ENTREPRENEUR: Founder of Zenzele Fitness Itumeleng Phake
Phake left the world of banking to start a company that, in three years, already boasts a network of gyms in the headquarters of some of SA’s biggest corporates
ENTREPRENEUR: Co-founder of ReWare Nothando Moleketi
The market for pre-owned handsets has become huge in SA. Used-phone business ReWare entered the industry at just the right time
ENTREPRENEUR: WeThinkCode_’s Arlene Mulder
The former investment banker left the world of finance to pursue her dream of a tech business with the aim of revolutionising education and producing top tech ...
SA startup taking local and international museums by storm
An enterprising Cape Town-based company has produced hi-tech exhibits of the natural world for a US museum
This entrepreneur established the first luxury jewellery business in a township
There have been many challenges for NQ Jewellery Design Services owner Nqobile Nkosi
ENTREPRENEURS: Fuel cell plant developers Vinay Somera & Sakib Khan
Government’s hydrogen fuel cell strategy to use locally mined platinum and generate jobs has created an opportunity to make components for the global market
PROFILE: Serial entrepreneur Hamza Farooqui
The man who has his sights on ownership of a commercial bank, along with a friend of the Guptas, wants to give black entrepreneurs a bank that talks their ...
ENTREPRENEUR: Founder of Guns & Rain Julie Taylor
Anthropologist who wanted to help artists from the continent has created a showcase that sells their works through the Internet and via Skype and Instagram
ENTREPRENEUR: Cognition.Online’s Kyle Dodds
While working as a tutor during his university days, Dodds was forced to turn business away. But that experience opened his eyes to the potential of an app
Entrepreneur: CEO of WeChat Africa Brett Loubser
The man who thinks he can take on WhatsApp may not have had success as an entrepreneur, but his career highs and lows have taught him remarkable resilience