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…
Lukhanyo Neer is an entrepreneur, consultant and strategist. At a Heavy Chef event in September 2018, Former President Mbeki listened to a lineup of South Africa's preeminent technology experts, including Sam Paddock (founder of Getsmarter), S'onqoba Maseko (education technology specialist), and Neer, talking about the threats and opportunities posed by the 4th Industrial Revolution.
The world around us is changing fast and there is a war for talent in South Africa.
CEO and founder of iXperience Aaron Fuchs sits down with Caley Africa to chat about his journey with tech, and what led him to start a coding academy with the sole objective of arming students with skills for…
Gareth Cliff is a media maverick and the co-founder of CliffCentral. In this punchy interview, Cliff talks to Heavy Chef CEO Fred Roed on his business journey so far.
Cliff Central is now five years into pioneering the South African podcasting market with its platform, which Cliff calls a 'content hub'. Cliff reveals what business…
South Africa has been crying out for a bit of a good news story and the team from Heavy Chef don't disappoint with this latest interview showing local can still be lekker!
Heavy Chef anchor Caley Africa talks to the three founders of Veldskoen®, a small South African idea that suddenly hit the viral button…
Discovery Insure CEO Anton Ossip recognises the value in supporting SMEs in a developing country. In order to solve the problem of unemployment and poverty, we need to create jobs - plenty of them. Entrepreneurs create jobs.
It's also true that there is a strong link between successful businesses and lower-risk businesses, which makes the…
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…
It takes a special kind of entrepreneur to succeed in the successful rollout of a high-growth SME and it is always great to learn from other entrepreneurs.
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. This shaped…
Discovery has long been recognised as one of South Africas most innovative and entrepreneurial businesses, succeeding in both local and international markets. But how did this business build itself into a global powerhouse?
The two original co-founders of Discovery Health Adrian Gore and Barry Swartzberg shared the stage with Heavy Chef CEO Fred Roed to…
Heavy Chef anchor Caley Africa chats to South African surfing legend Roxy Davis on her extraordinary rise from nine-times national surfing champion to creating the iconic surf apparel and experience company 'Roxy's Surfing Emporium'.
Roxy presents fascinating insights into what it takes to be a winner at sport, at business, and at life. Covering…
One of the 2019 local entrepreneurship success stories has been the PayFast acquisition by the DPO Group. For many entrepreneurs, this is the kind of transaction that they aspire to emulate.
Jonathan Smit is the founder and MD of Payfast, which last week was at the centre of the largest-ever acquisition in the African payments sector.…
Inspirational Springbok Captain Siya Kolisi visited one of Heavy Chef's most entrepreneurial community members, Sikelela Dibela, at his vibrant coffee shop in the heart of Khayelitsha.
Siki's makes one of the best brews in the Western Cape, and his shop is constantly filled with local entrepreneurs, artisans and creatives who love the combination of wifi…