Sustainability Through Entrepreneurship

About the Episode

CEO of Stellenbosch University’s LaunchLab incubator,  Joshua Romisher is our guest on this episode of The Network Effect. LaunchLab is Stellenbosch University’s start-up incubator, founded for university spin-outs and other start-ups from the local entrepreneurial ecosystem. The platform offers various start-ups the support needed to eventually stand on their own feet.

In our 30 minutes interview with Josh, we discuss his journey as a serial entrepreneur with a wide array of ventures, including investment banking in New York, start-ups in India, and Silicone Valley, San Francisco, and solar home systems across Sub-Saharan Africa. We also talk about his drive and mission to provide hard-working people with the platform to put their skills to work in effecting positive social change, especially on the African continent. Having spent over six years in Africa, he discusses his reasons for settling on South Africa as the home base for Launchlab, his experiences, some of the current work Launchlab is doing with African start-ups in the agriculture sector, and what the future holds for the incubator.

Zain, Ben, and Seraj wrap up the episode with The Great Country Debate segment providing some very interesting insights on Kenya, Rwanda, and Mauritius as potential hubs for entrepreneurship on the African continent.

Speakers

Joshua Romisher CEO of Stellenbosch University LaunchLab incubator

Joshua Romisher, CFA – is a serial entrepreneur with a wide array of ventures, including a boutique investment bank in New York, a solar irrigation start-up in India, a frozen yogurt franchise in San Francisco, and solar home systems across Sub-Saharan Africa. His mission is to create impact at scale with a specific focus on climate. He is driven by the opportunity to provide hard-working people across the globe with the platform to put their skills to work in effecting positive social change.

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