The Olintshi Podcast: Recent Episodes
Olintshi Innovation Brokers
The Olintshi Podcast, brought to you by Olintshi Innovation Brokers, is hosted by Amanda Gcabashe, the firm's founder.
The show aims to be a platform to discuss, debate and bring up issues affecting small businesses in Africa.
Amanda is passionate about helping businesses to grow, offering her experience as an entrepreneur and from the corporate world in an engaging format.
Olintshi Innovation Brokers specialise in supporting the practical and successful implementation of developing ecosystems which support the growth of entrepreneurship.
Produced for Olintshi by Liyon Media.
In this episode, our last of the year, Amanda reflects on her last two conversations with Benedict Phiri and Tumi Mphahlele, and what she has taken away from these conversations respectively. Please do enjoy it.
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A happy Hanukkah, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours from The Olintshi Team.
In this episode, Amanda speaks to Benedict Phiri. Ben is a practicing attorney and founder of IusPrudentia Specialist Council, a bespoke law firm. We hear how he has navigated entrepreneurship in the legal sector, his bright outlook on life and growth and how the current version of himself came about. Please do enjoy it.
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All the best, The Olintshi team
As most, if not all, South Africans know, a large problem in South Africa is electricity. In this episode, Amanda talks to Tumi Mphahlele, the co-founder of i-g3n, a local renewable energy startup. We hear about Tumi’s journey into and through the sustainable energy industry and her solution with lithium batteries.
Please do enjoy.
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All the best, The Olintshi team.
On this Olintshi Podcast, Amanda reflects on the conversations she’s had with Lovey Talana and Cerina Bezuidenhout in the first two episodes of this season. We look at how these entrepreneurs juggle their businesses and relationships, as well the resilience that such people have to build up to succeed. Please do enjoy this episode.
In this episode, Amanda talks to Cerina Bezuidenhout - the vivacious, enthusiastic and friendly co-founder of Future Females. Join us as we discuss the reality of the entrepreneur’s dilemma and how to grow and uplift women in business. Do enjoy!
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WE’RE BACK AND REFRESHED! Welcome to Season 3.
On our first episode of the new season, Amanda talks to the owner and CEO of Dermacell Cosmetics, Lovey Talana. We hear how Lovey’s resilience, adaptability and passion has carried her to where she is now, and how she remains positive and strong during adversity. Do enjoy!
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In this season finale, Amanda reflects on the conversations she’s had with all the guests in Season 2 of the Olintshi Podcast. Through the season, 9 amazing entrepreneurs shared their stories with us, relating the realities of being in business. From stories of passion, hard work, grit, heartbreak, love and sheer force of will, these inspiring individuals are testament to the beauty of being in business.
We've loved having along this journey with us and looking forward having you along in Season 3.
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On this episode, Amanda speaks to seasoned South African actor, voice-over artist, acting trainer and workshop facilitator, Paul Maila. In this fascinating conversation, we hear how Paul followed his passion for acting, as well as his business ventures outside of the big screen, silver screen and recording booth.
On this episode, Amanda speaks to the founder and owner of Oratile Kids, Tsepiso Monamodi. A finance graduate, with a flair for fashion, Tsepiso details her journey to growing a leather manufacturing company producing handmade baby shoes. We also hear of how important her family has been in supporting her and how they’ve taught her skills that help her in managing and running her business.
Do enjoy this episode.
On this Olintshi Podcast, Amanda reflects on the conversations she’s had with Inga Sebata, as well as Koketso and Mpho Moeng. We look at how these entrepreneurs juggle their businesses and relationships with family and partners. Please do enjoy this episode.
In this episode, we hear from entrepreneurial couple and partners, Mpho and Koketso Moeng. We learn how they got in business and still manage to nurture their relationship while growing their restaurant, Ga Bo Dijo.
In this episode, we hear from Inga Sebata, CEO and founder of fashion business, StitchedByInga. She shares with us how she left a 9 to 5 job to follow her passion for fashion, and step into her dreams. Hear how the love and support of her husband, family and friends has assisted this passionate individual on her entrepreneurial journey.
In this episode, Amanda reflects on the first two sessions of the season.
She looks back at her conversations with: Thando Makhubu who owns an ice cream shop based out of Soweto Johannesburg, called Soweto creamery. Thando and his business gained popularity when in February 2022, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa mentioned him in his State of the Nation Address. Khuliswa Mazizi, the owner and operator of Kusta's Kitchen. She left her job in procurement at the South Africa Bureau of Standards to manufacture and bottle sauce, as she had noticed how much of a difference sauce could make on a meal and how you enjoy it.
Reflecting on some of the foundational lessons from Season 1, Amanda highlights strengths and character traits exhibited by these two individuals that other entrepreneurs can learn and get inspiration from.
This week Amanda talks to Thando Makhubu, the owner of Soweto Creamery. Thando gained popularity earlier this year when he was mentioned by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his 2022 State of the Nation Address, for saving money from Covid Relief Fund grants to start Soweto Creamery.
Join us as we dive deeper into how all of this happened, and how Soweto Creamery came to be.
In this episode, Amanda reflects on the first two sessions of the season. She looks back at her conversations with: Boipelo Molefe. Boipelo left her job as an operations manager for a logistics company in Europe and came back home to follow her passion for agriculture; and Liz Letsoalo, the founder and CEO of Masodi Organics. Masodi Organics is a beauty brand that prides itself on being sustainable and modelled after nature.
Reflecting on some of the foundational lessons from Season 1, Amanda highlights strengths and character traits exhibited by these two ladies that other entrepreneurs can learn and get inspiration from.
In this episode, Amanda talks to Liz Letsoalo, the founder and CEO of Masodi Organics. Masodi Organics is a beauty brand that prides itself on being sustainable and modelled after nature.
Join us as we hear about Liz took the leap to step into her dream.
Welcome to the second season of The Olintshi Podcast. In this season, Amanda sets out to talk to young entrepreneurs and hear their journeys.
In the first episode, we hear from a young farmer, Boipelo Molefe. Boipelo left her job as an operations manager for a logistics company in Europe and came back home to follow her passion for agriculture. Join us as we learn from Boipelo’s story and support her business, Mpelegeng Farm.
We've come to the end of Season 1. Amanda rounds up the season by giving an overview of issues and themes raised throughout the season, previewing what is come in future.
For resources like the Business Model Canvas and Review Tool spoken about during the season, visit the following: http://olintshi.co.za/podcast-resources/
As has become the custom on the show, Amanda starts by checking with with you, the audience, the community, the business owners. She gives an update of the work being done in her own business which is currently developing a digital platform for small businesses called Mkhosi. Amanda details the challenges and frustrations that she has faced in getting Mkhosi off the group, encouraging business owners to embrace the lessons that come from adversity in business. While things may look and feel tough in the moment, there are is always something to gain, she says.
Amanda then continues her series around the Business Model Canvas with this third instalment, focusing on partners, activities and resource that form part of a businesses cost structure.
In this edition, Amanda continues her series around the Business Model Canvas.
She starts by checking in with you, the audience, the community, the business owners, those on the frontlines of business. How are you doing?
Zooming in on the work that business owner typically do on a daily basis, Amanda asks "What are you busy with?" She says busyness sometimes hides a great deal of disorder that can actually hold back progress in a business.
The focus then shifts to the Business Model Canvas, where Amanda explains the correct way in which tasks and assignments should be done. This is not immediately obvious when looking at the model but having gone through it, the full picture does start to make sense.
In this edition, Amanda continues from the last episode, reflecting on the personal journey of being in business and the constantly evolving role of an entrepreneur.
Through the episode, Amanda takes us through a Monthly Review tool and model that can help businesses to gauge their progress on issues like: goals accomplished, lessons learned and tools for acquiring more knowledge.
By tracking progress on a consistent basis, Amanda highlights that entrepreneurs can quickly gauge what is working and not working in their operation. She also details how she has applied this review process in her own business.
In this edition, Amanda reflects on the personal journey of being in business and the constantly evolving role of an entrepreneur. Referencing Billy Jean King’s statement “Pressure is a privilege,” she distinguishes between between pressure and stress.
Amanda defines stress as an an unwelcome challenge, while pressure is a way of life. One while can be a crippling state, the other can fuel ambition, drive and new ideas.
Through the episode, Amanda highlights the value of pressure and how to avoid the chronic stress of business that leads to sickness or complications in some. The key takeaway is for entrepreneurs, business owners and leaders to learn who to embrace the challenge that comes with striking out on your own, leading teams and possibly disrupting a certain market.
In this episode, Amanda Gcabashe, talks about what it means to be a CEO. “Without you, this venture is actually not going to happen,” she says, explaining the responsibility that business leaders need to take on for their businesses to thriveShe shares some personal experience and difficulty in developing a new product.
She explains that as a leader, it is good to get others to do those things that you can’t do but that doesn’t mean you let go of the responsibility because no one else knows what you want to do better than you. To illustrate, Amanda shares some personal experience, highlighting recent difficulty in developing a new product that her business has faced.
Amanda spends the second half of the show discussing iPhone-maker Apple's supply chain for manufacturing its electronic products.
In this episode, our host Amanda Gcabashe continues her series talking about what it means to be an entrepreneur.
She begins by calling on entrepreneurs to understand the gravity of what it means to be a business owner and chief executive of one's operation. Amanda then talks about ways in which business owners can begin to assess and create a sustainable operation by using a tool called the Business Model Canvas.
Business Model Canvas example and download:
https://www.strategyzer.com/canvas/business-model-canvas
In this episode, our host Amanda Gcabashe talks about what it means to be an entrepreneur, looking at how business owners or those about to venture down the path should be thinking. She discusses how to start building systems for a successful venture, some of common pitfalls that derail entrepreneurs, giving some insights from her own business journey.
In this first episode, Amanda Gcabashe welcomes you all to The Olintshi Podcast. She gives some insight into her career in business, the purpose of the podcast and the type of content listeners should expect going forward.