ALCON Business Centre

23/05/2026

Two weeks ago we ran 's first immersive experience: Mind the Gap, hosted at Café 189 in Manzini. What participants kept coming back to in the reflections wasn't a strategy or a framework. It was awareness.

Self-awareness of patterns that reveal:
1. How we judge someone’s character when their context is invisible.
2. How we filter a returning person through an old lens.
3. How the calm version of us, writing a message, isn't the same as the stressed version of the person reading it.

No formulas. No prescriptions. Just three mirrors that participants got to see themselves through and walk out with a sharper sense of what they hadn't been noticing.

💡A short reflection that captures what we explored together, alongside resources you can refer back to as you sharpen your awareness, is now publicly available. Link in the first comment.

➡️Swipe for brief highlights.

🪞Read through the reflection to dig deeper.

More from Sikhulisene to come.

07/05/2026

Most business relationships break around small patterns we never see coming 🧑🏾‍🦯‍➡️

Mind the Gap is the chance to spot a few of yours. Before the next one opens.

➡️swipe to see what's in store for Saturday morning.
📍Café 189 · ALCON House, Manzini.

Limited to 30 seats only. RSVP via link below before the remaining seats run out.
https://forms.microsoft.com/r/kTpKNsTZWf

03/05/2026

Most business relationships break around subtle blind spots we rarely notice.

Mind the Gap. Saturday 9th May 2026. Café 189, ALCON House, Manzini.

RSVP 🔗below to join this immersive experience. You just might notice a few…
https://forms.microsoft.com/r/kTpKNsTZWf

23/04/2026

where we left off…

Since the close of last year’s intentional connections, is finally back!

And 2026 promises to be even more intentional. Swipe through to see where we’re going ➡️

Ready to Join? Tap the “Join Singentani” link in bio.

Already part of the community? Tap the “Update Your Singentani Profile” link in bio. To let us know your new priority goals and support preferences for even better upcoming matches.

07/02/2026

This week we were featured in Eswatini Observer's Career Chats, reflecting on the impact of intentional networking.

The article highlights a conversation between members of our Singentani community who explore how intentional relationships that actually move you forward can be built.

As we prepare to roll out exciting updates to our business support platform over the upcoming weeks, we are encouraged by conversations like this which remind us what Singentani has always been about. Creating space for people to connect not by chance or proximity, but by purpose.

📰 To learn more, you can read a scanned copy of the full article using the link in bio.

19/12/2025

15/11/2025

When we started Singentani, we had a hypothesis: our community is full of talented and driven people who simply haven’t met each other yet.

💡12 months later, this hypothesis has continued to prove itself. What surprised us was not just the quantity of individuals open to connect, but the quality. The depth. The shared struggles and the genuine care for each other’s success.

They did not just network. They mentored each other. They showed vulnerability while sharing challenges, and offered solutions to strangers who quickly became business associates.

To everyone who took a chance on our experiment (a business blind date), thank you. You proved that when we ask “what can we do?” together, the answer is always more than what we imagined alone.

To everyone reading who hasn’t joined yet, there’s a seat for you. Your skills, challenges, and vision all matter. We trust that somewhere in our community, there’s someone whose skills complement yours and they just don’t know you exist yet. So let’s fix that. Join Us during year two through signing up (first link in bio).

Here’s to year 2 of more growth and collaborations 🤝🏾🌱

08/10/2025

🤔Is it ever okay to shut down your business?

As we navigate the start of Q4, we imagine your focus is on the final push to hit your year-end goals. But what happens when the data, or rather, the recent reality of events suggests that you should stop?

This is one of the hardest dilemmas any entrepreneur can face, and a difficult thought that came up during our last Sikhulisene conversation. Fortunately, Sidumo Gumbi - a finance expert who participated in the conversation shared with us a reassuring reminder: sustainability is not just about survival. It’s about knowing when to pivot before a business drains your wellbeing.

This isn’t about failure but rather courage and strategic clarity. It’s about having the wisdom to reallocate your most precious resources – your time and energy – towards a new path that has a greater chance of success.

Watch the clip to hear Sidumo’s full take and take a moment to reflect:
🤔 Are you building something that grows you or something that drains you?

05/10/2025

As we dive into Q4, the focus is on finishing this year strong and strategically planning for what lies ahead. In the spirit of Sikhulisene, we would love to look back and look forward with you, to ensure that we inspire each other’s growth.

⏪ LOOKING BACK:
We released a one-page “Resource Map” from our "Does Your Mission Need a Margin?" conversation. It's packed with direct links to help you access key resources and concepts that were recommended by participants of that conversation. It also includes a link to watch a recap of the conversation for more in-depth insights. Use the first link in bio to access this.

⏩ LOOKING FORWARD:
As we plan for the next Sikhulisene conversations and other developments to the platform, we’d love to ensure that it provides you with better and more relevant tools to support your business growth. To that end, your voice is the most important one and we invite you to help us co-create what’s next. You can use the second link in bio as a channel to share your voice and co-create the future of Sikhulisene with Us 🤝🏾🌱

22/08/2025

Are you pouring your heart into your mission for sustainable development, but stressing about the finances?🤔You are not alone…

For many of Eswatini's changemakers, balancing purpose with profit is the ultimate challenge. It's the tightrope walk between making a difference and making payroll 🙃

This tension will be at the heart of our next Sikhulisene Conversation - which we would like you to shape, alongside the two brilliant minds we are bringing together as guest panelists that have personally felt that stretch.

If this speaks to you, we would love to hear your voice during the conversation. Attendance is free but registration is required, so do not miss out!

See details attached and register via the link in comments 🤝

Together, let’s bridge the gap between profit and purpose 🌍