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Meet Sibongile Mongadi, the Soweto entrepreneur making 3D printing prosthetics for amputees | Inside Growth Episode 4

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In this episode of Inside Growth, we are in conversation with Sibongile Mongadi, Founder of Soweto’s Uku’Hamba Prosthetics and Orthotics.

Uku’Hamba is a business built around restoring movement, independence and dignity to people living with mobility loss.

Starting in her mother’s backyard in Dobsonville, Soweto, Sibongile shares the story of how she pivoted from a personal health scare to building an innovative and successful, 100% Black youth and woman-owned medical technology company.

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