Startups
Every young South African business radio talked about this month: founders interviewed about what they built, new brands, first funding rounds. Hear them tell it in their own words.
128 businesses · 101 founders on air · 6 stations · last 30 days
Beauty & fashion
Sells natural skin and health products, including superfood smoothies and skincare for acne and pigmentation
Sport & fitness · since 2020
Runs cycling clinics that teach women to ride and then connects graduates to cycling clubs
Retail & e-commerce · Marshalltown
Independent bookshop in Marshalltown selling local and South African books.
Founded by Griffin Scheer
Health
Freeze-dries breast milk for mothers, processing each mom's batch individually and packaging it.
Founded by Melissa Hiels
Fintech
Operates a challenger stock exchange that lists shares alongside the JSE
Founded by Kevin Brady
Health
Offers breath work and sound bath sessions for mental health and wellness, in groups or privately
Founded by Mutidisi Mujapilo
Sport & fitness
Runs a boutique-style fitness facility and community fitness movement for all ages
Food & drink · Franschhoek
Serves a full Asian tasting menu and a lighter à la carte menu, with house-made ingredients.
Founded by Ryan Schell
Beauty & fashion
Designs local knitwear and black-and-white men's fashion, sold through its own stores.
Founded by Maxine Ginsburg
Beauty & fashion
Sells bold, colourful, patterned products from a maker brand with two market stalls
Founded by Kayleigh Higgins and Kaylee Higgins
Beauty & fashion
Fashion jewellery brand with ready-made pieces and a build-your-own silver or gold section
Beauty & fashion
Supplies jewellery to the tourism industry, started by a mother and daughter
Food & drink
Bakes and sells baked goods, run by a former government worker
Founded by Zizi Matakiti
Beauty & fashion
Sells swimwear designed for women after mastectomy, sold online and by direct phone sale
Sport & fitness
Offers adaptive strength and fitness training for people with permanent disabilities, including wheelchair users.
Founded by Victor Betendach
Retail & e-commerce
Creative products made and sold online, with items printed on demand
Food & drink · Cape Town
Sells matcha tea and runs matcha stores in Cape Town
Founded by Michaela McClain
Health
Wellness brand making products from honey and other botanical and indigenous natural ingredients
Founded by Maria Angotzeng Masiu
Other · Cape Town
Printed pink parking fines and novelty parking-violation merchandise poking fun at bad Cape Town parking
Health
Corporate well-being tech platform offering wellness programmes for employers and their staff
Founded by Dina Batista
Tech & software
Parenting app delivering age-specific information to parents of babies on iOS and Android
Founded by Meg Forah
Sport & fitness
Personal training and weight loss coaching for clients
Founded by Vincent De Aja
Tourism & hospitality · Jakobsby
Quirky fantasy village attraction with miniature castles, fairy houses, waterfalls and gnomes
Founded by Pixie Maritz and Mama Pixie Maritz
Food & drink
Makes and sells wine, with a focus on African wine identity and experience
Founded by Ritabilia Khaikane
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Young businesses talked about on South African radio, found hourly in our transcripts. A website is linked only once we've checked it's theirs. What's said about a business is the speakers' view, not locl's.
Updated Monday, 02 November at 17:29 SAST.