Not only two Scoops for ice cream queen Amanda Maidman
Amanda Maidman found herself in Ballito looking for an idea for a business when her daughter suggested ice cream, Scoop was started.
Good Hope
Modelling perseverance, self-belief – nuclear scientist, Senamile Masango
Senamile Masango, raised in a rural KwaZulu-Natal extended family of teachers, has become one of South Africa’s very few black female nuclear physicists.
Now for some good news. PPGI shows Business and Govt CAN pull together
For centuries, it seems, South African culture has divided public and private sectors into “us” and “them”. Partly for historic reasons, but also because of disrespect for the other side, mostly born from ignorance.
Stepping on the gas, SA’s potential energy saviour
This story has valence by dint of its almost unassailable natural logic, the basic argument being that liquified natural gas could transform our economy and solve a slew of problems.
Fasie Malherbe: Chef who turned training idea into business worth billions
After years of bugging Econet, they eventually sold Lobster Ink to this major multinational for “a handsome multiple of its $26m annual revenues”.
Eastern Cape’s Coega Special Economic Zone gets R2.6bn investment boost
The Coega Special Economic Zone in Nelson Mandela Bay says year to date, 18 new investors have signed R2.6bn in investments, with close to R1bn coming from the private sector.
Icebergs to Cape Town is gaining traction – Nick Sloane
When Nick Sloane, a seasoned salvage operator published his plan of guiding icebergs from Antarctica to Cape Town to solve the city’s acute water problem; many people thought it was a far-fetched idea.
Lyndsey Duff: Ex-diplomat bringing cutting edge tech back home to SA
Lyndsey Duff returned home to help introduce the revolutionary What3words system into a country that desperately needs to extend benefits of the formal economy to millions excluded from it.
Nick Dreyer: Making SA’s iconic Veldskoen into a global champion
It was only in January that Alec became acquainted with a supercharged version that is now being marketed globally by a company called well, Veldskoen.
Flying the South African flag; from Moto3 to MotoGP in 4 years
South African motorcycling star Brad Binder is joining an elite group of Red Bull rookies next year.