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I am a seasoned technology management professional with expertise in solution architecture and business development strategy. With a career spanning e-commerce, utilities, telecoms, and financial services, I've excelled in roles like user experience design lead, product owner, and agile project delivery. My extensive lean methodology experience equips me to successfully launch, grow, and scale technology-based businesses in the African market, contributing to regional growth and innovation.

I'm a seasoned business consultant, CEO of MamelodiBiz, Kasi Hosting, Startup Grind Pretoria, and MZ Trading & Projects. I offer innovative SME solutions, help township entrepreneurs go online, achieve compliance, and access markets while mentoring and supporting nationwide entrepreneurship. I collaborate with organizations to advance entrepreneurship in townships nationwide, offering mentorship and guidance.

I'm Daminda Senekal-Griessel, an author and marketing expert with two decades of professional experience. My journey includes earning an MBA in London and working in diverse industries such as Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), Pharmaceutical, and Luxury Consumer Goods. In 2019, I founded a platform dedicated to assisting business owners in enhancing their brand presence and boosting profitability.

I am a the founder of Glo Mo Solutions which was founded in 2015 where I hold the managing Director position. I have led the team that has developed two of their internal Software’s, the first one is the Worxflow360 Management Software and the second which is a Payroll Software. I have also done the Hackathon mentoring and Design Thinking training for the teams, together with Silicon Cape sponsored by the USA Embassy.

In 2010, being a serial entrepreneur at heart, I have founded the award-winning online store, Action Gear and went on to grow and scale the business to doing over R20 million in annual revenue. I later found myself with a deep desire to grow the South African eCommerce industry and help entrepreneurs achieve more success through selling online. In 2017 I founded The Insaka eCommerce Academy which has helped thousands of online sellers.

I bring over 10 years of expertise in appraising, negotiating, and closing Finance transactions. My specialization lies in securing infrastructure investments in SA and Africa, creating development impact projects, and effectively using financial models to drive success. My experience extends to leading, initiating, and developing new business strategies and opportunities, ensuring a consistent pipeline of development impact projects with a strong focus on bankability.

Innovator, Speaker, and Social entrepreneur with core skills, knowledge, and experience in Human-Centered Design, Processes Engineering, and Marketing. Sipho inspires creative confidence in others to bolster personal and business growth. He is a systems thinker who continually cultivates a growth mindset in others.

I provide a range of business services with particular emphasis on owner-managed businesses. These projects are tailored to the needs of the owner and company and are not a predetermined programme. Benefits included providing an independent view when assessing risks and opportunities; being a sounding board; providing inputs for discussions ; helping to improve profitability by increasing revenue and/or reducing costs; achieving improved efficiency; and operational processes.

There are lots of questions about building a start. Is your idea feasible, what technology to use, and what people to hire? I can help answer those questions. I have 25 years of IT experience, spending the last eight years building systems and growing dev teams for start-ups and scale-ups in FinTech, Blockchain, AI, Logistics and EdTech industries. I can share my learnings through failures and successes in working on my start-ups and going through the Antler and BFG accelerator programs.

I am the founder and CEO of Malesela Samuel Mogale Business Enterprise CC winner of both the SITA GovTech 2023 SMME Recognition Award and SITA GovTech 2023 Africa Award. My new project Sentech is in the MTN Business Hackathon 2023.