This article forms part of SME South Africa's Township Entrepreneurship series. In the month of October we will explore the complexities, challenges and success stories of the township entrepreneurship ecosystem. Lethabo Mokoena, founder of Walk...
Welcome to Women’s Month 2018. Follow along here for all our coverage of inspiring Women in Business. Deseré Orill, together with husband, and Tim Legg, is behind one of South Africa’s fastest...
Lesley Williams is the CEO of Johannesburg digital innovation hub, Tshimologong Precinct. She was selected to be part of former US President Barack Obama’s Foundation inaugural class of its Africa...
A wife and husband entrepreneur team, Dawn and Barry Petersen, are reaping the rewards of participating in Pick n Pay’s Enterprise and Supplier Development Scheme(ESD) and have had the opportunity to...
In February this year, 38-year-old techpreneur, Obakeng Matlhoko, finally saw the fruits of five years of labour. Matlhoko, who is from Galeshewe, Kimberley had the opportunity to see his app AftaRobot, launch,...
WATCH: Rithen Ramlal, Kahvé Road CEO and founder discusses the philosophy behind their coffee sourcing. "We wanted to redefine the consumer coffee experience," says CEO and founder of Cape Town-based Kahvé Road coffee shop in Claremont, Rithen Ramlal. What makes them...
A2X Markets (A2X), South Africa’s newest stock exchange, made its debut this morning with three listings and four of the industry’s leading brokers on board. A2X competes directly with the JSE and provides an alternative...
Social entrepreneur and water scientist, Murendeni Mafumo created Kusini Water, an innovative mobile, solar-powered water purification system that provides safe drinking water, he is now working towards building a network of locally-owned franchise water businesses to roll out the technology to rural parts of...
With no more than R5,000 in hand, Nic Haralambous founded his bespoke sock empire, Nic Harry, selling 800 pairs in just 10 days. "I wanted to shut up the people who say it's too...
With #NationalBookWeek coming to an end this Sunday, why not use the rest of the week to cultivate a lifelong reading habit? For recommendations we turned to entrepreneurs who are big readers, often turning to books for ideas,...
