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Simple, But Powerful Habit Behind This Entrepreneur’s Success
Reading Time: 3 minutes In 2015, Johannesburg-based entrepreneur Seola Mashamaite needed to raise funds to fulfill an order for laboratory equipment her company was unable to fund. Her company, Mon-Cal, supplies and repairs laboratory equipment for companies like B. Braun Medical, Gibela Rail Transport Consortium, TACS Laboratories and Exoweld, and
How SA’s Government Can Help Small Businesses
Reading Time: 4 minutes South Africa’s small business community is an important contributor to the national economy. It already accounts for 52% of the country’s GDP and helps create much-needed employment. The government is
This Social Entrepreneur Is Using A Social Franchise Model To Build A Network Of Locally-Owned Water Businesses
Reading Time: 2 minutes Social entrepreneur and water scientist, Murendeni Mafumo created Kusini Water, an innovative mobile, solar-powered water purification system that provides safe drinking water, he is now working towards building a network of locally-owned franchise water businesses to roll out the technology to rural parts
Sheryl Sandberg Wants You To Lead Differently
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the most important lessons Sheryl Sandberg says she learnt when she started working for Facebook in early 2008, is that as a leader, part of achieving real success is working to better
Opportunities In SA’s Fuel Retail Industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes The South African fuel retail industry has grown considerably in recent years. In fact, it is one of the few sectors to weather the downgrading, rand volatility and negative growth
Read This Before Your Next Big Business Tech Purchase
Reading Time: 3 minutes Digitisation, which refers to the integrated use of analytics, big data, the cloud, the Internet of Things (“IoT“), mobile, and application development, has changed how business will be done forever. For some, digitisation is