(Hansa representative Khensani Nobanda, judge
Lebo Gunguluza, Sihle Shabangu and judge Citrum Khumalo)
Durbanite
Sihle Shabangu (25) from Hammarsdale township has walked away with R50,000 in
funding from Hansa to kickstart his dream of an e-commerce music website. This
aspiring entrepreneur, who works as a quality assessor for an insurance
company, has had an idea for a music website for the past four years, and now,
thanks to Hansa, it will become a reality.
Envisioning
his website to be a platform between producers and recording artists he came up
with the idea after producing his own music. “It will connect musicians looking
for mixes with producers who make it. They will be able to listen to the music
online, and if they like it, pay a fee to download it,” Shabangu said. A
portion of the sale will be retained by the business and the remainder, paid to
the artist. The creative thinker will use his R50,000 winnings from Hansa’s Special Ingredient Search to pay
for website design, buy a laptop and a headset.
Shabangu
joins the ranks of Siyabonga Mbutho from Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape,
Kholofelo Mokakabye from Pretoria and Mzukisi Mbane of Cape Town who have been
chosen as winners by judges chef Citrum Khumalo and businessman and
entrepreneur Lebo Gunguluza in Hansa’s Special Ingredient search as they toured
the country.
“Once
the judges have completed the final events in Johannesburg and Bloemfontein,
one overall winner out of the six regional winners to join SAB’s Kickstart
Foundation, which provides business training, business mentorship and start-up
capital to entrepreneurs with promising businesses,” said Khensani Nobanda,
General Manager of Hansa Pilsener.
The SA
Breweries Kickstart Foundation is SAB’s youth entrepreneurship development
programme that identifies the need for the private sector in helping to grow a
productive South African economy. SAB KickStart has attracted hundreds of
applications from young and aspiring entrepreneurs across South Africa and one
lucky winner of the Special Ingredient search competition will join the
Foundation.
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