by Janine Roberts | Jan 16, 2018 | kitchen incubator
Sumaya Abdullah is proud to be one of Ukama’s foodtrepeneurs, specialising in samoosas, those savoury triangles of deliciousness which makes a perfect warm snack to satisfy those hunger pangs at lunchtime. It’s a craft she has perfected over the years, delivering a...
by Janine Roberts | Dec 19, 2017 | kitchen incubator
On the 1st December 2017, I attended a wonderful food launch and came home with a bottle of Chilli & Coriander Chutney, Roasted Orange & Mint Savoury Marmalade, a box of Spicy Traditional Soetkoekies and a Pear Marmalade with Lime & Ginger– all...
by Janine Roberts | Sep 7, 2017 | social entrepreneurship
As featured on Oguntê – Impact Women. Vrygrond is a town that has been hit hard with poverty, insecurity, and drug dealership, and this is the place where Janine Roberts decided to establish Ukama, the business model that is set to benefit the poor. Janine strongly...
by Janine Roberts | Oct 7, 2015 | social entrepreneurship
As featured on CapeTalk – Breakfast with Kieno Kammies: Ukama’s own Janine Roberts was one of the 31 South African entrepreneurs chosen by the Tony Elumelu Foundation to participate in their entrepreneur boot camp program. Listen to the Capetalk’s Breakfast with Kieno...
by Janine Roberts | Oct 7, 2015 | social entrepreneurship
The mastermind behind Ukama, the business model set to turn members of marginalized communities into entrepreneurs, is Cape Town’s Janine Roberts. In this interview, Janine goes a little more in depth about how Ukama works and why she decided to create this program....
