To our South African audience, Maps Maponyane needs little introduction. He's a regular face on our TV screens, magazine covers and online platforms, and has developed a distinct reputation for being a stylish, intelligent gentleman with a heart to match. In short, Maps has mastered the art of personal branding to a T. This makes…
Respected lawyer and entreprenuer Max Boqwana is the CEO of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation (TMF). The Foundation aims to serve as an intellectual hub of the African Renaissance Movement while training African youth to become change agents, consistent with the interests of the peoples of Africa and humanity as a whole.
Speaking at the Heavy Chef ‘Educators’ Inspire…
Graeme Wilson, founder of award-winning legal firm 'Whipping The Cat', sees law differently. Starting his career pacing the hallways of large corporates, working for multi-national firms. In Part 1 he spoke about 'New Law' and how the legal profession is changing.
In Part 2, Graeme talks about the bare bones basics of what entrepreneurs need…
Scaling of high-growth technology businesses requires a combination of experience, contacts and industry know-how.
Niket Desai started his first company in college and sold it to Google before his 25th birthday. Desai then spent a few years working on some of Google's most iconic products, Inbox and Google Maps, before flipping across the world to…
South African solutions for South African problems!
JONGA is a low-cost community-based alarm system for townships and other low-income areas that allows for real-time crime reporting and community responses. Safety is a basic human right, and local entrepreneur Ntsako Mgiba recognized a great injustice in security companies that were not offering affordable security measures to South…
Nowadays, everyone seems to be creating a new YouTube channel. Ondela Mlandu spoke to Danilo Acquisto, TV celebrity, radio show host and CEO of Special Effects Media, about the viability of YouTube and how realistic it is to make money out of the platform.
Danilo is a remarkable mind when it comes to video strategy and,…
Mvelo Hlophe is the CEO of Zaio as well as a student, currently in final year at UCT studying BCom Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
Mvelo is a student entrepreneur, founder of Zaio, a platform that helps student developers land their dream job through a gamified process while studying. Students are are upskilled through courses, coding…
Alex Chang is the founder and CEO of Ivy-Way Academy, CTO of a tech startup on skincare, a dance teacher, and a hacker. Back in high school, Alex was not exactly "Ivy League material."
He did not finish top 5 in his public high school in New York, did not get a near-perfect SAT score, did…
“Everyone fails. Anyone you see succeeding is only succeeding at the things you’re paying attention to—I guarantee they are also failing at lots of other things. The people I respect most are those who fail well. I respect them even more than those who succeed.” – Ray Dalio, Bridgewater
2018 – what the hell was that?!
This…
Today, South African venture capital firm Knife Capital announced the top twelve companies participating in its fourth Grindstone Accelerator programme. Grindstone engineers growth for South African innovation-driven entrepreneurs by shaping their companies to become more investable, sustainable and exit-ready.
Some of South Africa’s best scale-up companies have been through Grindstone with measurable results.…
As a small business, one of the scariest moments is when you decide to bring onboard additional skills and capacity. The immediate concern is that you are adding to your expense line and that you won’t see a return on investment.
The reality is that most small businesses need an injection of human capital to help…
The technology sector in South Africa is continuing to evolve with a number of innovative young businesses starting to play a more sustainable role. What does it take to build a technology business in the current environment?
Annette Muller has had a varied and fascinating career. Named as one of Forbes Africa's Business Leaders To…