AITH MOKGALAKA, 22

Ounder and chie e ecuti e: Puno reenery

halabor a born Faith okgalaka is the founder and chief e ecutive of Puno reenery. long ith her team, she orks to aid the farming community.

Puno is a platform hich allo s farmers to cro dsource funds, sell their harvests in advance, or sell shares in their farms. e spend every day thinking about ho e can best be of service to them, shesays.

ccording to okgalaka, Puno e ists for three main reasons to motivate fricas million small scale farmers to commercialise to decrease barriers to entry for emerging farmers into the agricultural space and to make resources accessible to the farming community.

okgalaka ants to see the process of getting involved in farming become easier for young, black people, ithout facing as many barriers to entry. The stigma around agriculture is one of these barriers, shesays.