The Olintshi Podcast

In this episode, we hear from entrepreneurial couple and partners, Mpho and Koketso Moeng. We learn how they got in business and still manage to nurture their relationship while growing their restaurant, Ga Bo Dijo.

In this episode, we hear from Inga Sebata, CEO and founder of fashion business, StitchedByInga. She shares with us how she left a 9 to 5 job to follow her passion for fashion, and step into her dreams. Hear how the love and support of her husband, family and friends has assisted this passionate individual on her entrepreneurial journey.

In this episode, Amanda reflects on the first two sessions of the season. 

She looks back at her conversations with: Thando Makhubu who owns an ice cream shop based out of Soweto Johannesburg, called Soweto creamery. Thando and his business gained popularity when in February 2022, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa mentioned him in his State of the Nation Address. Khuliswa Mazizi, the owner and operator of Kusta's Kitchen. She left her job in procurement at the South Africa Bureau of Standards to manufacture and bottle sauce, as she had noticed how much of a difference sauce could make on a meal and how you enjoy it.

Reflecting on some of the foundational lessons from Season 1, Amanda highlights strengths and character traits exhibited by these two individuals that other entrepreneurs can learn and get inspiration from.

This week Amanda talks to Khuliswa Mazizi, the owner and operator of Kusta's Kitchen.

This week Amanda talks to Thando Makhubu, the owner of Soweto Creamery. Thando gained popularity  earlier this year when he was mentioned by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his 2022 State of the Nation Address, for saving money from Covid Relief Fund grants to start Soweto Creamery. 

Join us as we dive deeper into how all of this happened, and how Soweto Creamery came to be.

In this episode, Amanda reflects on the first two sessions of the season. She looks back at her conversations with: Boipelo Molefe. Boipelo left her job as an operations manager for a  logistics company in Europe and came back home to follow her passion for  agriculture; and Liz Letsoalo, the founder and CEO of Masodi Organics. Masodi Organics is  a beauty brand that prides itself on being sustainable and modelled  after nature.

Reflecting on some of the foundational lessons from Season 1, Amanda highlights strengths and character traits exhibited by these two ladies that other entrepreneurs can learn and get inspiration from. 

In this episode, Amanda talks to Liz Letsoalo, the founder and CEO of Masodi Organics. Masodi Organics is a beauty brand that prides itself on being sustainable and modelled after nature. 

Join us as we hear about Liz took the leap to step into her dream.

Welcome to the second season of The Olintshi Podcast. In this season, Amanda sets out to talk to young entrepreneurs and hear their journeys. 

In the first episode, we hear from a young farmer, Boipelo Molefe. Boipelo left her job as an operations manager for a logistics company in Europe and came back home to follow her passion for agriculture. Join us as we learn from Boipelo’s story and support her business, Mpelegeng Farm.

We've come to the end of Season 1. Amanda rounds up the season by giving an overview of issues and themes raised throughout the season, previewing what is come in future. 

For resources like the Business Model Canvas and Review Tool spoken about during the season, visit the following: http://olintshi.co.za/podcast-resources/ 

As has become the custom on the show, Amanda starts by checking with with you, the audience, the community, the business owners. She gives an update of the work being done in her own business which is currently developing a digital platform for small businesses called Mkhosi. Amanda details the challenges and frustrations that she has faced in getting Mkhosi off the group, encouraging business owners to embrace the lessons that come from adversity in business. While things may look and feel tough in the moment, there are is always something to gain, she says.

Amanda then continues her series around the Business Model Canvas with this third instalment, focusing on partners, activities and resource that form part of a businesses cost structure.