Rehema Isa is a distinguished business strategist and executive leadership development practitioner with over 25 years of experience guiding organisations and leaders through complex change. As the Co-Founder and Director of Oya Solutions, a specialist strategy and leadership development firm, she partners with clients to unlock growth, elevate strategy, and build high-performance teams. Her expertise lies in facilitating “blue sky thinking” experiences and helping teams define their next growth curve.
A master storyteller and certified coach, Rehema is the curator and educator behind the acclaimed strategic storytelling and communication masterclass, delivered through institutions like Duke Corporate Education and Wits Business School, empowering over 2000 professionals to communicate with impact. Her entrepreneurial drive is evidenced in her co-founding of social enterprises like Oya Foods, an agrifood aggregator, and Womanomics Africa®, a non-profit creating a pan-African economic highway for women traders.
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Rehema Isa Showcase 2026 video demonstrates her as a distinguished business strategist and executive leadership development practitioner with over 25 years of experience guiding organisations and leaders through complex change. As the Co-Founder and Director of Oya Solutions, a specialist strategy and leadership development firm, she partners with clients to unlock growth, elevate strategy, and build high-performance teams. Her expertise lies in facilitating “blue sky thinking” experiences and helping teams define their next growth curve.
A master storyteller and certified coach, Rehema Isa is the curator and educator behind the acclaimed strategic storytelling and communication masterclass, delivered through institutions like Duke Corporate Education and Wits Business School, empowering over 2000 professionals to communicate with impact.
Her entrepreneurial drive is evidenced in her co-founding of social enterprises like Oya Foods, an agrifood aggregator, and Womanomics Africa®, a non-profit creating a pan-African economic highway for women traders. She has won awards for her thought leadership, named one of Mail & Guardian’s Women in Business (2023) and is the Overall Winner of Women of Stature (2022).
As a TEDx Organiser and Head Speaker Coach for TEDxLytteltonWomen, Rehema Isa has amplified the voices of over 100 African women. Rehema holds an MBA from the University of Witwatersrand Business School and is a sought-after keynote speaker on strategy, leadership, and the power of narrative.
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In an age of data overload, leaders face a critical disconnect: how to move people from understanding to action. This keynote reveals storytelling as the essential bridge. We reframe “Telling Tales” from a soft skill into a strategic leadership discipline, blending the art of human connection with the science of organizational performance.
You will discover a practical framework of three powerful story types—the “Why” Story, the “Failure” Story, and the “Origin” Story—designed to communicate vision, build deep trust, and secure genuine buy-in.
Leave understanding how to use your most fundamental tool to transform data into meaning and a group of individuals into a cohesive, driven community.
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