South African entrepreneurs take a bow: a North American’s perspective

Jonathan was recently part of a team that traveled around South Africa actively searching for potential investments as they recruited entrepreneurs to the Canadian government’s Startup Visa Program, a scheme to assist qualified entrepreneurs interested in relocating to Canada. Here’s his perspective on what they found.

In the next five years, South Africa is going to produce successful breakout companies whose exciting stories will be told and re-told as inspiring startup legends. Among them will be some of the 50+ smart, focused, serious and ambitious entrepreneurs we recently met in South Africa. But for us it is not just their soon-to-be-proven success that will make them inspiring legends. No, it is their perseverance in the face of odds that sometimes had our North American jaws dropping in astonishment.

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