Siya Sibeko (19) and Setu Mtshixa (19) started their new business Banterpreneurship on September 3.
The business is based online because it is an online community.
“At the moment we have a Facebook page, Instagram page, Twitter page and we are currently in the works of developing an app for our startup,” said Sibeko.
Sibeko was born and raised in Benoni although he now resides in Brakpan.
His partner Mtshixa lives in East London, however, they both spent most of their time in Pretoria due to their studies.
The pair are both second-year students studying a BCom in economic and management sciences.
They have a third person who works with them.
“Cebo Mpanza is our creative director, he designs all our graphics to make our content appealing and attractive,” said Sibeko.
“We have helped a lot of people so far, our content has reached over a thousand people according to analytics, and our feedback has been incredible.
“We plan on going to orphanages and homes this month to teach and spread entrepreneurship.”
Sibeko said their services and content online are completely free to the public.
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In 2018 they plan to publish handbooks that teach the basics of starting and running a business, which will be for sale.
“With a portion of the proceeds, we plan to distribute those same handbooks throughout underprivileged communities,” he said
“We plan to scale the start-up immensely in the near future.
“We as Banterpreneurship see ourselves as the catalyst for building the culture of entrepreneurship in not only South Africa but Africa as a whole.”
The aim is to see the community of Banterpreneurs growing immensely beyond borders.
They looking into breaking into the education system and are currently in talks with the Department of Education with regards to how they can make this happen.
Sibeko said Banterpreneurship also has a new campaign known as “My Story, Told My Way” which variously established entrepreneurs have agreed to take part in, this is something the public should look out for in the coming weeks.
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