FIKILE NDABA

Youth in Business and Entrepreneurship

Nominee's Province:
Limpopo

Age:
31

Project Name/Description:
Fifi and Son's Pies

More info:

To Fikile Ndaba, the township is a gold mine of economic opportunities. This conviction turned her into a township-driven businesswoman who runs her own accounting firm that serves the township market. She realised township businesses needed an accounting firm which offered tailor-made services that understood the challenges businesses faced on a daily basis. Being unfairly dismissed from a managerial post gave the accountant the push she needed to follow the path of entrepreneurship and has never looked back. However, her entrepreneurial thirst was not quenched by the accounting business. When the business started making a profit, she used the money to start Fifi and Son’s Pies in Rustenburg, North West. Ndaba says her journey as an entrepreneur turned out to be an amazing venture, although not an easy road, especially since she was used to having a stable job. For South Africa to overcome the crisis of youth unemployment, the 31-year-old believes the country must produce good leaders to lift township businesses and support them, as there are already established businesses in townships that only need to be propelled further.