1995-12-21
Born
Grew up in small town in KZN,South Africa
from the 'Zululand'
Went to Pretoria University
Played rugby 🏉 and also did classic music since primary
Studied finance
my life was transformed for better
Became a faculty student Exective Treasurer(Commercii)
life changing leadership experience
I was honored with DYL award and became a Dell Scholar
Interned at KPMG as a Management Consultant (Data Analytics)
Also interned at JP Morgann Chase &Co as a CIB Winter Intern (Rotation IB, Finance, S&T)
Finished uni and moved to Johannesburg
Moved in with my mates, Ruben, Andre,and James 🥸🤠🦍🍻🏌️
Worked in finance at PSG as an financial analyst
Discovered the world of startups via a near pivot to the BUY-SIDE (Private Equity)
Co-founded Neophyte Capital with my mates from UNI
everything changed 🚀
Started to consume a lot of startup information
became more obsessed about startups 🦄 and VC even during the pandemic
Also, started to write about startups, capital markets, economy and operating ethos in venture building via substack
personally everything changed
Due to the pandemic, i lost my mom, my best friend 🕊️
thanks to my family &friends for the support especially during this time ❤️
Witnessed love from the pandemic with James's wedding 🥺🤵♂️👰♀️
Back to startups..🤩
thank you, kojo
Learned what it's like to start a startup while working part-time at DentX as the first finance hire; employee #6
Learned a lot about early stage South African (African) startup ecosytem and its challenges but...
it wasn't enough
Decided to join a high growth startup at Series B level...
Joined as a FP&A (stragetic finance) guru at SweepSouth
thank you, loren
It has been over 2.5 years working at SweepSouth, STILL making a difference via SweepSouth's mission (we have processed over R700m /$40m to domestic workers). Also, getting deep as an operator on lessons from scaling a high-growth startup in the African continent.
let the story begin - Kanye
And, we just getting started...