[TOP STORY] The Lekker Network’s plan to connect SA entrepreneurs globally

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‘A lot of our South Africans around the world who are in business actually gravitate towards hiring South Africans, doing business with South Africans, and that's the whole premise, and we are trying to create an environment and a space for them to connect,’ says Renier Lombard, co-founder of The Lekker Network.

15 Jan 7AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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