Kasi Business Hub assists entrepreneurs to grow

How a company is helping to bring kasi businesses beyond their borders into the digital future.

One of the things that Covid-19 accelerated in society was the value entrepreneurs place in their digital presence. Establishments who never bothered to have a social media page or website before Covid were forced to rethink their ways because of the potential of doing business online.

Kasi Business Hub is an entity that assists entrepreneurs to grow their businesses digitally, especially start-ups. “We are an online business platform, and we aim to do kasi business apps (township business directory apps),” Themba Khumalo tells Spot-On.

He is one of the three founders and directors of the Kasi Business Hub – the others being Prince Mathebula and Juvie Morena. The three individuals are entrepreneurs in their own right: Morena runs the NeoTino online store, while Mathebula is a professional cameraman who owns mobile carwash Buffer Wash. Khumalo is the owner of app development and marketing company Zulu Systematic.

ASSISTING MAMELODI BUSINESSES

Kasi Business Hub was founded in November 2019 but officially became a business in June 2020, in the middle of Covid-19. “Everything we’ve done so far is directly from our own pockets – no sponsors, no grants. It has not been easy, but we keep pushing and make no excuses. Our first app so far is MAMSLiNK – an app for Mamelodi businesses,” says Khumalo.

The MAMSLiNK app is available for download and gives one access to numerous businesses in the Pretoria township, which is especially helpful to someone not familiar with the township. “We will be making more township business apps for other townships, such as Tembisa, Soweto, Thabong, Gugulethu, etc. in the next few years,” Khumalo says.

KASI KBH members Themba Khumalo, Juvie Morena and Prince Mathebula BUSINESS HUB

PASSION FOR THE TOWNSHIP ECONOMY

Khumalo adds that they currently don’t charge businesses to be placed on their app nor do they charge businesses for the promotion they do on their Facebook page. “We do have a price list of starting packages on our website.”

Their packages are broken down into three categories: Bronze, Gold and Platinum. Their services range from company registration to social media, website creation and management, and Google search optimisation.

Kasi Business Hub is very passionate about the township economy and making a tangible difference in society. “In the past two decades, we have been seeing a lot of malls in townships and these malls do not help the start-up township businesses, as it’s too expensive to rent a store in them,” says Khumalo.

“With our apps, we aim to help township businesses to be on an online platform and this will greatly impact the township economy. It’s our vision to one day see more entrepreneurs from the township become a success.”

KNOW MORE

To find out more about Kasi Business Hub, visit kasibusinesshub.co.za

info@kasibusinesshub.co.za

079 335 5772

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