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The hall was buzzing with excitement as those who’d stayed the course prepared to pitch their business ideas to an audience of their peers. Lerato the Kota King First up was Lerato the King of Kotas. Lerato was serving the breakfast market for Soweto residents on the go early in the morning. Monday to Friday…

Day 5 opened with perhaps the most underrated of skills in Kasi – that of selling. It’s the sales professional that converts the promise conveyed in the marketing message into a decision to purchase whatever is on offer. No sale, no customer. Like all things KiPiDi, selling is a process that can be learned, a…

Never complain about the rain in Africa! We are a continent of extremes. No power, too much rain, there’s no shortage of choices. And so it was on Day 4 at Jabavu with our featured image showcasing the rain. Entrepreneurship is all about developing business ideas, identifying gaps in the market, taking calculated risks, and…

It’s now week three and the class has grown in confidence. No longer reluctant to stand up in front of their peers and present their ideas, each class member is given an opportunity to take the podium, present their homework, and field the many questions from the floor. There’s no escaping the fundamental questions –…

After a brief recap of the lessons learned during Day 1 of the KiPiDi SYOB workshop and presenting the homework assignment, Day 2 was all about exploring a process (ideation) entrepreneurs can follow when generating business ideas / identifying opportunities that can be exploited for commercial gain. As an aside, in attendance was Lineo Tsotetsi,…

The Youth Centre at the Methodist Church in Jabavu, Soweto was the venue for the first of our KiPiDi SYOB workshops in 2023. The Jabavu Youth Centred proved to be an excellent venue, cool and spacious, on what turned out to be a hot Saturday morning. After registration and a short introduction there was no…