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Lubabalo Kondlo has done South Africa and the continent proud by becoming Africa's first world draughts champion, but the road to the title has not been an easy one for this Port Elizabeth resident.

Kondlo recently beat Italian draughts Grandmaster Michele Borghetti 5 - 0 to take the title in Mississippi. This win made him the first African to become the world champion.

Exporting to China can be an uphill battle for many small and medium-size businesses, but for KwaZulu-Natal businessman Xolani Ntuli it is a winnable battle with the right partners at his side.

Ntuli (40) owns XKG, a timber and logistics company that recently secured a contract to supply timber to a furniture manufacturing company in China.

An Eastern Cape government funding agency enabled a youngster to embrace his passion for entrepreneurship.

The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) has beeninstrumental in helping an entrepreneur tuck into the fast food industry with gusto.

A female owned cooperative is looking to improve the economy of Queenstown in the Eastern Cape through manufacturing ethnic clothes for children. Sikhona cooperative is a clothes manufacturing company that focuses on designing school uniforms and ethnic clothes for children. It was established in 2007 by five women in the area.

Sikhona Managing Director Khosi Jayiya said the cooperative initially designed ethnic clothes for adults women but decided to focus on childrens wear and school uniforms because they saw a gap in the market.

Giving vulnerable women the chance to improve their lives.

Dr Lesley Ann Foster has a passion for women’s rights and her legacy is measured in the positive feedback she receives from the people whose lives she has touched.

International Relations / General

Dakar will come alive and make history in 2022 when young people from all over the world flock to the city in a quest of good sportsmanship.

Senegal will be flying their flag high as the host nation for the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2022.

The event which takes place every four years will be hosted on African soil for the first time.

When Kholofelo Nengwenda (28) moved from Limpopo to start a job in Mpumalanga four years ago, she struggled to find a domestic worker. This motivated her to start a cleaning service and a domestic worker placement company called Mukhoni Cleaning Specialists.

She said her company has grown to create jobs for about 50 people in just a few years of operation.

International Relations / General

The fair has about 7 000 companies from over 109 countries presenting their products to retail and food service professionals.

A South African ginger beer manufacturing company Yamama Gemmer is set to break into the European beverage sector after showcasing their goods at the Salon International de l’alimentation (SIAL) international food innovation exhibition that recently took place in Paris France.

A Mthatha woman comes clean on what it took to go from domestic worker to the owner of a brand of cleaning products.

Nonceba Sobai (30) went from being a domestic worker to a manufacturer.

A love for tourism spurred Thambe to make a success of his tourism business.