Last Friday night, I was stuck over an hour in a Schindler lift at a venue in Johannesburg, between the 16th and 17th floor, along with an actuary, a video journalist, an investor, a nuclear scientist, an event coordinator, project manager and an educationalist.

Aphelele Mtwecu is a member of the Heavy Chef community in Khayelitsha. After watching Masechaba Ndlovu’s seminal talk in Khayelitsha in September 2018, she wrote this moving piece. An intriguing event filled with laughter and tears, Masechaba started us off with her journey of moving from one country to another. This would later very much shape the person she is today. Read the full article here.

Masechaba Ndlovu is one of South Africa's most thought-provoking personalities. Masechaba is an entrepreneur, radio show host, presenter and MC. Sometimes provocative, sometimes hilarious, always relevant, Masechaba has forged a remarkable position in the South African celebrity sector. In this seminal event in September 2018, Masechaba came to the heart of SA's second biggest township, Khayelitsha, to address a passionate entrepreneur community at the iconic Bandwidth Barn venue at Lookout Hill.

Plantify is South Africa’s first "Urban Plantery" - a term the startup made up to distinguish themselves from a Garden Centre or Nursery. Plantify’s value-add is that they offer Instagram-worthy plants, delivered to your door, while making the pot-matching process easy. Heavy Chef spoke to founder Andreas Keller about how the business was conceptualised and the lessons he’s learning along the way.

Dr. Eve is the brand that Marlene Wasserman created to create awareness around sexual health in South Africa. This outspoken Clinical Psychologist took to the Heavy Chef stage in August 2018 to join an incendiary conversation about the radical impact that sex and technology is having on our psychological makeup.

AlphaCode was founded to seek the next OUTsurance or Discovery. Earlier this year, it announced SA’s biggest investment prize and called for applications. Now, the first four fintech businesses selected for the AlphaCode Accelerator programme have been chosen.

Marketing tech consultant Heidi Patmore, the Founder of Stellaris Group, gave a fascinating stab at a provocative topic - SEXtech, and how it is impacting our lives irrevocably.

The water crisis ignited a wave of inspiration within South Africa. When the film industry slumped, a plucky local actress used her entrepreneurial experience to create her own opportunities. Heavy Chef representative, Caley van der Kolk chatted to the remarkable Micharn Pollock about her mission.

Last week, Seed Academy released The State Of Entrepreneurship In South Africa report, after surveying more than 1000 entrepreneurs across the county. The results indicate that entrepreneurs are not thriving and dramatically more needs to be done to improve SA’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Read the full article and download the report here.

A Cape Town based EdTech startup is offering parents and students across South Africa access to thousands of highly skilled and carefully vetted tutors based on grades, subject, location, and budget.

Masechaba Ndlovu is one of South Africa's most thought provoking personalities. Masechaba is an entrepreneur, radio show host, presenter and MC. Fred Roed, CEO of Heavy Chef, asked Masechaba five candid questions about her rise to fame, her thoughts on African progress, her own goals and her advice for young entrepreneurs.  

Annette Muller has had a varied and fascinating career. Named as one of Forbes Africa's Top Business Leaders To Watch, Annette has been beating the business streets across the African continent for over a decade. through the ups and downs of techpreneurship, Annette has distilled her journey into five key lessons - delivered at Bishops College in Cape Town, August 2018.