Asking For A Friend: Riyp and Uzair Essack - Finding opportunity where everyone else saw leftovers

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Most people do not think twice about the fruit they buy.

An apple, a bunch of grapes or a punnet of blueberries appears on a supermarket shelf looking fresh and perfect.

Few of us stop to think about the journey behind it or how much of a farmer's harvest never reaches its full value.

That is the challenge Uzair Essack set out to solve.
28 Jul 3AM English South Africa News Commentary · Entertainment News

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