Lara Mare is the female majority co-founder and co-owner of Rush Nutrition. Rush Nutrition is the manufacturer of on-the-go natural and raw whole food solutions that are free from toxins and are alternatives from high sugar and artificial energy snacks. Lara is a mom passionate about helping people live their best, healthy lives by eating right. Rush Nutrition has food products distributed through large retail chains like Pick n Pay and Clicks. Listen in on this inspiring story on building a good business and doing good no matter the size of a business.
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Florratt is one of Africa’s leading network marketing businesses with a presence in most of Southern Africa born from the tiny kingdom of Lesotho. We speak to Florratt founder, Mampho Tjabane, about why she chose this distribution model, her establishment of a second factory in Johannesburg and her passion for empowering women. Florratt manufactures their own products, started out with body and hair products and will now be offering clinically tested facial care, and natural health supplements.
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Why are South African malls teeming with black customers but less than 5% of the stores are black owned? We have a frank conversation with Nobesuthu Ndlovu about the challenges facing black entrepreneurs in the high end retail space like malls. Nobesuthu is candid about her experience with her retail stores, Burgundy Fly, in malls such as Rosebank Mall, Menlyn and Greenstone Mall and serves as an important resource and guide for any entrepreneur with ambitions to enter South Africa’s tough retail space.
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Nompumelelo Madubedube is a quality freak who when in search for quality human hair wigs ended up sourcing hair herself in India and sewing it herself to ensure high quality human hair wigs that don’t shed. We speak to this young millennial about her wig manufacturing business that has blown up in 3 years and is listed in leading, national South African retail chain, Edgar’s. Her attention to quality and service excellence is visible in all aspects of her business from the luxurious aesthetics in her salons and gold, glossy packaging, and she has plotted a way to success with the same meticulous precision.
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