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The Business of Feeding More People | Michelle Bristow, founder and CEO of GENESIS Nutritional Products, on turning clinical expertise into an affordable response to hunger.

Michelle Bristow on turning clinical expertise into an affordable response to hunger and building a business capable of extending its impact.

No Compromise Means No Compromise | How Solina Naidoo Built the Community Before the Product

Solina Naidoo on building Perima’s Kitchen from a community rooted in heritage, trust and an uncompromising commitment to quality.

Making It Without Faking It | Yael Geffen on identity, resilience and learning to lead on her own terms

Yael Geffen on finding her identity beyond the family name, building resilience in New York, and learning to lead with authenticity and impact.

Making Impact Visible | Mikhial Marimuthu on youth-led innovation, practical technology and building solutions that can be measured.

Mikhial Marimuthu on equipping young innovators to turn community challenges into practical, technology-led solutions.
Dr Lershania Moothsamy of SPHER3

Before the Clinic Door | Dr Lershania Moothsamy on Public Health, Purpose, and Building Systems that Prevent Crisis

Dr Lershania Moothsamy reflects on inherited values, privilege, and why effective healthcare starts before tertiary care.
Ntando Zikalala, founder of To The Max Brand Management

Taking It To The Max | Ntando Zikalala on grit, authenticity, and building a brand‑management business that emerged from Covid and went all the way to the Oscars.

Ntando Zikalala built To The Max from a side project into a global agency, shaped by instinct, timing, and a long-term approach to growth.

Success Isn’t the Point | The South African-born founder behind a $460M healthcare exit reflects on faith, failure, and why success means more than money.

Clinton Phillips reflects on faith, failure, a $460 million healthcare exit, and why the true measure of success lies in who your work ultimately serves.
Rapelang Rabana, founder and chairperson of Rekindle Learning

Building for the Africa We Actually Have | Rapelang Rabana on education, technology, and designing for lived realities

Rapelang Rabana explores the gap between content and competence, and why exposure, practice, and context matter as much as access itself.

The Road Map to Employment | Kasthuri Soni on the systems needed to solve youth unemployment in South Africa

Kasthuri Soni reflects on the barriers young South Africans face in entering the economy, and the practical changes needed to connect more of them to work.
Graham Mitchell, founder of Grow and author of Compounding Advantage

The Compounding Advantage | Graham Mitchell on the Discipline of Building Businesses That Last

Graham Mitchell on leadership, discipline, and why sustainable growth comes from doing fewer things exceptionally well.
Jean Veitch, Operations Manager at Ingelosi Foundation

The Value of Time | Jean Veitch on Johannesburg’s invisible economy, and why South Africa’s youth do not lack motivation

Jean Veitch of the Ingelosi Foundation reflects on Johannesburg’s invisible economy, where young people are often building businesses out of necessity rather than ambition.
Diaan Daniels, South African fashion designer and founder of Diaan Daniels Couture

Create Your Own Yes | Diaan Daniels on building a couture business through discipline, and the confidence to lead

From his early beginnings in Bloemfontein, Diaan Daniels discusses backing your own work, evolving with the market, and building a business on your own terms.