8 finalists revealed for 2023 Engen Pitch & Polish competition
The first round of the 2023 Engen Pitch & Polish competition recently concluded, unveiling the contestants from the starting 16 have made it through to the second round.
As in previous years, the top eight come from a broad mix of business types – from a waste-management company to a revolutionary toothpaste tablet and a pool table manufacturer – and they’re all one step closer to taking home SA’s biggest pitching prize which is worth a cool R1m.
The top eight contestants:
Daniel van Zyl (Earthly Toothpaste, Western Cape)Vutomi Lubisi (Eully’s Cakery, Gauteng)Mzingisi Tyelingane (M-games, Western Cape)Moses Kekana (Green Kid Enterprise, Free State)Tshireletso Mokate (Camping RetrEats, Gauteng)Zunaid Pillay (Master Consulting Services, Western Cape)Shulka Mohabir (Sproot Technology, Gauteng)Makatu Tshivhula (The Light Candles, Gauteng)
