Sebastian Patel, Co-Founder of Franc and a qualified actuary with extensive experience in investment banking, is on a mission to democratize investing in South Africa. In a country plagued by inequality, Patel and his team at Franc are working tirelessly to bridge the investment gap...

Paul Grobler, Founder and MD of dataGambit Pty. (Ltd.) founded his company on April Fool’s Day, 2021, after first gathering career capital in many interesting organisations, spanning big technology vendors, systems integrators, data consultancies and corporates. Over the years, he has been accused of many things, including...

Tony Mallam is upnup's Managing Director and a seasoned media entrepreneur and venture capital advisor. Tony bought KFM Radio in 1996, with the popular media personality Kevin Savage, and the Ethos Private Equity team, which was the start of his journey as an entrepreneur. They ran...

Shopstar is a South African e-commerce company providing solutions to help entrepreneurs with their online businesses. We talk to Shopstar CEO, Chris Edington, a self-confessed entrepreneur, who enjoys starting, growing and managing tech and software businesses.  Q:What is your company about, and why are you sorely needed in...

YellowSpot is an innovative venture studio, specializing in ideating and bringing BehaviorTech ventures to market. Their contribution to the world is that they conceptualize awesome products and ventures that really help consumers and customers make the soft skills tangible and shift outcomes that are specifically...

Meet Tasneem Karodia, the co-founder/COO of Mzansi Meat Co. who has a love for flying aeroplanes, rock climbing and changing the world by evolving our food systems in Africa. Tasneem has played an instrumental role in creating structure throughout the organisation and getting the company...

When you’re attending a Data Masterclass, you better bring your A-brain game, because if, like most of us, you think ‘data science’ is just collecting a bunch of information and then learning something cool about it, you’ve just barely scratched the surface.   The unusual global pandemic...