30. Portia Masimula
Vital Stats:
- Business: Karisani IT Group
- Established: 2013
Up-and-coming fact:
Masimula’s software development house specialises in piloting innovation and creativity to collaborating with an overseas company for a project for US-based global satellite television channel ESPN.
Seeking excitement came with its challenges when Masimula left her full-time corporate position in favour of being a small business owner in the market, competing with established giants. Karisani currently employs four people and plans to expand into the rest of the continent from its offices in Gauteng and Mpumalanga.