Boss Babes of South Africa, a digital skills-sharing platform, is an all-women movement that provides professionals with the space to share their skills and knowledge with others. The online community allows for collaboration, networking and support among local women. A “boss babe” is someone who knows who she is and what she wants in life and, more importantly, takes action to go and get it. It is someone who carves a career, chases their dreams and empowers themselves. This is why Kovini Moodley, founder and CEO of Boss Babes of South Africa, chose the moniker for her digital skills-sharing platform. The all-female movement provides a space for professional South African women to share their skills and knowledge about particular industries. “It really is about giving back to the community. giving back to the women of South Africa, and ultimately creating a safe space for women to connect, collaborate, network and leverage each other’s skills,” said Moodley, who is a chartered accountant. The platform was launched in early 2020 as a “hobby”, according to Moodley, with a handful of followers made up of her close friends and family. Today, Boss Babes has about 22,000 followers on Instagram. It’s primarily a skills-sharing space — about 3,500 professionals are registered as potential contributors. About once a week, Boss Babes hosts Instagram live sessions featuring professionals including doctors, actresses, media experts and pilots. “A lot of our audience are people who want to start a business, but they don’t have any idea where to begin, what to do, how to register and so on, and we’ve found that this type of content is really powerful in terms of helping them,” she explained. Viewership of the platform’s sessions can go up to about 500 people, with some sessions reaching up to 1,000 viewers. “We’re always open to bringing on things that are interesting to our audience. The big ones are digital marketing, entrepreneurship — we’ve had a lawyer a few times, and mental health coaches,” said Moodley. Women empowerment “What kept me in Boss Babes is basically that they do what they say, and it really is about women empowerment and uplifting people around you,” said Kesari Kistnasamy, a chartered accountant who has used the Boss Babes platform as both a contributor and observer. Kistnasamy has found the platform beneficial as a space for networking and learning from “incredible, like-minded women”. Participants in the skills-sharing sessions are always willing to share their experiences, she said. “It’s basically ...