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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:37:18 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#YouthMonth: Glow getter Ayanda Majola talks Yanda Cosmetics venture</title>
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	<description>Hailing from the vibrant township of Alexandra in Gauteng, 23-year-old medical science student Ayanda Majola is a bright entrepreneur determined to make her mark in the personal care industry with her skincare brand Yanda Cosmetics.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#StartupStory: Hardy McQueen on building a Black-owned beverage business and doing things differently</title>
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	<description>Creative entrepreneur Hardy McQueen has worked at the intersection of food &amp; beverage, music, streetwear and culture. His latest venture, Nice Beverage Company, sees him building a proudly African beverage enterprise that's hyper-focused on changing industry norms through its approach to winemaking, market delivery and the target market it's looking to reach.</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#StartupStory: Osmotic Engineering Group on driving infrastructure development in Africa</title>
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	<description>The Osmotic Engineering Group (OEG) is a new player in the African advisory and consulting engineering market with offices currently in South Africa and Nigeria. With a group of highly experienced engineers at the helm, OEG is exploring novel ways to resolve the infrastructure deficit on the continent. The firm's key focus areas are water, energy and telecommunications and its directors are each specialists in one or more of these fields, having worked for corporate and utility institutions in Africa.</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 16:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#StartupStory: Cape-based startup set to disrupt SA healthtech space</title>
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	<description>InnoHealth, a Cape Town-based healthtech startup, recently announced that it has secured an undisclosed seven-figure investment from a Hong Kong-based VC.</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#StartupStory: BlueAvo to tackle inequality in the media industry</title>
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	<description>South African startup BlueAvo has been shortlisted for the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. BlueAvo is a digital platform which connects brands with freelance creatives across the African continent for their creative and marketing needs, and functions as a digital workspace.</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#Anzisha2020: SAYNA brings digital studies to Madagascar</title>
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	<description>Matina Razafimahefa is the founder of SAYNA, an innovative edtech venture based in Madagascar. The business sources, trains, and produces highly equipped young Africans in industry-specific digital skills. As a finalist in the 2020 Anzisha Prize, she shares more about the startup and what she would do if she wins...</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Roque Online is connecting informal traders to larger markets in Angola</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/842/207468.html</link>
	<description>World Entrepreneurs' Day serves purpose of creating awareness of entrepreneurs and innovation throughout the world. This year, Bizcommunity, in partnership with Seedstars, celebrates African startups.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 11:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda</title>
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	<description>This year, Bizcommunity, in partnership with Seedstars, is acknowledging African startups on World Entrepreneurs 'Day 2020.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Pezesha, Kenya's digital financial enabler platform and marketplace</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/842/207437.html</link>
	<description>Every year, 21 August marks World Entrepreneurs' Day. The purpose of this day is to create awareness of entrepreneurs and innovation throughout the world.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>The scenario of young entrepreneurs in Africa</title>
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	<description>Since its inception in late 2018, the Scenarios for Young African Entrepreneurs project has theorised about what the future might hold for very young (15 to 25-year-old) entrepreneurs in Africa. Leveraging the tool of scenario planning, it explored how entrepreneurship can offer innovative alternatives to drive employment and economic growth in Africa, and what the required inputs from each of the major stakeholder groups might be to facilitate this.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 06:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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