MEJ: My Entrepreneurship Journey
Lifuo Makhele engages in intimate conversations with entrepreneurs in Africa and beyond to learn about their entrepreneurial journeys. You will hear about their sapience, fearlessness, their perseverance and resilience. In each episode, these leaders share their personal entrepreneurship paths that were not easy but ultimately led to success, sometimes failure. All lessons.
MEJ: My Entrepreneurship Journey
Glubbs: Fikile Mthwalo
Fikile Mthwalo is an actor turned entrepreneur, based in New York city. She founded Glubbs, a biodegradable disposable glove company that offers medical-grade examination gloves.
The idea of Glubbs came partially to Fikile in response to the COVID-19 and witnessing the tons of plastic waste conventional gloves were contributing to the environment.
Fikile Mthwalo is best known for playing the role of "Zak" on the long standing South African show Isidingo. She went on to become a series regular on e-tv's Gold diggers and starred in two seasons of Mzanzi Magic's It's Complicated. Acting is Fikile's calling, but she continues to develop creative works of her own , such as Tech bae, a digital series about women of color in tech.
Fikile graduated from the University of Cape Town with a BA in Film and Video Production. she received her MFA in Acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
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