A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Nov 2015 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay

Hi Guys,

November is the time when you plan for your Summer holidays and are clear on your destinations of choice. Though you have to book as early as August/September to get good rates on accommodation and travel but you thoroughly enjoy various destination of South Africa and abroad. November 2015 for The Life's Way was not hectic as there was not much posts and no events to attend too. The best part of the year was being thought of and planning for the next year is always thought about.

1. 8 Things To Do With Your Old #Smartphone #HTCOneLifeSA #MoreYou - http://www.thelifesway.com/2015/11/8-things-to-do-with-your-old-smartphone.html - We do keep changing our smartphones as we get upgraded after every two years if on contract or when we are fed up of our old smartphone. How best can we use our old smartphone was the topic of discussion in this blog post.

2. @Gammatek brings #iFrogz latest #headphones to #SouthAfrica - http://www.thelifesway.com/2015/11/gammatek-brings-ifrogz-latest.html - I bought one iFrogz headphones from GAME store for R112 and immediately fell in love with the same for my day to day use. I think these earphones/headphones to be value for money with great sound and build quality. I have not received any review units or samples from the brand.

3. Disney Infinity 3.0 - What Is It? #DisneyAfrica #StarWars - http://www.thelifesway.com/2015/11/disney-infinity-30-what-is-it.html - The game was launched in South Africa and I fell in love with the same. Star Wars was the talk of the season with their 7th part getting released after a gap of multiple years. After playing Disney Infinity 2.0, it was good time to upgrade to 3.0

4. STARTUPPER of the Year 2016 #Challenge @TotalSAfrica #SouthAfrica - http://www.thelifesway.com/2015/11/startupper-of-year-2016-challenge.html- It was one of the great initiatives by TOTAL South Africa to find the budding entrepreneurs and expand their ideas further to bring more and more employment to the rainbow nation and Africa. I was invited to be a part of this program when it was launched to the time when they announced the results. I could see the tears of satisfaction and achievement in the eyes of the winner with whom I was luckily talking to before the results was announced.

5. Refreshing @Countryclub_CB Retro-Classics for #Summer #SouthAfrica - http://www.thelifesway.com/2015/11/refreshing-countryclubcb-retro-classics.html - Country Club launched their summer drinks and send me a pack of 6 tins to try and taste. I simply loved all the flavors especially Rock Shandy. It was the last I heard from their PR company and the last media pack received from the PR as they expanded onto many other bloggers.

Cheers!!!

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@TotalSAfrica StartUpper Of The Year #2016 #TotalStartUpper #Entrepreneurs

Hi Guys,

Total South Africa launched a program name Startupper of the Year last year in October 2015 and invited applications from all over Africa Continent to submit their business ideas. They never knew the money they are investing in this program will change the lives of so many people. They never knew that they will receive 24000 ideas which can have some business potential. Then began the scrutiny to harness the power of those ideas and bringing the best ones to Johanneburg for a detailed weekly workshops to make it possible. The commitment shown by Total to bring forward all these people from all over Africa and giving them a platform to bring their ideas to reality was simply superb. That's not something I am saying but  it was said by one of the top 3 winners of this year's contest. 

Top 3 Winner along with Top 10 Finalists and Total Executives

As they say, Ideas are important but execution can only make it a reality. I am hoping that all these winners are definitely going to inspire thousands and thousands of other people around the world just like the Patron chosen for this program by Total. Mr. Siyabulela Xuza, MD Galactic Energy Ventures & Startupper Challenge Patron himself got inspired by an aeroplane flying over his village in South Africa. He started at a very young age learning and experimenting with chemistry from her mother's kitchen and went on to study at Harvard University in United States. At  just near 27 years of age, he has achieved something we can't achieve in our lifetimes. 

Winner - Bathabile Mpofu had some tears of joy and winning!

I had the privilege of attending both the launch event and Awards ceremony and I could feel the difference from a nervous start worrying about whether this program will be successful or not to a satisfied soul which was happy to bring change to the top chosen winners and others among the top 10 ideas coming from all parts of the country. 

The Grand finale was held at Hyatt Regency, Rosebank which is right in the heart of the Johannesburg city and the venue, food, decor and hospitality was amazing. It was great evening of fun, laughter and some dreams getting fulfilled and each one has inspiration to take home from the event. 

The energy level of all the top executives (Ms. Dolly Mokgatle Chairman TSA Board; Mr Christian Des Closiere MD & CEO, TSA & Vice President, Southern Africa; Mr. Momar Nguer, Senior VP, AMO and many others) from TOTAL for the this program is simply breathtaking as they totally believed in the motto of COMMITTED TO BETTER ENERGY and entrepreneurship is that energy which will take Africa forward and bring the best in all of us. 

Cheers!!!

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