Akwande ukukhanya is an Early Childhood Development Crèche Owner Empowerment Programme which originally started as a pilot in 2017 with 15 women led ECDs, and due to its success, we were requested to run it in Diepsloot! Akwande ukukhanya has a unique, three-pronged approach business model: Supporting women social entrepreneursand leaders through personal and wellness…
Founder of Iziko Stoves, Lindokuhle Duma, has a zeal for social entrepreneurship and seeing young people achieve their full potential; this is what fuels his fire. Iziko is a welding company who develop at risk youth, substance abusers and ex-offenders; so they can self-sustain their livelihoods after rehabilitation. Matoyana Media spoke to Lindokuhle about his…
Matoyana Media is honoured to introduce Author and Founder of Explorare, Kate Tregan Rowe, as our next “In the Spotlight” feature. Kate is emotional wellbeing expert and supports people to develop the skills to foster connection with themselves and others. She is a passionate human who longs for a world where authentic and resilient connection…
We loved speaking to Abundance Wholesome Foods Founder, Siyabonga Mngoma, for Matoyana Media’s “In the Spotlight” feature. Siyabonga is a Civil servant turned entrepreneur to fight lifestyle diseases in South Africa through the home delivery service of organic fresh produce for health benefits – amongst other things. Abundance Wholesome Foods work with small scale farmers…
As part of our Matoyana Media “In the Spotlight” Series we’re showcasing African businesses who have social transformation at the heart of their businesses. This week we’re introducing Maushami Chetty, a dynamic a thinker and a doer and CEO of Aarya Legal, who provide innovative legal services to entrepreneurs. All business owners need risk management…
Introducing Matoyana Media’s latest “In the Spotlight”feature with Rain Tree and their innovative Founder, Jeanne du Plessis, who is curious about everything, up for anything and passionate about making the world better. Rain Tree help entrepreneurs to tell their stories and find their voice, as well as assist established brands to turn social issues into…
As part of our Matoyana Media “In the Spotlight” Series we’re showcasing African businesses who have social transformation at the heart of their businesses. We’re honoured to feature Nourishing Africa as a business whose online platform has a range of tools and resources geared towards showcasing the talent and innovations of the agricultural and food…
understand – /ʌndəˈstand/ – verb interpret or view (something) in a particular way. My first corporate job was in logistics, specifically supply and demand management. Whenever something had gone wrong e.g.a container of stock got delayed or we had shelf out of stocks etc. we would have to conduct a why-why analysis, to understand the root cause…
Here’s the one thing I can say the current Covid-19 pandemic has shown me! That we are living organizisms – fragile humans and we need to take this opportunity to spend time with ourselves, our families and friends. Block out the distraction, filter the noise, choose the right information to protect yourselves, loved ones and…
A few weeks ago, I had a catch-up session with a mentee of mine. He was telling me how he had listed “being a solo-preneur” as a weakness in his pitch to potential investors, and that one of the coaches he had during that pitch-event, told him that being a solo-preneur is not necessarily a…