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Fortunate Nonhlanhla Magagula

Free State

Fortunate

When trucks stop moving, businesses feel it. This woman-owned logistics business provides reliable transport support and 24-hour roadside assistance, helping keep South Africa's trucking industry moving while creating jobs and opportunities across multiple provinces.

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Heinrich Du Preez

Gauteng

Heinrich

Golf carts are no longer just for the fairway. This business buys, refurbishes and resells golf carts, giving them a second life while providing affordable electric transport solutions for estates, security companies and businesses.

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Zanele Makabane

Gauteng

Zanele

Anyone who has dealt with piles of bank statements knows how time-consuming and frustrating the process can be. That’s exactly the problem OBSE (Optimised Bank Statement Extractor) solves. It transforms bank statements into structured data in minutes, dramatically reducing manual processing time.

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Livhuwani Raphala and Toni Rabali

Gauteng

Livhuwani Raphala and toni

This AI-powered platform helps mechanics, dealerships and parts suppliers identify the correct vehicle parts quickly and accurately, reducing costly errors, avoiding delays and streamlining the ordering process.

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Peace Mjwara

KwaZulu-Natal

Peace

This smart hygiene management system helps schools, clinics and municipalities improve hygiene practices through connected technology, real-time monitoring and data-driven insights that support healthier communities.

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Thabo Modise

Gauteng

Thabo Modise

Curating immersive art and cultural experiences, Toura Travel Therapy connects locals and tourists with South Africa's vibrant creative scene while making local art more accessible.

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Philendree Govender

Gauteng

Philendree Govender

This technology marketplace connects customers with more than 50 000 IT products across multiple online platforms, improving access to technology while creating opportunities for skills development, job creation and participation in the digital economy.

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Naidene Knife

Gauteng

Seboraboyi and Naidene

Connecting small-scale food producers directly with restaurants, resellers and communities, this AI-powered platform creates a more efficient supply chain while opening up income opportunities for township entrepreneurs.

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Joshua Stapleton

KwaZulu-Natal

Joshua Stapleton

Helping fashion and homeware brands create professional product photography in seconds, this AI-powered platform generates high-quality images and videos without the cost and complexity of a traditional studio shoot.

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Solly Ntshudisane

Gauteng

Solly Ntshodisane

Focused on making quality sleep more affordable, Bamboo Mattresses supplies beds and mattresses through a growing network of retail stores and online platforms across South Africa.

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Lungile Ntuli

Western Cape

Lungile Ntuli

Empiras Global helps young Africans access international education and learning opportunities through personalised guidance, digital programmes and study abroad pathways, preparing students to succeed on a global stage.

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Malusi Mkhize

KwaZulu-Natal

Malusi Mkhize

Turning agricultural and food waste into biomethane-grade biogas and nutrient-rich fertiliser, this business helps households, farms and small businesses reduce waste, lower energy costs and adopt more sustainable practices.

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Boitumelo Phetla

Gauteng

Boitumelo

Combining financial systems with real-time fleet and operational data, the HoneyBadger platform helps logistics businesses improve efficiency, reduce losses and make smarter operational decisions.

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Nomandla Dlamini

KwaZulu-Natal

Nomandla Dlamni

Looking and feeling good shouldn’t have to come with an expensive price tag. Manufacturing a range of affordable body care, hair care and hygiene products, the business is helping more South Africans access everyday essentials without compromising on quality.

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Obed Ngcongwane

KwaZulu-Natal

Obed

Driven by a passion for natural wellness, the business manufactures herbal immune-support products now stocked by pharmacies, beauty stores and independent retailers across the country.

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Terry-Anne Hart and Chich Nyama

Gauteng

Terry Ann & Chich

Through Fighters Club, this duo create professionally run boxing events that combine live sport, entertainment and athlete storytelling to deliver memorable experiences for fans and fighters alike.

Florence Duval

Florence Duval is a seasoned strategist with over 25 years of experience leading sustainability, stakeholder engagement and social impact initiatives across public and private sectors. 

As CEO and founder of IN TOUCH, she guides cross-sectoral teams to deliver high-impact advisory solutions that strengthen institutions, enable public-private partnerships and secure both the legal and social licence to operate. Her expertise spans compliance, community development, issue management and sponsorship development – always anchored in sustainable development principles. 

A former mining executive and committed social activist, Florence is known for her ability to build meaningful partnerships, navigate complex regulatory environments and drive transformative impact through purpose-driven leadership

Monique Chinnah

Monique is a curious, serial questioner who wants to take the mystique out of business and finance to make it practical and relevant to entrepreneurs. ‘Why?’, ‘Why not?’ and ‘How can we help, for real?' are her favourite questions.

She is the Senior Manager of Segment Design and Development in Retail Relationship Banking at Nedbank, and she is responsible for ensuring that small businesses are fully supported through Banking and Beyond® solutions and most particularly as the product owner of the SimplyBiz® platform. Monique believes that keeping business strategy simple, real and practically implementable is fundamental to success. She also believes in the power of fun. If you don’t like what you’re doing, don’t do it!

Monique draws on her own entrepreneurial journeys and extensive management roles in various industries to ensure that solutions are conceptualised and delivered with small-business owners’ needs in mind.

She believes in life-long learning and being a sponge through immersions in over 300 000 businesses, various tertiary and educational programmes, and she is a YouTube and social-media hustler. In 2012 she was awarded a scholarship through Goldman Sachs UK to attend the 10 000 Women entrepreneurial programme through the Gordon Institute of Business Science, and she has been recognised with several Top Achiever Awards in Nedbank.

Allon Raiz

Allon Raiz is regarded both locally and globally as a pioneer and maverick in the business-incubation industry. He is the founder and CEO of Raizcorp which, according to The Economist, is the only genuine incubator in Africa and which currently supports over 500 businesses.

A two-times PhD dropout, Allon is the best-selling author of three entrepreneurial books. He hosted the first national radio show on entrepreneurship in South Africa in 2004; wrote and hosted the first South African prime-time entrepreneurship reality television show; and created and published an entrepreneurial cartoon strip. Allon is currently hosting his 15th season of the popular The Big Small Business Show on Business Day TV.

Allon is a co-founder of the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation South Africa and Rural Roots, and is on the advisory and judging boards of numerous local and international NGOs and entrepreneurial awards. His passion for and focus on the development of entrepreneurs attracted the attention of the World Economic Forum (WEF) which, in 2008, recognised Allon as a Young Global Leader.

As an accomplished international speaker, Allon was invited to speak at the 2011 WEF Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland. In 2011, he became a member of the WEF’s Global Agenda Council on Fostering Entrepreneurship, making him one of 15 recognised global experts in the field. More recently, he became a member of the WEF’s Global Future Council.

In 2013, Allon received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Oliver Transformation and Empowerment Awards. The following year, he became the country winner, regional winner and continental winner of the Titan Award for Building Nations.

Between 2014 and 2016, Allon guest lectured at Oxford University where he was recognised as the Oxford University Saïd Business School’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence.

In 2015, Allon received an invitation from the White House, on behalf of President Barack Obama, to speak at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit held in Kenya.

Nonkqubela Maliza

Nonkqubela Maliza is the director of Corporate and Government Affairs at Volkswagen Group Africa. She has held the position since 2006 and also chairs the VW Community Trust and VWSA BEE Initiatives Trust. 

Prior to this, Nonkqubela was a senior executive at Metallon Corporation, a pan-African mining and financial services company with operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe. She also served as a chief director at the Department of Trade and Industry and has strong experience in the financial services sector. 

Nonkqubela holds an MBA from the University of Cape Town, a BA Honours in Economics from Rhodes University and a BA in Psychology and Economics from Rhodes University.