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The Mbali Nwoko Podcast is a farming and agricultural podcast that features industry experts and stakeholders in the agricultural sector and across its value chain. In this podcast, you will hear from farmers, scientists, agronomists, researchers, economists, investors and policymakers to name a few, with the aim to help, inspire, educate and inform you about the business of farming and agriculture. This podcast is hosted by Mbali Nwoko, a multi-award-winning South African farmer, keynote sp ...
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EP 30 I Grant Jacobs: How to digitally trade and auction fresh produce using HelloChoice.
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Grant Jacobs co-founded HelloChoice which is an online agricultural marketplace established in 2018. He directs HelloChoice's business model and platform development, working hands-on in the field to recruit and coach initial buyers and packhouses with early adopting farmers. He currently leads strategic projects, platform design, and business and …
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EP 29 I Alina Truhina & Philani Mzila : Agritech entrepreneurship with Founders Factory Africa
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Speaking to Alina Truhina, Chief Strategy Officer and Philani Mzila, Investment Manager at Founders Factory Africa (FFA). We explore the journeys that early-stage businesses face within the agri-tech sector, how entrepreneurs can connect with investors and how organisations such as the FFA support entrepreneurs to build and scale agri-tech startups…
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EP 28 I Louis de Kock: Disrupting the fresh produce markets - Nile.ag
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Nile's vision is to see a future where Africa’s producers can access the markets with the biggest need for their products. By integrating regional food systems, Nile aims to make nutritious food more accessible to consumers across the continent and beyond. In conversation with Louis de Kock, Founder of Nile.ag, a tech company that aims to solve iss…
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EP 27 I Cilliers Geldenhuys: The importance of using labour tracking technology to improve your farms production with Agrigistics.
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In conversation with Cilliers Geldenhuys, a qualified Industrial Engineer with a mining background who co-founded Agrigistics which is an agritech startup that helps increase labour efficiency, crop yields and assists decision making on farms, using labour tracking technology. Topics discussed on this episode: Agrigistics background and improvement…
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EP 26 I Karidas Tshintsholo : Introducing the farmers input marketplace app with Khula!
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Karidas is a young entrepreneur from South Africa with over 7 years of experience in building startups from ideas to fully-fledged businesses. He is passionate about finding inclusive sustainable solutions for emerging markets. Karidas is the founder and CEO of one of Africa's top tech startups which is now his full-time focus. The company has grow…
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EP 25 I Erna du Plessis: The basics of greenhouse / tunnel farming with Bosman van Zaal South Africa
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Erna - CEO of Bosman van Zaal South Africa has an Industrial Engineering degree and Masters in Agricultural Engineering degree. She has been in the greenhouse industry for 10 years. She started Bosman van Zaal South Africa with the Dutch mother company in 2018 and has a team of 30 people currently building greenhouses and turnkey solutions across t…
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EP 24 I Hamlet Hlomendlini: The role of financial institutions in the farming sector.
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Hamlet is a Farmer's Weekly regular columnist and a multi-skilled Agricultural Economist with over eight years of experience in the agribusiness and financial services sectors. He specializes in advocacy, trade, project management, banking, people management, opportunities identification, and strategy planning including socialization and facilitati…
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EP 23 I Dr. Vijayender Nalla: Online agri learning with the Digital School of Food and Agriculture
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In conversation with Dr Vijay Nalla, Content Facilitator at the Institute of Food and Agribusiness Leadership (IFAL). Visit https://www.ifal.ac/ and https://dsofa.org/ The Agribusiness Academy powers content and curriculums over several digital learning programs specifically at Digital School of Food and Agriculture and Institute of Food and Agribu…
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EP 22 I Julian van der Nat: How to improve your sales and marketing skills as a farmer
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Julian has 28 years of experience in the agricultural sector and has held numerous senior positions ranging from National Consultant, Country Manager, Managing Director, Chairman and a number of international consulting roles to name a few, where his responsibilities involved managing diverse teams and projects within varying business sectors. He a…
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EP 21 I Angie Khumalo: Transitioning from being a TV & Radio presenter to becoming a cattle farmer
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In conversation with Angie Khumalo, a dynamic woman who is currently a Metro FM Sports Presenter and former presenter of African Farming, an agricultural show showcasing successful black commercial farmers in South Africa. Angie is a motorcycle enthusiast, a lover of agriculture and she goes by the name of Mother of the Cows. Listen to her story an…
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EP 20 I Wandile Sihlobo: An Economists perspective into the South African agricultural sector
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Wandile Sihlobo is the Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) and the author of “Finding Common Ground: Land, Equity, and Agriculture.” He is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand. Visit his website www.wandilesihlobo.com Please subscribe to the podcas…
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EP 19 I Rahmat Eyinfunjowo: Growing a network of agripreneurs with Nourishing Africa
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Rahmat is the Operations Lead at Nourishing Africa, where she manages the company’s membership engagement and business operations. Nourishing Africa is a digital knowledge and membership platform supporting African agriculture and food entrepreneurs to scale their businesses by providing critical resources, tools and opportunities including funding…
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EP 18 I Jolene Dawson: How to develop sustainable agricultural programmes with Thrive Agriculture & Nutrition
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In conversation with Jolene Dawson who is a skilled strategist, advisory professional and CEO. Her business, Thrive Agriculture and Nutrition Consulting, is focused on agricultural development, working with iNGO’s, donors, foundations and companies to plan, design and implement system-level programmes to address food security and farmer development…
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EP 17 I Denene Erasmus: How to become a leading agricultural publication - Farmer's Weekly
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Denene Erasmus is the editor of Farmer's Weekly South Africa, the largest English-language agricultural publication in Southern Africa. She has been an agricultural journalist since 2009 and has won numerous international and national awards for her reporting on farming, conservation and the agribusiness sector in Africa; In our conversation, we ta…
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EP 16 I Dr Sifiso Ntombela: Development and structural reforms in agriculture
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In conversation with Dr Sifiso Ntombela, Chief Economist of the NAMC, Coordinator of AAMP, Columnist for Fin24, and Farmers' Weekly Magazine. In this podcast we discuss the following: The role of the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC). The Department of Agriculture, policymaking and implementation. Farmers and the agricultural landscape…
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EP 15 I Watson Matsa: Creating sustainable livelihoods for smallholder farmers with eSusFarm
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Speaking to Watson Matsa who is the Co-Founder & CEO for eSusFarm® Africa, where he leads Operations, Technology Implementation and Market Development. eSusFarm is an agri-fintech that specializes in tracking and providing advanced agricultural statistical data to smallholder farmers and the entire agri-value chain for the purpose of increasing agr…
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EP 14 I Ivor Price & Kobus Louwrens : Food For Mzansi
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In conversation with Ivor and Kobus, who are the Founders of Food For Mzansi, which is a digital agri news platform that has taken the South African media space by storm. They both have long-standing careers in journalism and have won numerous awards for their contribution/ work in broadcasting, print and digital media, this includes Food For Mzans…
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EP 13 l Joy Pharasi : Overcoming lupus, depression, physical disability and discrimination as a farmer.
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In conversation with me is Joy Pharasi. She is a livestock farmer based in the Northern Cape province of South Africa and she shares her story/journey of the challenges and life adversities that she had to overcome from childhood right through to her career as a Farmer. Connect and follow Joy on Instagram @joyziqua21 Please rate and review this pod…
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EP 12 I Francois Rossouw : Family farming with Southern African Agri Initiative (SAAI)
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The Southern African Agri Initiative (SAAI) is an agricultural interest network for farmers by farmers, which is committed to the protection and promotion of the rights, values, ideals and needs of family farmers in the primary production sector. In conversation with Francois Rossouw, CEO of SAAI. https://saai.org Remember to rate and review this e…
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EP 11 I Reabetswe Malema: The Black Farmer
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Reabetswe Malema is the Director of The Black Farmer Food Group which is a farming company that acts as an agent on behalf other farmers and provides them with access to market through the physical Black Farmer Market in Ga-rankuwa. Through their digital platforms, they have also allowed clients to find access to fresh produce and livestock from fa…
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EP 10 I Alessandro and Sakhe : Data farming with Tillo App
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In conversation with Alessandro Colafranceschi and Sakhe Radebe from Tillo. Tillo is a digital app that allows you to gain real-time visibility and control over your farm. You can collect, analyse, share and export your farm’s data on your smartphone, tablet or desktop, from wherever you are in the world, for FREE. Visit Tillo by clicking on the li…
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EP 09 I Mark Hutton : Sustainable Agriculture with Madumbi
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Joining me in this episode is Mark Hutton from Madumbi Sustainable Agriculture. Mark is a Bio Specialist for the KZN region and is also the Business Development Lead for Intensive Growers at Madumbi. In this conversation, Mark unpacks the following: What is sustainable agriculture. The benefits of using or farming with biologicals. Madumbi Sustaina…
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EP 08 I Russel Luck: Online livestock auctions with SwiftVee
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In this episode, I have a conversation with Russel Luck who is an Entrepreneur, Technology Attorney, Television Analyst and Public Speaker. Russel is the founder of SwiftVee which is an online livestock auction platform, that has been recognised internationally for its technology innovation and has been shortlisted as one of South Africa’s Top 100 …
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EP 07 I Ntuthuko Shezi: Livestock Wealth
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In this episode, Ntuthuko Shezi explains the idea behind Livestock Wealth and how he managed to successfully build his livestock crowd farming platform in 2015 till date. Today, Livestock Wealth has local and global investors owning cattle that they do not have to physically farm/manage across various farms in South Africa. Shezi also shares his ex…
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EP 06 I Ikageng Maluleke: Grain farming in South Africa
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Ikageng Maluleke is an Agricultural Economist at Grain SA, a farmer organisation representing major grains in South Africa; her focus in the organisation is international trade policy in the grain industry, monitoring of inputs as well as the development of New Era farmers into more commercialised farmers amongst other things. In this episode, Ikag…
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EP 05 I Wendy Geza: Insights into small-scale rural farming.
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Wendy is a Research Assistant and Project Facilitator at UKZN, under the Sustainable Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS) Project and uMngeni Resilience Project. In this podcast, Wendy shares with us her role in finding better solutions of building capacity for farmers in rural areas, particularly youth, to adapt better to climate change and build sustaina…
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EP 04 I Yunike Phiri: Building a business against all odds.
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In this episode, I speak to Yunike Phiri an award-winning farmer, trained agripreneur by the African Development Bank and Korean Institute Development Strategy in SME Development. Yunike, CEO of Amicus Farms, shares her story of building a crop and livestock farm against a challenging agricultural sector in Zambia. Please subscribe to this podcast …
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EP 03 I Khathu Mashau: Scaling in numbers and through diversification.
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Joining me in this podcast is entrepreneur, farmer and Founder of U-Move Group, Khathu Mashau. Khathu speaks about creating his own outgrowers model within U-Move Farming, to retain a lucrative tomato contract. He also shares his experience in doing business with small scale farmers in rural areas and takes us through his strategy behind growing hi…
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EP 02 I Sonto Mujakachi: Finding success in a conservative agricultural town.
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In this podcast, Sonto Mujakahi who is the CEO of Treasure Trove Farms takes us through her journey of how she managed to successfully grow a commercial vegetable producing farm in a small and conservative town and shares her experience with retailers, as well as leveraging off her families expertise and skills to take her business to the next leve…
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EP 01 I Eric Mauwane: How to thrive in competitive markets.
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In this podcast, I speak to Eric Mauwane CEO of Oneo Farms, a commercial vegetable farmer whose story is nothing but resilience. Eric shares his experience in dealing with financial institutions, the relationships that agri bankers need to have with their farmers, as well as, the important aspects that farmers need to consider when sending their pr…
An introduction to The Mbali Nwoko Podcast.Av Mbali Nwoko
