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Proudly brought to you by My Dough, A business accelerator whose core mission is to act as an enabler to unlock value in African SMME businesses, who measure their success by the number of businesses that they can help to achieve sustainable growth targets. This podcast series goes behind the scenes of South African startup businesses and interviews the founders and we get a front row seat to learn how they are running their businesses and deal with growth in their startups. Celebrating entrepreneurs and showcasing the best of what South African youth have to offer.
Merlisha is a commercial attorney, specializing in general commercial advisory and litigation and a specialist in employment and labour law. Merlisha has been practicing law since 2007 and has been in practice for her own account since February 2018. In present times, practical legal advice is crucial to obtaining positive results for clients. MH Attorneys offers pragmatic “real-life” solutions to their clients’ problems. The clients’ best interests ALWAYS come first. They always strive to look at their client’s matters from every angle to determine the best and most affordable route for the client to resolve the issue.
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Godi represents the emergence of new business disruptors within the South African economic landscape who are pioneering a new frontier of entrepreneurial innovation. He has had a dramatic impact on the tutoring industry with his business Goodie Tutors SA of which today prides itself on servicing South Africa's top tier organization, soccer clubs and with over 300 tutors nationwide. At the tender age of 24, Godi is pushing the envelope and redefining the boundaries of possibilities He is a game changer and a leading mind in youth entrepreneurship and was recognised by the Egyptian chamber of commerce.
Godi views innovation as a critical vehicle for inspiring change and as a result of this, he is driven to adding value and creating transformational change using his uncanny instincts that has brought his newest and exciting business ventures Delivery Ka Speed to life. This business venture has been launched at his old stomping ground in Hammanskraal. Godi is challenging conventional thinking and business approaches to tackle the township customer economy.
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Comfort Lebese is the Founder and Design Director at CLK Design Studio - A residential architectural design company based in Johannesburg, with almost an exclusive focus on designing spaces for habitation and helping people imagine and build their dream homes! He is particularly interested, and some might say ‘obsessed’ with the idea of using architecture and design to develop township economies and black spaces into centres of high productivity. With qualifications in Architecture and Property Development &Investments, from Wits University and the University of Cape Town respectively, he aims to use his vast knowledge and skills to not only build a strong African-centred architectural design agency but to be at the forefront of imagining spaces that address current and future developmental and urban planning challenges for Africa.
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Tebogo is a seasoned management consultant with over 8 years experience in Change Management. She started off her consulting career at Deloitte Consulting as an intern and now runs her own management consulting firm. She started Masego Consulting in 2017 with the main focus on Human Capital Management solutions whose approach requires that we integrate seamlessly and work collaboratively with client teams to co-create a customised solution for seemingly generic business challenges. Masego Consulting has recently added another service offering to its portfolio that focuses on assisting clients with the full cycle tendering process, from searching tenders for clients to packaging and submitting the actual tenders.
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Paballo Daisy Matshaba is a wife, mom of 3 girls and a perfume enthusiast. Her love for perfumes and self-care products started when she was a young girl. She used to always be caught going through her mother’s vanity bag, where she kept all her perfumes, skin care products and makeup. Growing up she was always that girl that had a tiny vanity bag with a deodorant, bottle of lotion and lip gloss all squeezed in to fit into her school bag. It was when the pandemic started, when everything seemed so uncertain, that she felt that she needed to go back to the things that she really enjoys, after years of being a family woman, that she decided to start a business, named it Making Scents and began to sell all her favorite products. At Making Scents they retail and wholesale oriental and Arab fragrances as well as self care products imported from the U.A.E.
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The founder of the company, Mr. Nico Raphadu, has over 22 years’ experience in the Elevators and Escalators industry which has been gained through his experience with the top 3 Multinational Companies in South Africa. V3F Elevators and Escalators has been operating for the last 7 years in the Gauteng area and has grown to have a presence in other regions throughout South Africa. They are a company specializing in design, supply of as well as installations and maintenance of vertical and horizontal transportation specifically Elevators, Escalators and Moving Walkways.
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Keneilwe Kgatlhane is a somatologist by profession, but also the director and co-owner of Bodyhub Slimming and Aesthetics Center. She came in the industry because it has always been her passion to serve people, now the best part is that she gets to do what she loves through Bodyhub which she started with her partner in November 2019. Bodyhub offers weight/cm loss, Body toning, Cellulite reduction, facials, handcials and Body scrub services with the aid of their advanced technology machines, with effective products and healthy eating plans. Their aim is to help people to be conscious about their health.
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Motshabi Senna originates from Brits, in the North West. She has been in business since the year 2011 but has been running Amajika General Trading for the past 3 years in the field of Logistics. Amajika General Trading is a logistics company based in the North West but operates in all provinces across the country. Amajika primarily transports cement to various areas, but plans to transport minerals from mines in the future.
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Walter Muguru is the founder of Waltru Projects which was founded in April 2020. He is the sole owner of the business, which takes on the form of the following projects; transportation and Kitchen Mobile. Apart from the business, he has previously worked as a waiter at BID Vest events, a receptionist at Muofhe Graceland and as a Tender Administrator at the head office of Auditor General South Africa. As a young entrepreneur, he has ambitions to be a leader in business, particularly in the transportation space where he aims to provide transportation services to private and public clients in different locations: from their comfortable homes, to their respective workplaces, as well as during their local and regional trips across the border. Like any young South African who grew up in the streets of Soweto and Venda in Limpopo, he shares the same sentiments as the government with regards to providing job opportunities for young South Africans, particularly in the transportation industry as the business continues to grow yearly. His goal is to have more than 20 private cars, different models and to hire more than 50 people who will become permanent employees of the business or company.
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Tinyiko grew up in Soweto, Diepkloof with 5 siblings. He had a dream of becoming a pilot but that didn't happen for him as he didn't meet the health requirements. The love of playing video games brought him the interest of being in IT with the hope of designing a video game or some elements of it. He is in IT by profession working for a financial institution, his journey started in August 2009. His partner and him started a logistics company Guyu M Holdings a few months ago and they are aiming in growing in that industry to become one of the competitive companies out there. The company is fairly new trying to win a couple of contracts with companies that need delivery services and to establish a good reputation about them.
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Masego Seleke is the managing director of Slakes Enterprises (Pty) Ltd, a water purification, bottling and PET bottle manufacturing company. She comes from Pampierstad in the Northern Cape, and is one of two children in a family of four. She graduated from UNISA with a BA general degree, majoring in development studies and politics. Currently is studying part-time at UNISA completing a BA POLICY STUDIES degree.
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Ronewa Creations which is run by Lesego Seloane and Dinah Kgeledi provides Landscaping services which include irrigation and garden maintenance with botany and horticulture expertise. They service the private sector, government and private homeowners. Lesego Seloane is a passionate, young woman residing in the South of Johannesburg. At 30, she is the proud CEO and Co-Founder of a landscaping company, Ronewa Creations. She holds a degree in Biochemistry and Botany from the University of Johannesburg, a qualification in Landscape and Design from Lifestyle College and a Business and Economics certificate from the University of Johannesburg Business College. Dinah Kgeledi is a Proud Owner/co-founder of Ronewa Creations, she is a Mother of three ( 2 girls and 1 boy). Her background in corporate spans over 10 years in the IT industry, She holds a National Diploma in IT, as well as qualifications from Lifestyle College with Landscaping and Horticulture. She is also an Executive member in Value for Trash, an organisation that recycles tyres and a Co-Founder and Owner of Green Grow Group, an awareness programme for the Green Economy for the Youth.
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Pointique is a Johannesburg based SAP Consulting firm that offers cost effective SAP solutions. They offer services in SAP Implementation, Support and Business Consulting. Pointique is a black female-owned company that was established in 2017 by Nomfundo Mthethwa (SAP Consultant) working together with highly experienced consultants. Nomfundo has been a certified SAP Manufacturing consultant for more than 11 years . The company name is Pointique which is a combination of “On Point” and “Unique”. They are not just another SAP Consulting firm charging expensive rates, they bring something unique to their clients, which is providing their customers with the best solutions at very affordable prices.
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The corner stone of all successful economies around the world is entrepreneurship. I know this and im sure you’ve heard this too, So, it should go without saying that entrepreneurs, regardless of size should be celebrated and supported in every economy especially Africa, but are they?
At My Dough, a business accelerator whose core mission is to act as an enabler to unlock value in African SMME businesses believes entrepreneurs must be supported to realize their full potential and, in doing so, unlock the potential for Africa to play it’s role in the global economy. My Dough is an accelerator with a difference, who measure their success by the number of businesses that they can help to achieve sustainable growth targets.
Welcome to the My Dough Podcasts, hosted by Tebogo Sehume, proudly brought to you by My Dough
A podcast series where we go behind the scenes of African startup businesses and interview the founders and get to hear from the risk takers, the change makers, and those who dare to dream, with VIP access to learn how they navigate their own “paths less travelled”
Looking to solve problems, learning how to manage a growing enterprise, or looking for some inspiration, then look no further. So to you the entrepreneur, side hustler, freelancer or individual thinking of becoming an entrepreneur, tune in weekly for your dose.
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