Polo Leteka is CEO and director of Identity Development Fund, which offers institutional and corporate investors an opportunity to invest in growth entrepreneurial businesses. She talks to Thriving about the qualities needed to draw investment. She is also a Dragon on Dragon’s Den SA.
Gil Oved is a South African entrepreneur and the co-founder and co-CEO of The Creative Counsel, South Africa’s largest advertising agency. He is also a Shark on M-Net’s Shark Tank Show and we discuss how important self-starting is when launching your idea.
Dawn Nathan-Jones, former CEO Europcar & Imperial Rental Division SA, turned investor now heads up her Grow Wealth investment company and talks to Thriving about how she wants to grow the economy by assisting people with potential. She is also a Shark on M-Net’s Shark Tank Show.
Romeo Kumalo is a South African businessman who left Vodacom to co-found his venture capital firm called Washirika Holdings set to invest in the ICT and clean energy sectors. He is also a Shark on M-Net’s Shark Tank. He discusses with Thriving what it takes to be funded today in South Africa.
Growing his company from personal savings to a billion rand plus annual turnover was a carefully constructed plan by Themba Mthombeni, CEO of Duma Travel