EKASINOMICS: Local entrepreneur turns eyewear into a hot business.

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The young entrepreneur, affectionately known as Ntwana e Blind, started selling the Zaza Eyewear on social media and managed to cultivate a loyal customer base that also shares the same love for chic sunglasses.
Xolani accredits the success of the eyewear to him offering his customers a wide variety of products to choose from. “I am forever changing my stuff. You can never confirm what I have in store next; my designs are forever changing”, he tells Blacklight during a virtual interview.
“I have been selling sunglasses since 2009 when I was in varsity; we used to do this as a way of making money to support ourselves as students.”
28 Sep 2022 5AM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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