In today’s episode, I have Sipamandla Manqele who is the woman behind the food brand Local Village foods, where they believe that Food is our currency for connection.  Born in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape she was always committed to contributing to the development of her community and even bigger, our continent. Her company sources only naturally grown food from small scale farmers across the continent. Its range includes African superfoods, grains, granola, raw African honey, gluten-free flour, and porridge. Sipamandla was selected as one of the Mail and Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans in 2019

In our conversation today you will hear about;

1. How her entrepreneurial journey started - from selling toilet papers, to selling chickens and now Local Village Foods

2. She passionately shares how she sees food as a way to break borders and to connect people

3. She also shares some biggest lessons, misconceptions and what she had to unlearn in her business journey

4. And last one thing I cannot leave out, how does her time to replenish look like

I hope that you do take something from this conversation today, do enjoy.

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