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Eric Poku Shoe doctor
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Poku, the Shoe Doctor?: Here’s a new kind of ‘doctor’ in Pretoria

School train
Start-up Africa

Students of Soshanguve High School build SOLAR-powered train

Gizzards
Start-up Africa

Crazy about chicken gizzards

Eric Poku Shoe doctor
Start-up Africa

Poku, the Shoe Doctor?: Here’s a new kind of ‘doctor’ in Pretoria

School train
Start-up Africa

Students of Soshanguve High School build SOLAR-powered train

Gizzards
Start-up Africa

Crazy about chicken gizzards

waste
Start-up Africa

One person’s waste is another person’s meal ticket

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele31-08-2022 14:00

Nomfundo Mkhaba (35) co-founder of Waste for Change encourages her community to reduce, reuse and recycle!

Farming
Start-up Africa

Making farming fashionable

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele29-08-2022 11:08

Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) wants to make farming more fashionable for youths.

mechanic
Start-up Africa

Motor mechanic revs up students’ dreams

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele29-08-2022 09:39

Sanele Ndlovu (40), has been successful in getting his workshop accredited to offer in-service training to artisan students

POULTRY
Start-up Africa

Lebohang masters the poultry market

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele29-08-2022 09:13

Lebohang Dhludhlu (32) has mastered network marketing for her poultry business. She has created job opportunities for 64 women.

furniture
Start-up Africa

Furniture manufacturing vital in job creation

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele23-08-2022 08:01

When Hlamarisa Ndaba’s law firm could not provide an income, she started a furniture manufacturing business

bursary
Start-up Africa

Bursary opportunities for young people

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele22-08-2022 11:33

Sonia Malinga (23) from Piet Retief in Mpumalanga is one of the people who received a bursary from the Shoprite Group

Breastfeeding
Start-up Africa

Breastfeeding tonic helps new moms

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele18-08-2022 10:36

A KwaZulu-Natal mother, Thandeka Jali owner of Lactease has invented a tonic that enhances breast milk production.

GirlBoss
Start-up Africa

Become a GirlBoss and the CEO of your life

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele18-08-2022 09:21

Launched in 2018, GirlBoss is part of the AfroBotanics Group, which produces various beauty and eco-friendly hygiene products.

Women's rights
Start-up Africa

Artist puts women’s rights in the picture

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele18-08-2022 08:30

Kganya Mogashoa (28) was motivated by unfair treatment of women in male dominated fields to fight for women’s rights through her art.

researcher
Start-up Africa

Young researcher ploughs back

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele15-08-2022 11:03

Thuli Khanyile (34) from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal is proud to be contributing to the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa.

innovator
Start-up Africa

Young innovator strikes gold with app

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele15-08-2022 09:42

Kutlwano Tshatiwa (17) developed a revolutionary phone application that is taking South Africa’s technology scene by storm.

women
Start-up Africa

Women urged to explore the chemicals sector

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele15-08-2022 09:02

Lilitha Sobuza (23) from Khayelitsha is one of the young women who have received funding and assistance from CHIETA.

waste
Start-up Africa

Turning waste into a fertile agribusiness

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele14-08-2022 21:57

While working full-time, Thandiwe discovered that the majority of industries produce waste that could be used to make compost.

Paratrooper
Start-up Africa

South Africa’s first female paratrooper

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele11-08-2022 07:57

Sapper Nomonde Nomtsheke (28) was the first woman to qualify as a paratrooper in the South African Engineer Corps.

SMALL BUSINESS
Start-up Africa

Small business urged to apply for support

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele10-08-2022 17:12

Small business owners are encouraged to apply for support through the Township and Rural Entrepreneurship Programme (TREP).

Female farmers
Start-up Africa

More investment in female farmers

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele07-08-2022 17:15

Nomalanga Sibinda (21) is a female farmer who holds a Diploma of Agriculture in Irrigation from Taung College of Agriculture.

FOOD
Start-up Africa

Mentorship programme adds sizzle to food

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele07-08-2022 16:55

More women in the restaurant industry can now be part of the food lab incubator programme that mentors small businesses.

EVENTS INDUSTRY
Start-up Africa

Limpopo entrepreneurs climb events industry ladder

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele07-08-2022 16:18

Lisbeth Makgoro and Sonia Mashego, both 28 are leaving a mark in the entertainment and events industry in Limpopo

construction
Start-up Africa

Lesedi Ledwaba takes construction business to new heights

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele07-08-2022 13:57

Lesedi Ledwaba (33) grasped the business ideologies of the construction business through her fathers guidance.

mechanic
Start-up Africa

Former car mechanic turns into burger king

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele01-08-2022 21:03

Tiyani Maluleke from Soweto who was a mechanic later built a food on wheels empire after his two year contract ended.

Agriculture
Start-up Africa

Empowering women through agriculture

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele30-07-2022 07:01

Dr Zulu (48), a remarkable small farmer who holds a doctrate in nutrition also hosts 20 students who are pursuing agricultural studies

Radio
Start-up Africa

Emelita Nyalungu rides the radio airwaves

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele28-07-2022 20:03

Bushbuckridge Community Radio in Mpumalanga has given Emelita Nyalungu (33) a chance at a better life at their station.

Bricklaying
Start-up Africa

Bricklaying no longer a man’s job

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele27-07-2022 20:33

Pretty Khumalo (29) from Mpumalanga recently qualified as a bricklayer after seeing an advert on social media and grabbing the opportunity.

Family
Start-up Africa

Family hatches business with grant money

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele25-07-2022 20:56

Five young people from an Eastern Cape rural town are breeding success after putting their Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant to good use.

Furniture maker is no couch po
Start-up Africa

Furniture maker is no couch potato

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele25-07-2022 20:36

Maquo­alesa Lekheakhoa Qwali (27) used her artistic flair and entre­preneurial spirit to make a couch from old tyres.

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