Open letter to South African funding houses
(WorldNews Africa)

Growing up in the dusty roads of Steenberg in Cape Town, I knew nothing about the great big world out there. Later in life my dad told my siblings and I that we could do and become anything we wanted to become because, in 1994 with the so-called “levelling of the playing field”, we were allowed to dream big and feel as unstoppable as a flowing river. Eighteen months ago I stumbled on to a business opportunity during one of my 60 business trips to Botswana over the past three and a half years. I immediately started to research the opportunity and gather data. I drew up a comprehensive business plan and then started seeking the much-needed funding for the project. I own a registered company in...