It can eliminate the need for expensive and time-consuming manual audits, creating verifiable financial histories automatically, with minimal cost.
A KwaZulu-Natal businesswoman has discovered a winning formula, making amadumbe crisps as well as cassava flour and porridge
The journey to empowering women’s entrepreneurship will not be achieved by any one isolated approach
A systems thinking approach is needed to help us understand why the playing fields are uneven, and how to even them up
It requires more than being technologically competent; the basics of establishing networks and pitching to investors can be taught but it takes time to do so
The company is introducing a course that includes the basics of entrepreneurship and how to run a business.
‘Economy agnostic entrepreneurs’ are experiencing revenue growth even as the economy shrinks — but they need better access to venture capital and international markets
The continent could reap rewards through digitisation and adopting new technologies
Theo Baloyi, motivated by his love for sneakers and his goal of reducing unemployment, founded Bathu in 2015. He shares his transition from corporate employee to entrepreneur
Businessman Bokang Mosala has, from a young age, chased financial independence. In high school, he sold sweets and at university he embarked on various business ventures that failed. This led him to a career in the banking sector
Do the research first; it will save money and time later
Proudly South African trip took journalists to companies creating jobs – but they’re white-owned
MBA holders continue to out-earn their peers; in addition, they foster innovation and shape society
If they are going to be the job creators that policymakers hope for, a major overhaul of mindsets and infrastructure will be necessary
Given the challenges millennials face, these initiatives could go a long way in assuring them that a bright future is possible
Refilwe Lesufi says there is an urgent need to create off-grid solutions in rural areas
When Simbongile Ndlangisa ditched her nine-to-five job to start her own PR business, she thought, great, now I can sit and watch series all day
Trans women battle
to find jobs, but some do manage to escape being a sex worker
Edith Chikwana now sells goods on Jo’burg’s streets to feed and educate her brothers and sister.
Business incubators are not infallible, but many really do bring out the best in a new enterprise.
The Mail & Guardian does some homework for potential franchisees on funding options.
VIDEO: Sizwe Nzima is an entrepreneur assisting his Khayelitsha community by delivering medicine by bicycle. He is an M&G 200 Young South African.
Young entrepreneur Ludwick Marishane pitches his ‘Dry Bath’ idea without using words ahead of the M&G’s 200 Young South Africans.
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A local online resource is providing much-needed
information for potential business owners.
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Entrepreneurs typically set out to use mentors as a substitute for their own lack of experience.
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Universities need to be realistic about what they can earn by patenting and commercialising research, writes Barrie Terblanche.
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Two academics have found that creating a platinum smelter is easier than taking it to the market, writes
Barrie Terblanche.
Ziggy Owei describes herself as “a living example” that entrepreneurship can be taught.
At the age of 45, with two-year-old twins at home, John Gilmour resigned from his comfortable job as a private-school principal in Cape Town.