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…
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Author: Willem Fourie , University of Pretoria
South Africa will present its first progress report on the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations on July 17. This report will provide a rather extensive snapshot of the country’s progress towards the 169 ambitious targets.
The development goals were adopted in 2015 by 193 United…
The Otigba Computer Village shows that sharing knowledge widely benefits all businesses in a cluster.
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Nigeria’s Otigba Computer Village is arguably the biggest information, communications technology (ICT) market in Africa. It started off as a one-man business on a street called “Otigba” in Ikeja, the capital of…
Professor Don Weiss leads a delegation of around 100 United States business school graduates from Columbia University, one of the most prestigious learning institutions in the world.
Professor Weiss took the stage to speak to the Heavy Chef audience about some of the lessons he has picked up over a lifetime of meeting and teaching entrepreneurs.
Don…
Former financial journalist and Decusatio founder Marc Ashton was invited to speak at Startup Grind Johannesburg.
Marc spoke about his experiences in the South African media sector and some of his learnings from the digital media space and shared some insights around raising capital.
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We love the work that the StartUp Grind team do and their efforts to encourage early-stage entrepreneurship in South Africa. As a country, we are crying out for young role models that the youth can relate to.
Recently the StartUp Grind team interviewed media personality Lerato Lelia around her attempts to break into the radio…
One of our core beliefs - and one of the reasons we have invested in our Business Opportunity Marketplace - is that we believe that access to opportunities is a bigger challenge for entrepreneurs than access to funding.
If there is sufficient market for your opportunity, no traditional lender will have the appetite to invest…
Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the “Netpreneurs: The Rise of Africa’s Digital Lions” event (AKA ‘The Jack Ma thing’) at Wits University. I put together a couple of thoughts on the event and would love your feedback.
Getting the negatives out of the way:
Call me a spoilsport but if you are going to…
From earning $8 an hour to the creator of the biggest television franchise, Anthony E. Zuiker has a motivational story to tell.
We picked this TEDx talk because it spoke to a couple of important elements:
Zuiker hustled his way through school.
He received a number of formal qualifications but battled to find formal employment…
I read with some interest the article (https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/can-sa-create-an-additional-100-black-industrialists/) from Ray Mahlaka, looking at the “Black Industrialist” programme in South Africa and I feel there is a side to this story which is core to maximising this initiative.
At least once a week, we receive applications from entrepreneurs who have been approved by the Black Industrialist, Agro-Processing…
Financing for entrepreneurs is a complicated subject.
Just this week, we have received multiple applications from entrepreneurs looking for between R30 000 and R100 000 to execute projects or to launch their businesses. As a team that needs to look at these applications, it is very difficult to revert saying that your traditional funding outlets simply…
I am regularly asked to speak at networking / business events and its always interesting to hear the direction that questions take. At the moment, it is all about crypto-currencies and start-up capital.
My view on "cryptos" is very straight-forward - if you can't buy bread or beer with it (and without the price deviating massively…