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The Cutting Edge PodcastSMEs Are Innovating, But Where’s the Funding? | Panel Discussion By 100 Women in Finance x Edge GrowthIn this episode of The Cutting Edge, recorded live at an event organised by 100WF and hosted by Edge Growth Ventures, moderator Zinathi Gquma (Business Day TV anchor and host) leads a powerful discussion on how innovation within SMEs is reshaping South Africa's economic landscape despite an underwhelming growth.
4 business growth experts shared their insights on:
↳ Why SMEs must embrace innovation as a strategic pillar, not just a buzzword, to compete with established players.
↳ How technology adoption enables smaller companies to operate at scale with fewer resources and respond more quickly to customer needs and demands.
↳ The critical funding gap for in...2025-06-111h 23
Weird Little GuysBlood RiverIn 2002, a terrorist group failed to assassinate Nelson Mandela. In 2012, a plot to assassinate Jacob Zuma was foiled. Both plots were attempts to fulfill a prophecy and renew a bloody covenant with God.Sources:Thompson, Leonard L. The Political Mythology of Apartheid. Yale University Press, 1986. FA Mouton (1995) F A van Jaarsveld (1922–1995) — a flawed genius?, , 27:1,5-11, DOI: 10.1080/00232089585310011https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00232089585310011 Stephney, Inez Mary. “Race, History and the Internet: The use of the Internet in White Supremacist Propaganda in the late 1990’s, with particular reference to South Africa”https://wir...2025-04-1752 min
InsurTech Business SeriesUnconventional Insurance in an Emerging MarketHello! Send us a quick text, comment or feedback. We would love to hear from youFollowing the pandemic, we have seen development and drive from forward-thinking insurers and InsurTechs to offer new and innovative insurance services to customers; partnership is being embraced, embedded insurance (finance) is on everyone's lips, new insurance models are being tested and adopted and products are being designed from the scratch with the customer at the center of it all.We are keen to have a conversation on these new trends and what they mean for the future of insurance...2023-01-261h 19
MASHSTARTUPThis Is Not An Insurance Ad - with Ndabenhle Ngulube & Sizwe Ndlovu (Pineapple)This is a conversation with Pineapple co-founder Ndabenhle Ngulube and CTO Sizwe Ndlovu. Pineapple allows you to insure your stuff and your car in the snap of a picture. Learn more here https://www.pineapple.co.za/
The Mashstartup podcast explores practical learnings and candid journeys of Africa's emerging entrepreneurs and creators. The Mashstartup Podcast profiles the most talented creators, impactful entrepreneurs & high performing professionals with the purpose to drive insights and tactics to help you build what you believe in. Youth entrepreneurship evangelist Mashudu Modau is an influential voice in the small business community. As founder of Lutcha and Fo...2023-01-2355 min
The CombGuest episode: On the PodiumHow a rower's victory became a symbol of hope in post-apartheid South Africa. Sizwe Ndlovu became the first black African to win an Olympic rowing gold. Sizwe says that day changed the rest of his life. This is a guest episode from the World Service show, On The Podium, which brings you the stories behind the medals, originally released on 30 June 2021. The second season of On the Podium begins 18 June 2022. Search for On The Podium wherever you found this podcast.2022-06-1023 min
The SanctuarySizwe Ndlovu - CTO / Tech EnthusiastSizwe is currently serving the Chief Technology Officer role at Pineapple. He is passionate about tech education and entrepreneurship on the African continent. Sizwe holds a Computer Science degree from the University of Cape Town. Find out more @pineapple_sa2022-01-0438 min
InsurTech Business SeriesA Pineapple Approach to Improving Insurance ExperienceHello! Send us a quick text, comment or feedback. We would love to hear from youIn this episode, we are joined by Sizwe Ndlovu who is Chief Technology Officer at South African InsurTech company, Pineapple. We talked about his journey into insurance, what Pineapple is looking to achieve and what the future hold for InsurTech in South Africa and RoA.Join our IBS community on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram Check out our free resources on InsurTech ecosystem and innovation in the African Insurance space here https://linktr.ee/insurtechbusinessseries...2021-08-1646 min
On the PodiumSizwe NdlovuSizwe Ndlovu became the first black African to win an Olympic rowing gold, as part of the South Africa's lightweight coxless four in 2012. He describes that day as changing the rest of his life.
Sizwe tells us about the challenges of growing up in a township, and how the end of apartheid and the sport of rowing helped him carve out a life he couldn't even have imagined possible as a child.
A remarkable and inspirational story of achievement and perseverance, his victory became a symbol of hope for the post-apartheid South Africa.2021-07-1936 min
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LEO Training: Strength & Conditioning | Endurance | Health | Performance | Injury Prevention | Joe DeLeoSizwe Ndlovu - Stroking South Africa to GoldSizwe Ndlovu stroked the South African Lightweight Men's Four to Olympic Gold at the 2012 London Olympic Games. He is the first black athlete to win a gold medal in the sport of rowing. He and I discuss his rowing career, how his headmaster Tom Price was instrumental in him taking up and sticking with the sport of rowing, the race in London, and his work as a coach of junior rowers.2021-02-011h 14
Remember When... with Andile NdlovuRemember When... the SABC learned that queer people exist?Now, I don’t mean to attack the public broadcaster here, so please don’t misconstrue the point of this episode.
However, there was this period between 2004 and 2009 when it seemed like the commissioning editors there were suddenly made aware that queer people exist in this country and because of their mandate to reflect our society in all its divergent cultures and identities, there was an obvious gap in terms of the representation of queer people on its platforms.
So, June 2004 Yizo Yizo 3 gave us Thiza and Thabang fell in love in varsity. You may reme...2021-01-0548 min
Not by the Playbook“America is divided because Americans think it’s divided” – Seth GottesdienerLos Angeles gym owner Seth Gottesdiener is cycling across America to assess the mood of his nation as they approach the 2020 presidential election. Following the death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests, he’s speaking to a cross section of society to see if America has more that unites it than divides it. His conversations will form the basis of a documentary, which will be released in time for the presidential inauguration. Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira joins us to reflect on surfing the biggest wave of the year. She tells us the sound of the 22.4 meter hi...2020-10-0348 min
Sporting WitnessSouth Africa's black rowing heroAt the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Sizwe Ndlovu became the first black African to win a gold medal in rowing. Ndlovu grew up in a township in South Africa but then won a scholarship to a predominantly white high school where he embraced the sport as a way of dealing with his new environment. Ndlovu was part of the South African lightweight coxless four team in London, who clinched their victory with virtually the last stroke of the race. He talks to Darin Graham.PHOTO: Sizwe Ndlovu celebrating victory (Getty Images)2020-10-0109 min
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OfferZen Podcast#2 Sizwe Ndlovu, Pineapple: Proactive Software Development & ScopingMeeting the deadlines and expectations of software projects depend on properly scoping features, algorithms and dependencies before touching any code. This is the step-by-step process Sizwe Ndlovu, Head of DevOps at Pineapple, and his team follow - with a project planner template you can download too!Follow along with the full transcript in the show notes, or read the blog post.2019-08-0500 min
The Ridiculously Human PodcastDr Thandi Ndlovu, CEO of Motheo Construction Group and Freedom FighterFreedom Fighter. Mother Figure. CEO. Doctor. Women Empowerer. Political Activist. Exiled. Philanthropist. Entrepreneur. Thought Leader. Dr T. Sometimes it’s worth reflecting on what you have achieved and experienced in life. History has a strange way of repeating itself and it’s those who are aware of it, who will progressively move forward by learning from previous mistakes. Our guest this week, Dr Thandi Ndlovu, is the epitome of somebody who has put other people’s lives before hers. From a young age, she was a mother figure and would take women under her wing and of...2018-03-212h 06
Afternoon TalkIN THE SPOTLIGHT: DR THANDI NDLOVU – CEO OF MOTHEO CONSTRUCTIONDr. THANDI NDLOVU was born in the sprawling townships of Soweto and schooled at Orlando High School. She obtained academic excellence and participated in various student organizations, including the Student's Christian Movement – of which she was a Founder Member. At the height of the Soweto Student's Uprising in 1976 she was serving as the Administrative Secretary of the Student's Representative Council (SRC) at the University of Fort Hare. She was forced to abandon her Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree as a direct result of the oppression that followed. She spent the next couple of years in training within the ranks of Um...2016-08-2237 min