About Pranary
Pranary is a practical business school for entrepreneurs.
Pranary is a venture backed edtech company that is making business education practical
OUR MISSION
Our mission at Pranary is to inspire and equip people to build great businesses and live fulfilled lives.
Why we built Pranary
Traditional education was built on the premise that there was lack of knowledge and so people needed to be filled with knowledge and needed to memorise lots of information. However, we live in a world where there is a lot of information that is easily accessible. The modern business learner is not starting from scratch. She has access to the Internet and libraries so she is not lacking information.
In fact, the deluge of information is confusing. She is impatient. She scans articles and watches videos at increased speeds or skips to find the specific information that she needs. And so the old way of teaching is not working for her.

The modern learner is looking for context-specific just-in-time GUIDANCE.
We believe that commercially viable businesses can take care of themselves, their people, and customers as well as help build communities and economies. Small businesses that make money become big companies that employ hundreds of people impacting thousands more and build economies of cities and countries. We believe that fulfilled people make great entrepreneurs, leaders, employees and family.
We get to work everyday to help people build great businesses and live fulfilled lives.

About The Founder
Sandras Phiri is an expert on entrepreneurship and innovation, and founded successful companies in IT, entertainment and education. He has worked with over 25 organisations, lectured at over 17 universities and has been to 23 countries.
Sandras has been taught by teachers such as Dr John Demartini, Roger Hamilton and Tony Robbins, and has shared stages with Facebook and Asana co-founder Dustin Maskovitch, Youtube co-founder Steve Chen, Guy Kawasaki, Steve Blank and Clayton Christensen.
He is the director of entrepreneurship development at Africa Trust Group, the fund manager for Enygma Ventures, and former Director of Startup Grind Cape Town, Johannesburg and Luaska.
Our Resident Mentors

Simon Stockley
Ex-CEO SA Homeloans, Director Catalis
Cape Town, South Africa

Abhinav Gautam
AgTech Entrepreneur
Boston, US/ Kigali Rwanda

Ariel Sumeruk
CEO Conversion Science
Cape Town, South Africa

Camilla Swart
Fintech & innovation, Investec
Cape Town, South Africa

Evan Robinson
Director & Chief Tech Officer, TaxTim, Cape Town, South Africa

Nicole Evans
Senior Product Manager
WorldRemit London UK
Our Advisors

Jacob Dusek
Co-founder & General Partner at Enygma Ventures

Lelemba Phiri
Principal at Africa Trust Group

Sarah Dusek
Co-founder & General Partner at Enygma Ventures