22. Kelebogile Mabunda
Vital Stats:
- Business: KLM Publicity
- Established: 2013
Up-and-coming fact:
Mabunda started the business with only enough money to register it and moved back home to work in her parents’ living room. Five years later KLM Publicity is fully-functional and operating from the heart of Sandton.
When she started KLM Publicity Mabunda had no clue what the business world entailed –
all she knew was how to do the job and that she had a dream, she says. After several unsuccessful interviews, she received a twitter message from a lady in New York looking for a publicist. This request sparked the idea of KLM Publicity, which today works with amazing brands including Africa’s biggest artist and businessman, Kiernan Forbes (better known as AKA) and beloved Bryanston restaurant, GEMELLI Cucina Bar.