By President Cyril Ramaphosa called this “the most definitive Thuma Mina moment for South Africa”. So when my good friend, Anda, reached out to me for help, the obvious answer was yes. I am proud to be a part of this initiative, but we need your help too. Anda tells us
The Focused Millennial: Ntsako Mgiba
Ntsako Mgiba is the founder of exciting startup JONGA, a Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South African, a Mandela Rhodes Scholar, a Mechatronics Engineering graduate (UCT) and a current Masters in Information Technology student (UCT). When a good friend and I first considered starting a business of our own,
What Businesses Can Learn from Amapiano
If you started reading this post wondering “what on earth is amapiano?” and you aren’t South African, I’ll forgive you. But if you consider yourself South African and you’re still wondering what on earth it is, I really hope you’re enjoying your life listening to Steve Hofmeyr in Orania. Other
A Trip to Silicon Valley
Last week, I had the privilege of traveling to San Francisco and the greater Bay Area for an internal Google conference titled “Converge”. I must say, I was really excited, as it had been a goal of mine for the past 2 years to visit Silicon Valley to see what
The UCONNECT Event
This past Monday, Matthew Mercouris and I hosted our second UCONNECT event. This event, different to the last, had a specific focus on the power of collaboration. We invited a range of students who have signed up to our platform (from different faculties, backgrounds and varying skillsets) to take part in an
The Story Behind UCONNECT
For those of you who have been following me on social media, you probably would’ve gauged by now that I’ve been working on a project for most of this year. In fact, myself and two close friends, Matt (medical student) and Zolile (PGDA student), decided to pursue this idea. The
User-Centric Design
Two Mondays ago, Matthew Mercouris, Zolile Ngengebule and I hosted our first invite only event for the project we’ve been working on (called UCONNECT). The attendees, all young entrepreneurs, engaged with us in an open-ended discussion regarding the problems that they’re experiencing in the start-up ecosystem. The idea of this
The Story Behind @thegreyandblue
Towards the tail end of my high school career, I really started considering how it was that I would be able to leave my own legacy. I believe that one of the most impactful things I did in my time at St Alban’s College was establishing @thegreyandblue. It was 2012 and
Coffee with Ntsako Mgiba
Matthew Mercouris and I had the privilege of sitting down and having a coffee with Ntsako Mgiba (UCT Masters student and Founder of Jonga) yesterday. While we believe that we are onto something really impactful, Ntsako provided us with sound advice regarding start-ups and a taste of what it would
The Power of Collaboration and Synergy
One of my highlights this year has been a course called Strategic Thinking (all 4th year Business Science students at UCT are required to do it). We were randomly selected into groups of 6 to complete two major projects across both semesters. With a lot of luck, I was placed
