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10 Things you should know about Bathu Footwear
Bathu Footwear is a brand founded by Theo Baloyi. Here are 10 Things you do know about Bathu Footwear.
- The founder, Theo is a qualified Accountant.
- The idea of creating Bathu came to him when he was working in the middle east.
- The main reason behind the creation Bathu was that he realized that there was a gap for African Sneaker brands portraying the African Culture.
- By 2015 Theo had been rejected by 13 different factories.
- Bathu was founded in 2015 and the first sneaker was the mesh sneaker.
- The same year 100 of those sneakers were launched to people in Alexandra, Midrand and Thembisa.
- In 2017 Bathu entered its first corporate collaboration which led to a further 1000 pairs of the Mesh Edition sneakers.
- In 2018, Bathu bought its first delivery vehicle and opened its first store in Newtown.
- Bathu currently has 10 stores and plans to open 7 more.
- Bathu and Theo have achieved many acolades including being on Forbes 30 under 30 2019.