Meet the Absa Small Business Friday featured Small Business of the week – Fishmonger Centurion

Henrique Nelson Goncalves is the co-owner and head chef at Fishmonger Centurion. This upscale seafood and sushi restaurant was opened in 2005 with a focus on quality ingredients. Nelson Goncalves has designed a modern contemporary seafood menu inspired by flavours from around the world.

Fishmonger Centurion was started because they saw a gap in the local market for an upscale seafood restaurant. All the members of this family had experience in the hospitality industry and this together with their talents and passion for the industry led to excellent building blocks for a successful restaurant.

Meet the Absa Small Business Friday featured Small Business of the week – FJ Flavour Factory.

Fiona Anderson and her partner began FJ Flavour Factory in July 2018. They are a food manufacturer that focus on making spices, flavours, and nuts. They also sell herbs and spices. Furthermore, they see themselves as a solutions partner and facilitate the development, manufacturing, printing and packaging for various clients from feeding schemes to retail stores.

Fiona wanted to run her own business as she is driven and found working for someone else restrictive.  She loves everything about business but if she had to choose she enjoys the creativity of development and the structure of month-end processing.

Meet the Absa Small Business Friday featured Small Business of the week – Chepa Streetwear.

Founded in August 2017, Chepa Streetwear is an African-print clothing manufacturer and retailer. They draw inspiration from modern designs and infuse them with African print paying great attention to detail and quality. One of the key factors for their success is manufacturing their own range. By owning this function, they can impact their local community by employing skilled individuals and the youth. They also can ensure they manufacture their product efficiently and that the quality is above the standard and on time.

Meet the Absa Small Business Friday featured Small Business of the week – Job Crystal.

Job crystal is working towards making a dent in unemployment in South Africa. They aim to help SMEs hire better, faster, and cheaper so they can grow. This proudly South African business is also making waves worldwide as well as they have developed and offer recruitment technology that is revolutionary in finding talent faster than you can read this line.

Sasha Knott’s journey to entrepreneurship has been an interesting and challenging one. She started as a cashier, then worked her way up to waitress, and then became a programmer but decided she preferred people over computers and stepped into a leadership role. She continued to climb the corporate ladder and learnt a great deal from working with start-ups. This knowledge proved highly beneficial when she started Job Crystal.