Women in Franchising Archives - Franchise Association South Africa

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Genevieve Allen | WOMEN IN FRANCHISING

Founder & CEO at Club Engage and Board Member at The Franchise Association of South Africa (FASA) When Genevieve Allen went looking for a business idea in 2012, she wasn’t scanning through spreadsheets from a corner office. She was in Spain, midway through a Masters in Business Innovation, chasing a hunch that South Africa was missing something obvious: professional, safeguarded aftercare for children once the school bell rings. That hunch became Sherpa Kids South Africa, launched in late 2013 under a master licence Allen acquired herself. Nearly a decade later, in 2022, it became Club Engage, a rebrand …

Pertunia Sibanyoni | WOMEN IN FRANCHISING

Pertunia Sibanyoni, Vice President Mobility Solutions and Marketing at Sasol and Past Chairperson at the Franchise Association of South Africa Pertunia Sibanyoni’s career reads like a map of South African franchising itself, from working in the energy, banking and automotive sectors and back to the energy sector. Today she is Vice President for Mobility Solutions and Marketing at Sasol and Immediate Past Chairperson of …

Mmenyana Ranku | WOMEN IN FRANCHISING

Mmenyana Ranku is General Manager of the Branded Retail Channel at MTN South Africa and serves as a Board Member of the Franchise Association of South Africa. Some lessons don’t come from a classroom. They come from the shop floor, during the lunch rush, when a brand’s promise is either kept or broken in minutes. That is where Mmenyana Ranku learned the fundamentals of her trade in a KFC, long before she took responsibility for one of South Africa’s largest retail transformation programmes. This is where she learned that a brand is not just a name on …