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In the DHL Route to Market 2025 competition, the real reward isn’t prize money — it’s access. Through high-level training, direct engagement with decision-makers and honest, practical feedback, entrepreneurs gain something no cash prize can buy: the relationships and insights that can unlock real market opportunities.
The Gibs Route to Market entrepreneurial programme, now entering its third year, is back for 2025 with new industry partners and expanded opportunities for South African entrepreneurs.
Colin Mkosi, the founder of Cloudy Deliveries, has emerged as the winner of the DHL GIBS Route to Market Challenge 2024. The business offers last-mile delivery services primarily in township markets by using bicycles to
Tim Peach, the Director of Ortho-Design, has emerged as the winner of the Aspen GIBS Route to Market Challenge 2024. The business specialises in designing and manufacturing orthopaedic and soft-tissue fixation devices with a focus
“The opportunity to engage with Aspen’s top executives was invaluable – it helped us sharpen our strategy and provided the clarity we needed to hit the milestones we had set for the business.”
“The feedback we received after pitching to the DHL team boosted our clarity and confidence and impacted how we present our business to the world.”
“Since winning in 2024, DHL has offered us support in the form of resources to help us grow, which has been crucial in refining our business model.”
Markets often get an unfair rap as creatures of selfishness. Of course, markets can be manipulated to be exclusionary, winner-take-all, and exploitative beasts. However, functioning markets feed economic and social inclusion. A winning entrepreneur building
DHL Winner - Cloudy Deliveries Colin Mkosi, the founder of Cloudy Deliveries, has emerged as the winner of the DHL GIBS Route to Market Challenge 2024. The business offers last-mile delivery services primarily in township markets