Executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, and President of CAF, Patrice Motsepe is changing the way Africa moves. He wears many hats, including investor, executive, businessman, and futurist – roles that have paid...
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In a country that is desperate need of successful entrepreneurs, BiBi Cash & Carry Supermarkets offers an inspirational story. The supermarket chain was founded 23 years ago by Tommy Makhatho, who started working as a...
Hezron Louw and Andrew Leeuw did what many young South Africans are being encouraged to do – that is to find an opportunity and go figure out how to make it happen. What they achieved next is now the stuff of...
From a young age, Robin Olivier knew he’d become an entrepreneur one day. He grew up in a single-parent household, where there was always money to put food on the table, but never any for luxuries. His mother sent him to...
Peach Payments was launched in 2013 by Rahul Jain and Andreas Demleitner, a payment processor focusing on the African continent and other emerging markets. The startup offers payment solutions to businesses for their websites...
After the birth of her first baby and becoming tired of government bureaucracy, Native Nosi founder, Mokgadi Mabela, decided to continue her family’s beekeeping business. But she twisted things around by formalising the...
Arriving in Durban, Lebo Gunguluza only had R60 to his name and a whole lot of nerve in the 1990s. He was determined to enroll for a BCom at UKZN. His father passed away as a child and his mother worked as a nurse. There...
For over many decades, Mrs H.S. Ball’s Chutney has graced dinner tables of many South African households. ‘CHUTNEY’ is a pungent condiment that originated in India. The name is derived from the...
Portia Mngomezulu grew up in Phalaborwa, living with her maternal grandmother. She comes from a family of matriarchs, who were self-employed and constantly taught her the importance of being her own...
Anat Apter has gone from selling falafel at the Bruma Lake Flea Market in Joburg, to owning a franchise with over 20 outlets nationwide. This is all thanks to her unique Middle Eastern fast food and a much focus on...