35. Lebo Mphela
Vital Stats:
- Business: Malia Nail Care
- Established: 2016
Up-and-coming fact:
Just four months after she’d launched her own nail polish business, Mphela had managed to get her product included as one of the gifts that guests at the 2016 SAMAs (South African Music Awards) received in their goodie bags.
The former Shark Tank South Africa contestant used her experience in PR to market her three-free (void of common chemicals found in traditional nail polish) nail care brand. Although she wasn’t able to secure funding from the TV show, Mphela has pretty big expansion goals for Malia. She says she’d eventually like her own studio where people can come in and create their own nail polish colours.