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After living 'lean' to fund his business, Soweto entrepreneur is backed by Google

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Thato Garekoe, Founder and CEO of ekisa E-Commerce Solutions.
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Thato Garekoe, Founder and CEO of ekisa E-Commerce Solutions. Supplied by Rekisa

The discipline of living on a lean budget while self-funding a new e-commerce enterprise helped a Soweto entrepreneur to survive his first year in business. Two years later, the business landed its first funding from the tech giant Google and plans to hire more people to strengthen its team of business creatives and software developers.

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