #RichardOkorogheye has been shielding as he suffers from #sicklecell and his mum said he's been struggling to cope. She asks that we please #retweet "... mylondon.news/news/west-lond…

Mum's fears for missing son, 19, who 'has been struggling to cope'

"Richard has never done anything like this. Something has gone wrong."

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Mainda Kiwelu@mainda
28 Mar 2021
African talent! I look forward tt seeing more! #digital #artist #entertainment bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-afri…

Congolese VFX artist behind Hollywood blockbusters

Sidney Kombi Kitombo is an award-winning Congolese special effects artist behind Avengers: Endgame.

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