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Get Out and Play!
What Living Means - August 12, 2020 19:12 - 26 minutesMaintaining an active lifestyle is important for one’s health and well-being. For many of us, this begins with playing organized, youth sports. Sports promote physical activity and competitiveness, while providing other valuable life lessons such as teamwork, sportsmanship, and managing adversit...
The Confidence Game with Yonela Makoba, part 2
EN ROUTE - August 03, 2020 19:47 - 1 hourLike many young, black South Africans Yonela was nudged by her parents to pursue the sciences for the promise of a comfortable salary. Taking just as easily to science as she did to fashion, Yonela went ahead and studied Geology in university. While she was there, she met creative young...
The Confidence Game with Yonela Makoba
EN ROUTE - July 22, 2020 09:31 - 1 hourThis week, Yonela Makoba talks about how she went from graduating with a science degree to being a Vogue Italia-featured stylist and creative director, and a solo-exhibiting inter-disciplinary artist. We also talk about the role her mother played in her journey to beating depression, and finally ...
The Confidence Game with Yonela Makoba, part 1
EN ROUTE - July 22, 2020 09:31 - 1 hourLike many young, black South Africans Yonela was nudged by her parents to pursue the sciences for the promise of a comfortable salary. Taking just as easily to science as she did to fashion, Yonela went ahead and studied Geology in university. While she was there, she met creative young people ...
The Business of Theatre with Luntu Masiza
EN ROUTE - July 15, 2020 10:15 - 1 hourAfter living in the UK for 13 years, Luntu and his mom were deported back to South Africa. The future Luntu had worked hard for in the British theatre was suddenly taken away from him. Nonetheless, Luntu came to SA and continued to pursue a career as an actor and stumbled upon a busines...
On Work Readiness with Thulani Masebenza
EN ROUTE - July 08, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourAlthough Thulani’s private school education afforded him plenty of access to information regarding what career opportunities he could pursue, he still found himself unsure of what to study after high school. He went from wanting to pursue a law education, to attending business school, a...
Listening to Yourself with Nontobeko Sibisi
EN ROUTE - July 01, 2020 06:00 - 1 hourFor Nonto, journalism came naturally, but she always felt a tug towards the arts. She figured out how to merge the two, but after a while, even that wasn’t enough. In this episode we talk about how she learned to stop self-sabotaging and went after her dreams.
On Creative Entrepreneurship with Lesoko Seabe
EN ROUTE - June 24, 2020 06:00 - 1 hourNotes: Find out more about Lesoko Seabe and Athi-Patra Ruga’s initiative to save the Lovedale Press here: https://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/victory-of-the-word
Path Project: After School Special
What Living Means - June 23, 2020 12:00 - 22 minutesAfter-school programs have numerous benefits for developing children, including improving classroom behavior and providing positive role models. What Living Means takes a trip to the Atlanta area to visit Path Project, an after school program housed in the Valley Brook manufactured home communit...
'Industry Fluency vs Having a Point of View' with Modupe Oloruntoba
EN ROUTE - June 17, 2020 08:30 - 57 minutesIn this episode of EN ROUTE, Ayanda Charlie speaks to fashion media content producer, Modupe Oloruntoba. After graduating as a fashion designer in 2013, Modupe took a peek at fashion media and never left. She’s since been published in Vogue Arabia, Refinery29, Man Repeller, GQ South Afr...
CEOwise Podcast #36: Interview with entrepreneur Manny Rivera - Planet Fitness
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - June 18, 2019 08:00 - 24 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Manny Rivera, who's the founder and CEO of Planet Fitness. After learning the industry in New York, Manny started Planet Fitness with no budget by making an independent gym owner an offer he couldn't refuse.
CEOwise Podcast #35: Interview with entrepreneur Alan Knott-Craig - HeroTel
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - March 19, 2019 07:31 - 19 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Alan Knott-Craig, who after running well known South African companies like CellFind, iBurst and Mxit founded HeroTel, which is a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) and his strategy is to buy up smaller WISP companies to create a broader network.
CEOwise Podcast #34: Interview with entrepreneur Pepe Marais - Joe Public
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - March 05, 2019 19:07 - 31 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Pepe Marais, who co-founded Joe Public, one of the biggest independently owned advertising agencies in South Africa. After being bankrupt in 2009 Pepe found his life's purpose and not only turned his business around, but his entire life. It's all documented in his booked...
CEOwise Podcast #33: Interview with entrepreneur Ian Fuhr - Sorbet Group
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - November 09, 2018 07:39 - 18 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Ian Fuhr, who founded the Sorbet Group in 2005 which has now grown to over 200 stores nationwide and 6 stores in the UK. Ian is a serial entrepreneur who has launched many successful companies in industries he knew very little about.
CEOwise Podcast #32: Interview with entrepreneur Colin Timmis - Xero
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - October 29, 2018 14:12 - 24 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Colin Timmis, who founded South Africa’s first cloud accounting practice in 2011, Real Time Accounting. Then, a few years after being appointed as South Africa's first Xero partner Colin became Xero Country Manager South Africa. Xero is the emerging global leader of onli...
CEOwise Podcast #31: Interview with entrepreneur Pat Pillai - Lifeco Unltd SA
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - October 29, 2018 14:07 - 18 minutesWe interview social entrepreneur Pat Pillai, who after being a national news anchor for 15 years, is founder and CEO of LifeCo UnLtd SA, which invests in impact entrepreneurs and impact enterprises. LifeCo UnLtd SA has benefited over 112 000 beneficiaries in SA (5000 are young entrepreneurs; 124 ...
CEOwise Podcast #30: Interview with entrepreneur Mark van Diggelen - GameZBoost
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 17:46 - 16 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Mark van Diggelen, CEO of GameZBoost, whom created a white label mobile gaming platform that is currently deployed in 45 countries around the world. In addition, Mark's mobile gaming tournaments have taken the industry by storm.
CEOwise Podcast #29: Interview with entrepreneur Regine Le Roux - Reputation Matters
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 17:44 - 21 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Regine Le Roux, founder of Reputation Matters, who has been looking after company's reputations for over a decade. Regine also published her first book aptly titled 'Reputation Matters' the building blocks to becoming the business people want to do business with.
CEOwise Podcast #28: Interview with entrepreneur Andrew McLean - Cycle Lab
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 17:41 - 14 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Andrew McLean, a former pro cyclist and founder of Cycle Lab, who has cycling megastores around the country. Andrew established himself as a household name in the South African cycling fraternity after presenting SuperCycling on Supersport for 17 years.
CEOwise Podcast #27: Interview with entrepreneur Nic Haralambous - NicHarry.com
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 17:40 - 15 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Nic Haralambous, the founder and CEO of Nic Harry who started off selling bamboo socks online and now has brick and mortar stores with a larger product range around the country. Nic has also written a book titled Do. Fail. Learn. Repeat. which is a brutally honest look a...
CEOwise Podcast #26: Interview with entrepreneur Vuyo Tofile - EntBanc
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 17:38 - 17 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Vuyo Tofile, CEO of EntBanc Group (Pty) Ltd, which is a privately held enterprise and financial technology group which includes products such as mySMEtools which has over 46,000 small businesses using.
CEOwise Podcast #25: Interview with entrepreneur Eben Uys - Mad Giant
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 17:34 - 14 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Eben Uys, Co-founder and CEO of Mad Giant, a Brewery in the heart of Johannesburg, South Africa. Eben brings new life to craft beer and has made his brewery and restaurant Urbanologi, a destination hub.
CEOwise Podcast #24: Interview with entrepreneur Mike Sharman - Retroviral
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 17:34 - 18 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Mike Sharman, founder and CEO of Retroviral, a company dedicated to creating social media strategies and creating engaging content for incredible brands. They made their mark growing the social reach of brands such as Nando's and Rocomamas.
CEOwise Podcast #23: Interview with entrepreneur Dinesh Patel - OrderIn
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 17:32 - 19 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Dinesh Patel, founder and CEO of OrderIn, which is a successful food delivery App taking South Africa by storm. Dinesh brought over a working concept from the States and has been fine tuning his App over the past 6 years to be a big player in South Africa. If you have an...
CEOwise Podcast #22: Interview with entrepreneur Ryan Kahan - CallCabinet
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 17:29 - 13 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Ryan Kahan, CEO of CallCabinet, who has developed award winning software called Atmos, which is a cloud-based call recording solution. Ryan successfully moved away from the traditional business model to sell his software on a subscription based model to get the illusive ...
CEOwise Podcast #21: Interview with entrepreneur Miles Kubheka - Vuyo's Brand
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 17:25 - 17 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Miles Kubheka, founder the Vuyo brand. Many South Africans are probably familiar with the phrase, “Ooh Vuyo, he’s such a beeg beeg dreamer!”. After months of research, Miles realised that Vuyo was a fictional character & saw a gap in the market for an incredibly successf...
CEOwise Podcast #20: Interview with entrepreneur Ran Neu-Ner - The Creative Council
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 15:11 - 14 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Ran Neu-Ner, co-founder and CEO of The Creative Council which they sold in 2015 for over a billion rand. Ran also hosts a cryptocurrency show called Crypto Trader on CNBC Africa.
CEOwise Podcast #19: Interview with entrepreneur Benji Coetzee - Empty Trips
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 15:10 - 16 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Benji Coetzee, founder and CEO of EmptyTrips.com which is an online trip exchange programme using smart technology to match and connect spare capacity on trucks, trains, planes or ships.
CEOwise Podcast #18: Interview with entrepreneur Matt Brown - Matt Brown Media
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 15:07 - 19 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Matt Brown, who created Matt Brown Media and hosts the Matt Brown Show podcast that has a listenership in over 100 countries, all without putting a cent into advertising.
CEOwise Podcast #17: Interview with entrepreneur Fritz Pienaar - Advendurance
CEOwise with Dan Newman - Inspiring Entrepreneurs - September 19, 2018 15:04 - 13 minutesWe interview entrepreneur Fritz Pienaar, who pioneered mountain biking in South Africa. After winning three South African cross country mountain bike championships he started his entrepreneurial journey in a bicycle shop and now owns brands such as the Warrior Race, SA Seeding and Advendurance (w...
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