Lion Zone

27/05/2025

𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐈𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐔𝐌

We’re excited to host the first-ever Building Your Financial Toolkit Kectil Forum! This forum brings together experienced entrepreneurs, investors, and financial advisors to discuss wealth creation through building a business or generating passive income.

We’re pleased to announce our first speaker, Mr. John Samaras. John is a prominent entrepreneur, business leader, and investor. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sampay Limited and Lion Zone. His commitment to developing and formalizing the informal economy is evident in his role as CEO of The Informal Economy Consortium of Zambia (IECZ) and well as Chisuma Energy building a fuel Pipeline linking Zambia and Mozambique.

John brings extensive leadership experience as a Former Chairman of the Board of OMG Holdings Limited. This diverse group of companies included participation in the Milling (Maize and Wheat), Stockfeeds, Retail and Distribution, Agriculture (both Cropping and Livestock), Property and Energy Sector.

He is Past president of the Ndola District Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Current Board Member of the American Chamber of Commerce.

John is driven by passion and his vision to create better lives through growing Entrepreneurship in Zambia and other Countries.

19/05/2025

Join us for an insightful session on "IT Development in Promoting Investment and Wealth Creation" at Entrepreneurship Day 2025, hosted by CUZABTA in collaboration with CUZASU.
🗓 Date: 22nd May 2025
🕒 Time: 13:00 – 16:00 hrs
📍 Location: Great North Road Campus (R150-160)
Hear from distinguished speakers:
🔹 Ahmad Hamwi — Mindset & Business Coach, Tech Guru, Innovator, Angel Investor
🔹 John Samaras — Sampay Limited Founder & CEO, IECZ, Samfuel, Chamber of Commerce Member and Expert in Mining
Transforming the world through business and technology.

01/06/2021

Happy New Month!

Here is a reminder to never take advantage of your mentors and sponsors.

Bridgette Radebe has made it big in mining and as the Executive Chairperson of Mmakau Mining. She was involved in the South African Mineral & Petroleum Resources Development Act and the Mining Charter. She started Mmakau Mining, which initiates explorations and helps to produce platinum, gold and chrome.

Build you network, identify a mentor and grow.
We are rooting for you.

17/05/2021

Ferocious adjective
fe•ro•cious | \ fə-ˈrō-shəs
exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality

Philip Hampson Knight, is an American billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., and was previously chairman and CEO of the company. As of July 23, 2020, Knight was ranked by Forbes as the 26th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$39.2 billion.

This week, don't forget to be ferocious!

14/05/2021

What Skills Must You Develop To Build a Successful Business!!

We believe every budding entrepreneur wants to build a successful business. In order to do that you will need to develop a set of skills and in this video the Head Lion and Sampay CEO - John Samaras shares 3 that have helped him grow multiple successful enterprises.

Don’t forget to share with us what skills have helped you in your business so far?

10/05/2021

Africa depends on you, the entrepreneur.

Eva Muraya is Chief Executive Officer and founder of Brand Strategy and Design Ltd. She has won many accolades and awards for her brand building and advertising skills which have benefited many big companies including FedEx, Xerox and Equatorial Commercial Bank.

05/05/2021

Here is a reminder that failure too is part of the process.

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, investor, and author. In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age.

Learn by doing!

26/04/2021

This week remember to not give up but to persist.

Monica Musonda is the founder of Java Foods, a food processing company based in Zambia with a mission to revolutionize the eating habits of the youth market by offering them affordable and nutritious food options made from local products.

We are rooting for you.

19/04/2021

What will be the fruit of your imagination? Start this week, we are rooting for you.

Reginald Abraham Mengi was a Tanzanian billionaire, businessperson, philanthropist, and author of the book “I Can, I Must, I Will,”.

He was the Chairman of Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF), Confederation of Tanzania Industries, IPP Gold Ltd., Media Owners Association of Tanzania, Executive Chairman & Owner at IPP Ltd. (Tanzania) and Chairman of Handeni Gold, Inc.

Mengi had an estimated net worth of US$560 million as per Forbes richest people in Africa 2014.

17/04/2021

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17/04/2021

Business Mentorship
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Among the challenges faced by many startups is the lack of Business mentorship, Lion Zone will offer winning applicants an opportunity to be mentored by experienced and successful businessmen and women.

Here is why Mentorship is important.

What are your views on business mentorship?