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Riding on a BEE ticket

Black economic empowerment is a fundamental aspect of business in South Africa today. A newly formed group is vigorously pursuing the wealth of opportunities it offers.

Success breeds success

Two top-performing scholars are setting themselves up as examples of how to crack top marks in the classroom – and turning it into a business.

Local brain meets international brawn

After the gold rush, many outsourcing concerns have been left high and dry. But being conservative and piggy-backing on large companies for global market access, a local contract development and design company found itself part of something much bigger.

As easy as Ezizi

When you work with a problem on a regular basis, you tend to get a fairly good idea of what the problems – and potential solutions – are. And if you happen to invent something you can sell to millions of companies across the globe, so much the better.

Ability to survive

A year after an MBO left investors spluttering, a sometime loss-making division of Ixchange is thriving – and laying an apartheid ghost to rest.

Own your own TV station

South African company TBM is a world leader in sending high quality video via satellite – and is riding a new wave in TV broadcasting. Founder Rob Nelson talks about his vision of the future.

Seeking Eldorado

Conquering world markets was only a dream for South African companies in the bad old days of apartheid; but today a new breed of aggressive entrepreneur is blazing trails to export world class IT products.