iLembe Chamber recently launched The Entrepreneur 2022

The iLembe Chamber’s 12th annual The Entrepreneur Programme and Competition was recently launched.

The guest speaker at the event was Nureshka Viranna, a Forbes Africa Top 30 Under 30 in the Technology category, who is the co-founder and director of ShopLi. The speaker of the iLembe District Municipality, Councillor Dolly Shandu was also present to show their support. Albert Mkwanazi from Khethi-Bet Trading Pty-Ltd shared his experiences as a 2021 programme finalist.

The Entrepreneur 2022 is a flagship business accelerator programme that aims to unearth the entrepreneurial gems in the iLembe District, assist in their development and support them to sustainable levels of growth.

MC Justin Scott, Cobus Oelofse, Andy Horton, previous finalist Albert Mkhwanazi from Khethi-Bet Trading pty-Ltd, Wendy Rafinetti (Engie Peakers Operations), Nureshka Viranna (ShopLi), Councilor Dolly Shandu, Nigel Kaligan (Siza Water) and Linda Mncube (Enterprise iLembe).

The programme partners include Enterprise iLembe, Airports Company South Africa, King Shaka International Airport, The North Coast Courier, ENGIE Peakers Operations and Siza Water. The academic partner of the programme is the UKZN Graduate School of Business & Leadership.

For more information

T: +27 (0)87 354 6343

E: ceo@ilembechamber.co.za

W: www.ilembechamber.co.za