Vaya Footwear Founder Themba Makamo Wins His First Entrepreneurship Award At The 40 Under 40 Awards
Vaya Footwear Founder Themba Makamo Wins His First Entrepreneurship Award At The 40 Under 40 Awards. South African entrepreneur and founder of Vaya Footwear Themba Makamo took to Twitter to announce that he won his first ever entrepreneurship award at the 40 Under 40 Awards.
The post read, “I won my first ever entrepreneur award at the 40 UNDER 40 awards. Thank you all who have supported us. The two years of VAYA’s existence has been an incredible journey. Thank you 40 UNDER 40 AWARDS for the recognition. #40under40awards”
Vaya Footwear was founded on the principals of overcoming all obstacles to accomplish success. The company believes courageous people can achieve everything that they set their minds to, and through lived experience, it is aware that everybody faces obstacles at some point in their lives. Some of these obstacles can derail people from their dreams or goals. The company also believes it exists to counter obstacles disguised as failures, fears, doubts, negative thoughts, and rejections by reminding people daily that they can ‘VAYA’ for their dreams until they ‘TRIUMPH’.
The Forty under 40 Award is curated to identify, honour and celebrate a cross-section of the nation’s most influential and accomplished young business leaders under the age forty from a wide range of industries. The awards want to celebrate entrepreneurs and business leaders who are committed to business growth, professional excellence, community service and have risen up the ranks of their companies or industries at a relatively young age.
The awards believe that putting the spotlight on these young achievers will not only celebrate them – it will also afford them an opportunity to build a stronger platform where they can have even greater opportunities and also open doors for the next generation.
VAYA is Themba’s Triumph after years of failure, heartaches, and rejections. With a great team, VAYA aims to inspire and help people to go for their dreams as it knows ambition can overcome any temporary obstacle.
