The Mbali Nwoko Podcast

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 podcast episode and don't forget to subscribe....

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 episode and subscribe to the podcast.  Please rate...

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 farmers. Connect with Rea on Instagram @the_blackfar...

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 link below : https://tilloapp.page.link/vVAj Remembe...

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 Sustainable Agriculture contribution to the agri secto...

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 Most Innovative Companies (TT100). Its solution pr...

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 expansion plans and tells us about his new product o...

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, Ikageng provides us with an overview of grain farmi...

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 sustainable livelihoods through agriculture. Please subscr...

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 and most importantly rate and review each episode...

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 his brand and business through diversification.  Pl...

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 level.  Please subscribe to this podcast and also rate...

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 produce to the national fresh produce markets.  Ple...

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