Remarkable Starting of the Mmammidi phenomenon

Tshepiso Marumo was an unemployed Limkokwing University media graduate struggling to get by. Unable to find formal employment within her area of study, with her last P100 note the 29-year-old bought raw corn, cooked it, and sold it to teachers at a nearby school.

“I stay near a school so one day I bought Mmidi (corn) and sold it to teachers at the school during tea break or during their lunch.”

Marumo is now a successful businesswoman, She now trades as Mmammidi, a name she was popularly referred to when she sold corn (Mmidi is a direct translation of corn).