​Prepare to be inspired, challenged, and empowered at the Cape Town Resilience Festival 2025

​Growth at all cost has been the blessing and the curse of the silicon valley model. However, in the blessing of tremendous ten X and unicorn statuses is hidden the ugly truth of disguised failures.

​What makes a business truly palatable today? Is there a secret to beat the curse of an outdated success model? And how do we build profitable and sustainable businesses without damaging our team and our own mental health in the process?

​On the 17th January 2025, we’re addressing the multifaceted concept of resilience, unveiling the misconceptions of success that have led many entrepreneurs to failure, burnout and missed opportunities.

​Mangrove, First Serve Ventures. The African CEO and The Grit Makers are uniting in this unique event in Cape Town to share the recipe for thriving startups which are meant to prosper for a lifetime, and not just rise, shine and die like a Fad in the same year.

​Join us to build the kind of ecosystems where resilience isn’t optional — it’s the foundation