MBS157 - Trash and Treasure, with Gift Lubele (Top 100 Most Influential Young Entrepreneurs)
Matt Brown Show - Telling the stories of influencers and business thought leaders, one conversation at a time
English - April 05, 2019 14:28 - 1 hour - 48.1 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsBusiness business entrepreneurships technology authors startups business news crypto Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Let’s talk about trash, yes, trash doesn’t seem to be much more than last night’s take out, or a black plastic bag that gets picked up once a week. And we all know the saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” and Gift Lubele took that literally and is revolutionising the way we see rubbish. Gift is has recently been voted as the top 100 most influential young african entrepreneurs and from humble beginnings in a local johannesburg township, he has built a thriving tech startup that is on a mission to become the world's largest recycling company with no owned infrastructure. Join Gift and myself as he takes us on the journey of his success from choosing between transport and food to being the founder of Kubito which is not just a recycling company but rather a green innovation company that is changes waste into innovation by working with entrepreneurs in the townships to create a multitude of items from recycled waste. Listen in and discover the trials and tribulations of coming from a humble beginning and rising to the occasion to become a successful entrepreneur in the ever changing landscape that is South Africa with a goal to be the biggest recycling company without any assets. So without further ado enter Gift Lubele.