KHULA!


Karidas Tshintsholo

Most Influential CEO 2024 - Gauteng (Local Produce Sourcing)
Karidas is a young entrepreneur from South Africa with vast experience in building startups from ideas to fully fledged businesses. He is passionate about finding inclusive & sustainable solutions for emerging markets. Karidas is the founder and CEO of one of Africa's top tech start- ups which is now his full-time focus. While still in pre-launch mode, Khula! recently closed a $2M Seed round, and has been awarded as the #1 Business App is South Africa and, #1 Agricultural solution in South Africa,and top 10 social enterprises in the world by the Chivas Venture initiative. The company has been growing in leaps and bounds _ impacting farmers, input suppliers, funders and bulk food buyers across South Africa, with its sights set on global markets. Khula! has Absa, PepsiCo, AECI & Esquared on its cap table. Bringing value to thousands of farmers throughout South Africa.