Entrepreneurs
Discover inspiring South African founder stories, startup lessons, and success journeys on Startup Mag. Learn from entrepreneurs turning ideas into thriving businesses and get insights to fuel your own startup growth.
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Beauty Indaba 2025: Elevate Your Beauty Business
Shara Hair proudly presents the African Beauty Business Indaba 2025—a premier gathering of trailblazing beauty entrepreneurs from across the continent,…
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Powering Possibility: The Business Lessons Behind Easy Solar’s Rise
Powering Possibility: The Business Lessons Behind Easy Solar’s Rise. When Nthabiseng Mosia co-founded Easy Solar in 2016, she stepped into…
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Breaking Barriers in Tech: The Business Lessons Behind GirlCode’s Rise
Breaking Barriers in Tech: The Business Lessons Behind GirlCode’s Rise. When Zandile Mkwanazi founded GirlCode, she was driven by a…
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The Lessons Behind Buza Answers by Sewagodimo Matlapeng
The Lessons Behind Buza Answers by Sewagodimo Matlapeng. For Sewagodimo Matlapeng, technology has always been more than just code. It…
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Powering the Future: How Nneile Nkholise is Transforming Industrial Efficiency with Thola
Powering the Future: How Nneile Nkholise is Transforming Industrial Efficiency with Thola. When Nneile Nkholise founded Thola, she set her…
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How Lindiwe Matlali Built African Teen Geeks Into a STEM Powerhouse
How Lindiwe Matlali Built African Teen Geeks Into a STEM Powerhouse. When Lindiwe Matlali founded African Teen Geeks, she had…
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How Indira Tsengiwe’s BlueAvo is Redefining Creative Collaboration Across Africa
How Indira Tsengiwe’s BlueAvo is Redefining Creative Collaboration Across Africa. When Indira Tsengiwe founded BlueAvo, she set out to solve…
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Unlocking Africa’s Credit-Invisible Economy: The Rise of Akiba Digital
Unlocking Africa’s Credit-Invisible Economy: The Rise of Akiba Digital. When Tebogo Mokwena founded Akiba Digital, he was driven by a…
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How Matoto Technologies Turned Vision into Impact: Business Lessons from a Black-Owned Tech Pioneer
How Matoto Technologies Turned Vision into Impact: Business Lessons from a Black-Owned Tech Pioneer. When Matoto Technologies was founded in…
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From the Streets to a Luxury Label: The Galxboy Story
From the Streets to a Luxury Label: The Galxboy Story. In 2008, Thatiso Dube from Mamelodi began selling T-shirts to…
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From High School Hustle to Business Expansion: The Journey of Kabelo Tsotetsi
From High School Hustle to Business Expansion: The Journey of Kabelo Tsotetsi. In the township of Thokoza, Gauteng, a 20-year-old…
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How Novashine Mobile is Redefining Student Entrepreneurship in South Africa
How Novashine Mobile is Redefining Student Entrepreneurship in South Africa. In Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, a first-year student has turned a financial…
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From Student Sparks to National Stage: The Rise of EzoXaba Group
From Student Sparks to National Stage: The Rise of EzoXaba Group. In Nelson Mandela Bay, a young entrepreneur is proving…
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