1Minute one
Day 1 · 07:40Describe your business in one sentence.
No invitation needed. Mothusi reads it back for you to check, and your Home opens with your record started.
Sign up
Tell us about your business
Lesedi Greens
What does it do? What do you sell, and who buys it?
We grow spinach, lettuce and herbs under shade net in Phokeng and sell at the farm gate and the Saturday market.
Mothusi read your description. Check each line; change any in your own words.
Home opens on Day 1 with Mission 1 filled in.
Her Home, a minute later
Lesedi GreensFormingNo network yet
Mothusi searched todayI am searching the web for what is open to Lesedi Greens in Phokeng. It takes a few minutes.I searched the web for what is open to Lesedi Greens in Phokeng. Here are the three closest.
Nothing about Lesedi Greens is shared until you join or ask.
Make your storefront
Say what you sell in one sentence and add a photo from your phone. Mothusi writes the listing and you check it.
Start mission 20 of 12 on record. Identity is drafted from your sign-up. Check it
IEarns: Identity · drafted from your sign-up, yours to check
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1Minute one
Day 1 · 07:40Describe your business in one sentence.
Mothusi reads it back for you to check. No invitation needed.
We grow spinach, lettuce and herbs under shade net in Phokeng and sell at the farm gate and the Saturday market.
Mothusi read your description. Check each line.
Home opens on Day 1 with Mission 1 filled in.
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IEarns: Identity · drafted, yours to check
2Growth Record
Stop starting again.
Your Growth Record is a permanent record of your business data, achievements and proven capabilities, so you no longer have to start from scratch every time you apply.
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2Growth Record
Stop starting again.
Your Growth Record is a permanent record of your business data, achievements and proven capabilities, so you no longer have to start from scratch every time you apply.
Lesedi GreensVegetables · PhokengPillars, weakest firstout of 100
MoneySeptember
Money in for 12 months. 17 monthly check-ins, backed by bank statements.
Achievementssigned off
Projects3 on record
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3MissionsWeek 4 · Tuesday 15:02
Eight missions, each signed off by a person.
Mothusi reads what you add, one question at a time. A named person at your network signs it off.
Your eight missions
Who you are
What you sell
How you deliver
Your money
Business money, separate and visible
Open a business account, or keep a cashbook apart from your own money. Mothusi reads your statement and you mark what is business.
Mothusi read your bank statement41 lines, in the name of Lesedi GreensThabo marked what is business38 lines the business’s, 3 his ownSent for reviewto Lerato M. at MeridianMothusi reads and prepares. Lerato M. decides.
Your Growth Record
Own account and Money apart, confirmed by Lerato M. on Tuesday.
Every hold-up comes with a way through
Naledi Sithole at Meridian registers it with you at your Thursday session, 10:00. Bring your ID.Meridian can see it. Waits until it is cleared. The rest of your record keeps moving.
OAMAEarns: Own account, Money apartHow sign-off works →
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3MissionsWeek 4
Eight missions, each signed off by a person.
Mothusi reads what you add. A person at your network signs it off.
Business money, separate and visible
Signed off by Lerato M.Tuesday 15:02 · backed by documents
“Every line is marked, and your own pay goes out as one transfer. Clear.”
Stamps 7 and 8 of 12 on your record card.
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4Next stepWeek 4 · Wednesday 07:40
Home shows your next step first.
With the reason for it, and the buyer, grant and session that are new since yesterday.
Your next move · Mission 3
Get your tax number
The last thing the Meridian Food Growth Fund asks for.
Mothusi recommends. You choose.
Why this one?
Meridian Food Growth FundLoans up to R500,000 · closes 7 November
Your Growth Record
4 of 12 on record, 1 held up
Lerato M. confirmed two more yesterday.
Open my Growth RecordAsk Mothusi, or tell it what you want to doA buyer is waiting · asked yesterday
Lebo MolefeMolefe Catering · wants your spinach30 bunches every Friday
Her first order is your first paying customer on record, Mission 7.
Check and sendGrant · Meridian · closes 14 November
You meet all of it
Nothing to fill in. Your record is your application.
ApplyMentoring session · tomorrow
Naledi SitholeMentor, Meridian · video callThursday 10:00
Your tax number is on the agenda.
See the session!Earns: Legal, the day your tax number is signed off
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4Next stepWeek 4 · Wednesday
Home shows your next step first.
With the reason for it.
Your next move · Mission 3
Get your tax number
The last thing the Meridian Food Growth Fund asks for.
30 bunches every FridayMolefe Catering · asked yesterdaySession with Naledi SitholeThu 10:00 · tax number on the agendaProduct UI · illustrative data
5Mothusi MentorWeek 4 · Wednesday 21:40
Ask Mothusi about your business.
In English, Setswana, Afrikaans or isiZulu. It answers from your own record.
The Meridian Food Growth Fund lends up to R500,000 and reads your money first: your statement shows R16,800 in and R11,400 out last month, signed off by Lerato M. Of the five things it asks for, the one not on your record yet is a tax number.
From your bank statement in Mission 4, and the fund’s call
Your next step
!Mission 3 · Tax, registration and permits
Naledi Sithole registers it with you tomorrow at 10:00. Bring your ID.
Reply, or ask anythingSession with Mothusi · Wednesday 20:10
Can Lesedi Greens take Molefe Catering’s Friday order?
Thirty bunches every Friday at R13 is about R1,690 a month. Your spinach beds can carry it if two more are planted this month, so Fridays never run short.
Recommended next stepsSaved as tasks
Your mentor can read theseNaledi Sithole, MeridianDownload notesMothusi recommends. You choose.
!PCLeads to: Legal, Paying customer. Mothusi never signs off; a person at Meridian does.See Mothusi AI →
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5Mothusi MentorWeek 4 · 21:40
Ask Mothusi about your business.
It answers from your own record.
The Meridian Food Growth Fund lends up to R500,000 and reads your money first: your statement shows R16,800 in and R11,400 out last month, signed off by Lerato M. Of the five things it asks for, the one not on your record yet is a tax number.
From your bank statement in Mission 4
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6CalendarWeek 3 · Thursday 09:20
Your sessions and workshops in one calendar.
Invitations come by email with a calendar file. An hour before a session it is at the top of your Home.
You’re invited to Mentoring: your tax number
Mission 3 comes first: we register your tax number together. Bring your ID.
Lesedi GreensForming
Thursday 15 October · 09:20Your session with Naledi starts in 40 minutes.
Mentoring sessionstarts at 10:00, in 40 minutes
It is time for your session with Naledi
The link opens the call in your browser; nothing to install.
Your blocked mission is on the agenda
10:00 to 11:00 · video call
Session 2 of 6, every Thursday
Your ID, to register for your tax number together.
Session with Naledi Sithole
10:00, 60 minutesMeridian farmers’ day
Phokeng, from 09:00Meridian Food Growth Fund closes
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6CalendarWeek 3 · Thursday 09:20
Your sessions and workshops in one calendar.
An hour before a session it is at the top of your Home.
Mentoring sessionstarts at 10:00, in 40 minutes
It is time for your session with Naledi
Your blocked mission is on the agenda
The link opens the call in your browser; nothing to install.
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7Work OpportunitiesWeek 3 · Friday 07:30
Work that fits your business, and what each job needs.
Apply to jobs in your network with the documents on your record. Mothusi also finds paid work online and says which mission fills a gap.
In your network
Kgabo Foods · Tlhabane · R4,500 a month · posted Wednesday
Why you’re a great fit
Required documents
Found on the web for Lesedi Greens
Mothusi · searched this morningI searched the web for what is open to Lesedi Greens in Phokeng. Here are the three closest.
The district school feeding programme · closes 23 Oct
Spinach is on the menu every school day, and you grow it in Phokeng.
A provincial hospital, Rustenburg · quotes close 30 Oct
Lettuce and herbs every week, from a grower near Rustenburg.
A guest lodge, Chaneng · open until 20 Nov
Cut herbs and lettuce, delivered fresh, the way you already sell at the farm gate.
All three ask for a tax number. Mission 3 puts it on your record, and I search again when it is there.
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7Work OpportunitiesWeek 3 · Friday 07:30
Work that fits your business, and what each job needs.
Mothusi finds paid work and says which mission fills a gap.
Mothusi · searched this morningThe three closest for Lesedi Greens in Phokeng.
All three ask for a tax number, not on your record yet: Mission 3: Tax, registration and permits
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8Programs & FundsWeek 4 · Thursday 08:10
Open programmes and funds, checked against your record.
Each one says how much you already meet and what is missing. Your record is the application.
Lesedi GreensForming
One to go: your tax number. Mission 3: Tax, registration and permitsLegal is on record, so you meet all five.
Nearly ready is one named thing to fix, not a no.
Lesedi Greens can apply
You meet the three things it asks to apply. Your tax number would make it stronger.
Nothing to fill in.Your record is your application.
Meridian via Mothusi · today, 08:14Your application to Meridian Food Growth Fund is in.
Hi Thabo, Lesedi Greens applied to Meridian Food Growth Fund from its record. Mothusi has read the record against the programme’s stages; the team decides. One thing would help it: your tax number, on your record.
You hear by 21 November, either way.
Savannah Seed Programme: not this time.
“This round takes farms with their own borehole.” Your record stays yours, and every open call reads it.
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8Programs & FundsWeek 4 · Thursday 08:10
Open programmes and funds, checked against your record.
Each one says how much you meet and what is missing.
Meridian Food Growth Fund
Meridian · a loan · up to R500,000
You meet 4 of 5. Closes 7 Nov.
One to go: your tax number. Mission 3: Tax, registration and permits
Nothing to fill in. Your record is your application.
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9PeopleWeek 3 · Monday 07:00
Meet businesses you could trade with.
Every Monday, up to nine businesses in your network: what each sells and where you could trade.
MothusiMonday 12 October · Meridian
This week’s six
Six businesses on Meridian, from Chaneng to Mogwase. Here is what each one does. Ask any of them for a price, or tell them what you sell.
People to know
Dikeledi Mosia
Highveld GrowersChaneng
Grows tomatoes and peppers in tunnels, and rents space in her cold room.
Where you could trade
PWDKMCKMLebo MolefeMolefe CateringPeople
Networks you can joinDay 1
Nothing about Lesedi Greens is shared until you join or ask.
PCEarns: Paying customer, when a business you meet here buys from you and pays.
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9People
Week 3 · MondayMeet businesses you could trade with.
Every Monday, up to nine businesses in your network.
Dikeledi Mosia
Highveld GrowersChaneng
Grows tomatoes and peppers in tunnels, and rents space in her cold room.
Where you could trade
You need a cold room Dikeledi lists Cold room spaceProduct UI · illustrative data
PCEarns: Paying customer, when a business you meet buys from you and pays.
10MarketplaceWeek 6 · Wednesday 07:50
Your store, with buyers on WhatsApp.
Describe what you sell and Mothusi writes the listing. Buyers open it on any phone, and their requests come to your Home.
One sentence. Mothusi writes the listing.
New listing
Fresh spinach, R15 a bunch, picked the morning you collect at our gate in Phokeng.
Say it the way you would to a customer.
Your store. Any phone, no app.
Grown by Thabo in PhokengLesedi Greens
Fresh spinach, picked the morning you collect.
Spinach, R 15 a bunch. Collect at the farm gate, or delivered around Phokeng.
A buyer asks. Mothusi drafts it, you say yes.
Lesedi GreensFormingA buyer is waitingasked 26 hours ago
Send Molefe Catering a quote
“We need 30 bunches of spinach every Friday for the school kitchens, delivered before 7. Can you start next week?”
Lebo’s first order is your first paying customer on record, mission 7
Here it is, at the R13 a bunch you settled on last night. Your store price stays R15.Shall I send it to Lebo?
Lebo said yes. Her first order is your first paying customer on record. Mission 7 sends it for sign-off.
PTPCEarns: Priced to sell and Paying customer, once Mission 2 and Mission 7 are signed off.
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10Marketplace
Week 6Your store, with buyers on WhatsApp.
Describe what you sell and Mothusi writes the listing.
Grown by Thabo in PhokengLesedi Greens
Fresh spinach, picked the morning you collect.
Spinach, R 15 a bunch. Collect at the farm gate, or delivered around Phokeng.
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PTEarns: Priced to sell, once Mission 2 is signed off.
11Moving upMonth 4 · Friday 16:30
All twelve stamps confirmed: you are Operating.
You see who confirmed it and what is open to you now. Mothusi can draft a WhatsApp Status post for you.
Lesedi GreensFormingOperating
Friday · 16:30Lesedi Greens is Operating. Lerato M. confirmed the twelfth stamp today.
You moved upconfirmed by Lerato M. at Meridian, Friday
Operating, confirmed
All twelve are on record and confirmed by a person at Meridian.
All twelve confirmed by a person at Meridian. Established is next.
Mothusijust nowI wrote your news for WhatsApp Status. Your store link is at the bottom.
ThaboJust nowLesedi Greens is Operating
Spinach, lettuce and herbs from Phokeng, picked the morning you order.
Nothing is posted until you say so.
Earns: Operating, twelve of twelve on record, each confirmed by a person.
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11Moving up
Month 4 · FridayAll twelve stamps confirmed: you are Operating.
You see who confirmed it and what is open to you now.
You moved up
confirmed by Lerato M. at Meridian, Friday
Operating, confirmed
All twelve are on record and confirmed by a person at Meridian.
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Earns: Operating, twelve of twelve, each confirmed by a person.
12Business Tools
Every dayCustomers, quotes, money and team, in one place.
The everyday work you do here keeps your Growth Record up to date.
Every customer, with what you quoted and invoiced them.
Stages from new lead to won or lost, and a statement of account in one tap. A new quote starts with their details filled in.
with Mission 7
Say it in one sentence, check it, and it goes out as a PDF in your own look.
Four looks with your logo, the VAT, discounts and due date worked out. A customer on Mothusi approves it, or declines it and says why.
with Mission 7
Money in and out each month, with cash, what you are owed and what you owe.
Drop a bank statement and Mothusi reads every line into the month, the same read that Missions 4 and 8 use.
with Missions 4 and 8
Everyone who works with you, added in one go from a list.
From a South African ID number, the date of birth, gender and youth are worked out, never asked, and counted in the jobs your network reports.
with Mission 5
The documents funds and buyers ask for: valid, missing or about to lapse.
Mothusi confirms what each document is and reads its expiry. Thirty days before one lapses, it shows on your Home.
with Mission 3
A plan, funding proposal, budget, company profile or pitch deck to download.
The plan and the budget start from your own figures: a PDF with your name on the cover, an Excel workbook with real formulas. Decks download as PowerPoint.
your own figures, not a template
When your network asks, report the month in six short steps.
Your sales and costs are carried in: check them, answer the rest, and your network signs it off. From the email, talk it through with Mothusi instead.
starts a full month on record
Mothusi reads what you add but never signs it off; a named person at your network does.
See the Growth Record →12Business Tools
Every dayCustomers, quotes, money and team, in one place.
The everyday work you do here keeps your Growth Record up to date.
Every customer, and a statement in one tap.
SRSales records· with Mission 7One sentence, checked, sent as a PDF.
PCPaying customer· with Mission 7Each month in and out, from your statement.
OAMAIKWIMoney and recordswith Missions 4 and 8Everyone who works with you, in one go.
RResponsible· with Mission 5Valid, missing or lapsing, read for you.
LLegal· with Mission 3Plans, proposals, budgets and decks.
Plans written from your recordSix short steps when your network asks.
IKIncome known· a full month on recordMothusi reads what you add but never signs it off; a named person at your network does.
See the Growth Record →