Gokul Nair, 30

Gokul Nair, 30

Gokul Nair is the cofounder of Impulse Biomedical, a team of passionate engineers, scientists, clinicians and academics whose goal is to make healthcare technologies more affordable and accessible. The team has created several innovative products such as the Easy...
Gugulethu Mahlangu, 29

Gugulethu Mahlangu, 29

Aquaponic horticulturist Gugulethu Mahlangu develops nutritious, chemical-free food with Finleaf Farms, a scalable, biological farming brand. She specialises in lettuce, microgreens and herbs. Aquaponics is a self-sustaining ecosystem that utilises the natural...
Ikarabele Legae, 27

Ikarabele Legae, 27

Ikarabele Legae is adding fresh zest to the fruit industry. As a junior trader with Lona Group, Legae creates farm-to-fork market strategies for accounts such as Woolworths, and advises on farm production practices, among other responsibilities. Less than a year after...
Ernest Majenge, 29

Ernest Majenge, 29

Hailing from Germiston, Ernest Mongezi Majenge is the founder of wheelchair manufacturer The Wheelchair Doctor. “I started operating in August 2018 as a wheelchair repair service,” Majenge says. “We’re busy developing an off-road wheelchair that will cater for people...
Eve Mashamba, 21

Eve Mashamba, 21

Authenquility is the new name of a nonprofit entity that Eve Mashamba set up during her high school years — known then as BeYou — which earned her various youth initiative awards. A portmanteau of “authenticity” and “tranquillity”, the rebranding better sums up the...