Business Success

Discovery Bank: How SA’s Smartest Bank Is Betting on Behaviour

Discovery Bank: How SA’s Smartest Bank Is Betti...

Quick Facts   Founded: 2019  Parent Company: Discovery Group  Headquarters: Sandton, South Africa  Users (2024): 700,000+  Unique Selling Point: The world’s first behavioural bank  Core Model: Rewards healthier financial behaviour with Vitality Money    🚀 When a Health...

Discovery Bank: How SA’s Smartest Bank Is Betti...

Quick Facts   Founded: 2019  Parent Company: Discovery Group  Headquarters: Sandton, South Africa  Users (2024): 700,000+  Unique Selling Point: The world’s first behavioural bank  Core Model: Rewards healthier financial behaviour with Vitality Money    🚀 When a Health...

TikTok: How a 15-Second App Took Over the World (and Business)

TikTok: How a 15-Second App Took Over the World...

Quick Facts   Launched: September 2016 (internationally 2018)  Parent Company: ByteDance  Monthly Active Users (2024): 1.8 billion  Average Daily Time Spent: 95 minutes  Valuation (2024): $225 billion  Core Model: Short-form video + algorithm-driven discovery    🚀...

TikTok: How a 15-Second App Took Over the World...

Quick Facts   Launched: September 2016 (internationally 2018)  Parent Company: ByteDance  Monthly Active Users (2024): 1.8 billion  Average Daily Time Spent: 95 minutes  Valuation (2024): $225 billion  Core Model: Short-form video + algorithm-driven discovery    🚀...

Yebo Fresh: The Business Feeding a Billion-Rand Market

Yebo Fresh: The Business Feeding a Billion-Rand...

🔍 Quick Facts   Business Name: Yebo Fresh  Founded: 2018  Founder: Jessica Boonstra  Headquarters: Cape Town, South Africa  Sector: Township Retail Supply Chain / E-commerce Logistics  Core Focus: Supplying spaza shops and township-based businesses with quality, affordable...

Yebo Fresh: The Business Feeding a Billion-Rand...

🔍 Quick Facts   Business Name: Yebo Fresh  Founded: 2018  Founder: Jessica Boonstra  Headquarters: Cape Town, South Africa  Sector: Township Retail Supply Chain / E-commerce Logistics  Core Focus: Supplying spaza shops and township-based businesses with quality, affordable...

How a 14-Year-Old Built South Africa's Boldest Beauty Brand

How a 14-Year-Old Built South Africa's Boldest ...

🔍 Quick Facts   Business Name: Swiitch Beauty  Founder: Rabia Ghoor  Founded: 2015  Started At Age: 14  HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa  Industry: Beauty & Cosmetics  Business Model: Direct-to-Consumer (DTC), e-commerce first  Target Market: Gen Z & Millennial South Africans ...

How a 14-Year-Old Built South Africa's Boldest ...

🔍 Quick Facts   Business Name: Swiitch Beauty  Founder: Rabia Ghoor  Founded: 2015  Started At Age: 14  HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa  Industry: Beauty & Cosmetics  Business Model: Direct-to-Consumer (DTC), e-commerce first  Target Market: Gen Z & Millennial South Africans ...

How Shoprite Became Africa's Retail Cash Cow

How Shoprite Became Africa's Retail Cash Cow

🔍 Quick Facts   Company Name: Shoprite Holdings Ltd  Founded: 1979  Founder: Norman Herber (acquired by Whitey Basson-led group)  Headquarters: Brackenfell, Western Cape, South Africa  Retail Brands: Shoprite, Checkers, Usave, OK Furniture, LiquorShop, Checkers Sixty60  Stores: Over...

How Shoprite Became Africa's Retail Cash Cow

🔍 Quick Facts   Company Name: Shoprite Holdings Ltd  Founded: 1979  Founder: Norman Herber (acquired by Whitey Basson-led group)  Headquarters: Brackenfell, Western Cape, South Africa  Retail Brands: Shoprite, Checkers, Usave, OK Furniture, LiquorShop, Checkers Sixty60  Stores: Over...

How Capitec Bank Disrupted SA Banking by Keeping It Simple

How Capitec Bank Disrupted SA Banking by Keepin...

🔍 Quick Facts   Company Name: Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd  Founded: 2001  Founder: Riaan Stassen (with Michiel Le Roux & Jannie Mouton)  Headquarters: Stellenbosch, South Africa  Employees: 15,000+  Clients: 21+ million (as of 2024)  USP: Simplified banking, flat...

How Capitec Bank Disrupted SA Banking by Keepin...

🔍 Quick Facts   Company Name: Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd  Founded: 2001  Founder: Riaan Stassen (with Michiel Le Roux & Jannie Mouton)  Headquarters: Stellenbosch, South Africa  Employees: 15,000+  Clients: 21+ million (as of 2024)  USP: Simplified banking, flat...