Tuesday 13th October 2026
12:00 to 13:00 SAST on Google Meet
Meet the Chef
Aphiwe Tafeni is a multi-award-winning South African entrepreneur, communications specialist, and founder of Olem Business Boutique, a 100% black female-owned integrated marketing agency.
Winner of the 2025 Innovator Trust Pinnacle Award and National Deputy Chairperson of the BMF Young Professionals, Aphiwe brings years of hands-on experience helping SMMEs build scalable, opportunity-ready businesses. She specialises in positioning entrepreneurs to secure funding, corporate buyer contracts, and enterprise development support.
Taste the Recipe
Aphiwe shares practical, real-world tools and trade secrets to take your small business from survival mode to sustainable growth. Learn how to identify and access essential tools of trade, get your documentation funding-ready, and structure your business so investors and corporate buyers take notice.
Discover how to overcome persistent funding struggles, gain access to high-value assets, and build strategic partnerships that fast-track your market reach.
Engage and Discuss
This is a live AMA session. Bring your questions and join a real-time conversation with Aphiwe about dodging the common mistakes that block growth, positioning your enterprise for corporate opportunities, and unlocking the networks you need to scale.
