From Soweto to Sandton: Sometimes You Have to See the Ambition Become Rea
From Soweto to Sandton: Sometimes You Have to See the Ambition Become Real There are things you say when you are building a business that...
SQUAD AVENUE: Building a Business Means You Have to Keep Creating
When you start a business, you spend most of your time trying to make something work. You are trying to find customers, generate sales, improve...
Rwanda: A Reminder That Africa Must Build With What It Has
Rwanda: A Reminder That Africa Must Build With What It Has By Banele Rewo In August 2026, I travelled from Johannesburg to Kigali, Rwanda, to...
What FNB Taught Me About Opportunity
The FNB story wasn't really about sneakers. It was about possibility. It reminded me that opportunities often belong to people who are willing to put...
Why Most Stokvels Fail — And How Governance Fixes It
I've seen too many stokvels collapse. Not because of bad people. Not because of broken trust, or bad luck, or the economy. But because of...
WE ARE SQUAD: From Stokvel to Startup Capital With Stokfella App
Community · Finance · Culture In South Africa, the stokvel has always been more than a savings club — it is a declaration of collective...
How Squad OSCT Sneaker Care Technicians Is Redefining Sneaker Care in South Africa
Innovation doesn’t always arrive with noise.Sometimes it shows up quietly — in small rooms, in township streets, in businesses built by people who were never...
Squad Hosts Product Testing Session at ‘We Are Squad Mzansi Dance Cypher’ in Soweto
In true build-with-the-people fashion, Squad took its latest designs straight to the streets of Soweto this weekend. The brand hosted an free for entry product...
From an Idea to a Movement: The Rise of We Are Squad
Ten months ago, a simple yet powerful idea was born. What if ordinary young South Africans could pool their resources, talent, and vision to build...
Squad United Fund: Youth-Owned Business Funded by a Stokvel, Launches “WHAT IF” Campaign June 16 2025
Squad United Fund: Youth-Owned Business Funded by a Stokvel, Launches “WHAT IF” Campaign This June 16 On June 16—an iconic day in South African history...