2023
Livestock Wealth: Crowd Farming for Wealth Creation
Amanda Bown, Claire Beswick and Richard Thomson
Wits Business School
DRA Global: Implementing Digital Transformation through Change Management in a Project Consultancy Firm
Amy Fisher Moore and Krishnaveni Ramiah
University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science
Queen Ndlovu: Opening the Throttle on her Drone Business
Boris Urban and Stephanie Althea
Wits Business School
2022
Beverley-Anne Joseph: Cheers to the Perseverance of an Entrepreneur
Boris Urban
Wits Business School
The Rise (and almost fall) of Maneli Pets
Jabulie Msimango-Galawe, Amanda Bowen and Angie Urban
Wits Business School
Ahmed Mutjaba Razzak: An Immigrant Entrepreneur with Big Dreams
Stephanie Townsend
Wits Business School
2021
Cape Union Mart: Digital Transformation and Customer Experience During a Crisis
Aldi Schoeman, Geoff Bick and Claire Barnardo
The University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business
Origin Artisan Coffee: Growth Challenges Faced by a Niche Brand in South Africa
Petra Pavlovic, Mignon Reyneke and Sarah Boyd
The University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business
Bean There: Coffee as a Vehicle for a Change
Amanda Bowen, Richard Thomson and Katherine Hofmeyr
Wits Business School
2019/20
Triggerfish Animation Studios: The Business of Digital Entertainment
Craig Lowman, Mikael Samuelsson, and Geoff Bick
The University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business
Chijioke Dozie: Dealing with Nigeria’s Highly-skilled Talent Constraints
Mpho D. Magau and Jaco Maritz
Johannesburg Business School
DEV Mozambique: Food Security Through Innovative Social Enterprise Development
Boris Urban, Amanda Bowen, and Stephanie Townsend
WITS Business School
2019
University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business
2018
Northeastern University
2017
Liezl Rees and Lyal Whyte, University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science
Fatima Hamdulay and Himanshu Vidhani, University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
2016
Christopher Human and Geoff Bick, University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
2015
Mariam Cassim and Linda Ronnie, University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
2014
Michael M Goldman, University of San Fransisco, US, and Jennifer Lindsay-Renton, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Highly commended
Peter Draper and Alison Gaylard, Wits Business School, South Africa
2013
Abderrahman Hassi and Giovanna Storti, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
Second
Dr Chris Ogbechie, Lagos Business School Pan-African University, Nigeria
Third
Freddie R. Acosta and Arlene S. Acosta, Strathmore Business School, Kenya
2012
Nike Davies-Okundaye: Building a family social enterprise
Henrietta N Onwuegbuzie, Gordon N Adomdza and Fredrick O Ogola
First runner up
Growing the Mamas & Papas Brand
Michael Goldman
Ivey Publishing
Reference no. 9B11A044
Second runner up
The Umoja Fund Collective Investment Scheme: Preparing for the end of lock in period
Ellinami J Minja
