PROFILE: Media entrepreneur Andile Khumalo takes it to the next level
After a career as an accountant, business talk show host and media investment partner, Khumalo aims to shake up the media landscape
Meet the Uber of same-day delivery
The platform is accessible via an app or the web and now has about 4,000 registered accounts, many of them corporate clients
ENTREPRENEUR: Rivoningo Mhlari, CEO of Rikatec
Mhlari, whose company makes information management systems for cars, is a role model who features on the Forbes 30 Under 30 technology list
ENTREPRENEUR: Lebohang Malepa of Lebo’s Soweto Backpackers
Malepa finally got foreign tourists to ‘get off the bus’ and visit his home town, but he’s still hoping to get ordinary South Africans to do ...
ENTREPRENEUR: Confectioner Karen Schneid raises the bar
What started as a hobby has become a successful business inspired by delectable French confections
ENTREPRENEUR: Sakhile Maseko’s luxury watch business is one to watch
After his bursary fell through, Maseko found suppliers of smart watches not available in SA, and an investor, and is now in business
PROFILE: Meet Tim Albone, the man behind Ritual Gym
A former correspondent in Afghanistan who almost went into banana farming opens a gym with difference in Illovo
PROFILE: Meet the SA-born man behind Mimecast
Mimecast co-founders decided to bet on the internet going mainstream and to help companies manage e-mail and data security
ENTREPRENEURS: Meet the co-founders of Black Beard Technology
These entrepreneurs have created a platform that provides investment advice from a robot — and they’ve just taken their company international
ENTREPRENEUR: Koketso Moeti’s mobilisation through amandla.mobi
This entrepreneur has built a community advocacy organisation that makes your cellphone a tool to build democracy
This German investor has money to invest in smart SA startups
Ahead of a planned listing in a few years, this investor wants to add more internet companies to his portfolio — and he is excited about SA’s ...
ENTREPRENEUR: Founder of Colony Live Marco Broccardo
The reformed drug addict leads a start-up with R35m in turnover, and has turned to the US for growth
ENTREPRENEUR: Brett Dawson’s life after Dimension Data
After winding up his tenure at the helm of Dimension Data two years ago, the tech sector veteran has shifted gear to incubate disruptive start-ups
ENTREPRENEUR: Giraffe founder Anish Shivdasani
The developer of award-winning local app-based start-up Giraffe has raised a fresh batch of funding to grow the platform
ENTREPRENEUR: Theo Mothoa-Frendo, founder of Uso — African Dermal Science
With the launch of skin-care products that target women with dark skin, this entrepreneur has tapped into a market that could take her brand all over the ...
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ENTREPRENEURS: Johannes le Roux and Inus Smuts — hangover-free G&T
An alcohol-free gin and tonic — developed by two local entrepreneurs — sounds like the ideal accompaniment to a business lunch
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ENTREPRENEUR: Palesa Sibeko — hard work can be fun
Avid gamer runs two innovative firms in the advertising space, and helped create a nonprofit organisation to empower young girls in science and technology
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ENTREPRENEUR: Chris Leatt of Leatt Corp
From a lab outside Cape Town, the entrepreneur developed a neck brace for extreme sports that has attracted worldwide demand
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ENTREPRENEUR: Ntuthuko Shezi creating a cash cow
The ‘crowd-farming’ founder has enjoyed great success in just two years, and he has ambitions to grow his business elsewhere in Africa
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