Thinkroom Consulting

Unlocking the vast potential of SMEs and entrepreneurs by supporting skills development and providing Go-to-Market training.

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Every young person with an idea, a skill, a dream, or a willingness to learn has the potential to create impact far beyond themselves.

Happy Youth Day! 🇿🇦

#YouthDay #YouthDay2026 #YouthEmpowerment #SkillsDevelopment #Entrepreneurship #Impact

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On Monday, we'll be joining #founders, #investors & ecosystem leaders at the @AFRICARENA Amsterdam Summit to explore how stronger connections between Africa & Europe can create #growth.

In #Amsterdam? Join us! Get your tickets: https://t.co/NtQ42n9biz

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Day 4, Witbank. That's a wrap!

Across 4 days & 4 #Mpumalanga communities, approx. 120 #youth have moved through #digital & life skills training run by @IkusasaG & In My Feelings Game as their own #CSR initiative, supported by Hitachi Construction Machinery Southern Africa (HCSA)

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#Digitalskills get a young person to the door. #Lifeskills get them through it.

In My Feelings Game has grown, enabled through the #ESD partnership between Hitachi Construction Machinery Southern Africa (HCSA) and us, and is this week running its own CSR work. #YouthSkills

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A decade of #ESD work between Thinkroom and Hitachi Construction Machinery Southern Africa has led to two #SA #SMEs in #Mpumalanga's #miningcommunities now running #youth #skillstraining programmes of their own.

https://t.co/Jy9A7gfPOU

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Day two, Kriel. At the Life Restoration Miracle Centre today, the #digitalskills segment of the rollout came alive. Thuli Dlamini, founder of @IkusasaG, walked the cohort through the practical tools they need to work and learn in the current economy.
#YouthSkills

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Day 1, Middelburg. 30 young people kicked off digital and life skills training at the Somaphepha MPCC this morning, the first of four #Mpumalanga community rollouts this week, led by @IkusasaG and In My Feelings Game. Elana Geyer is on the ground today.

#ESD #YouthSkills

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#WorkersDay was built to honour people who show up and do the work. This includes #founders.

#Entrepreneurship is some of the most relentless work there is. Largely invisible, rarely celebrated, and completely chosen. To every #entrepreneur in our ecosystem, today is yours too!

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32 years of #freedom. Yet, the most powerful act of freedom many still choose every day, is the decision to #build something of their own.

#Entrepreneurship is one of the truest expressions of freedom. Today, we celebrate that freedom, and the #founders brave enough to use it.

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Hot cross buns don't make themselves. Someone woke up early, measured the spice, proved the dough, and waited.

Easter in SA isn't really about shortcuts, it never has been. Neither is #building something that actually works. The idea is just the recipe.

Peaceful #Easter to all!

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Breaking into a corporate supply chain as a founder can be a huge hurdle because access is rarely clear, simple, or built with SMEs in mind.

Read more about it in our latest blog: https://t.co/2ZAIlka8vI

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Founders, welcome to 2026! Fresh energy & a fresh chance to make an impact.

Our main goal this year is simple: to help you grow as a founder & help you ignite the growth of your business.

May 2026 bring you a mosaic of small daily wins that add up to something remarkable.

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If you’re reading this, it means you’ve hustled through another year of building, dreaming, failing forward, & keeping the cogs turning. Today, we’re hitting pause with you.

From our Thinkroom crew to yours: Have a joyful, restorative #FestiveSeason. You’ve earned every second.

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As we wrap up this collection of unfiltered founder words of wisdom & industry quirks, we hope it reminds you to look back & appreciate the journey.

Here’s to stepping into 2026 with courage & more lines you’ll be quoting. We’ve heard it all & we can’t wait to hear more!

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When you took the leap & began your founder journey, you probably thought your days would be spent building & strategising.

No one warned you about the time spent talking about “the deck”.

Imagine tallying the times the word “deck” was typed in Teams, email, & Slack in 2025!

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It can be hard to decipher all the TLAs in our industry. Whether you're a SME, VC, PE, GP, or LP, your vocab can sound like code.

So, we've put together a TLA Survival Guide for 2026 to avoid any WTF ("what the feathers...naturally) moments at your next ecosystem event. Enjoy!

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Two days at @AFRICARENA Grand Summit & one thing stood out: supporting founders is a shared responsibility. Founders are doing a lot of the heavy lifting. They're creating jobs, challenging sectors, & driving growth. But they can't do it alone. They need the ecosystem's support!

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We love how @AFRICARENA Grand Summit turns the ecosystem into a small world.

We bumped into this group of incredible entrepreneurs from across Africa today, a full-circle moment after hosting them at our offices on Friday for a conversation about the Cape Town startup scene.

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It's day two at the @AFRICARENA Grand Summit, and the energy has picked up right where we left off.

Today, we're diving deeper into more learning, connecting, & conversations about what founders really need to thrive.

If you are here, come say hi. We'd love to connect.

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It’s that time of year, & we’ve arrived at @AFRICARENA Grand Summit.

Every year, this event brings the ecosystem together. Founders, investors, partners, & supporters all showing up with a shared purpose of supporting African innovation.