By: Natasha Archary
Imagine owning a profitable farm business and farm from the comfort of your home. The concept of crowd-farming is slowly gaining traction with many growing their wealth through innovative, yet traditional means.
Ayanda Majola and Kagiso Tloubatla, Co-founders of SV Capital join Refilwe Moloto on Kaya Biz to talk about why investing in cattle as a diversification strategy is taking off.
If the coronavirus crisis taught us anything, it’s to make sure our investments are diversified. When it comes to investing in financial assets, we can ensure diversification by investing in funds that provide exposure to local and offshore equities, bonds, property, gold and cash.
Last year, Gugulethu Mfuphi spoke to serial entrepreneur Ntuthuko Shezi, who developed Livestock Wealth. An easy-to-understand crowd-farming platform that offers people with no access to land, time and skills the opportunity to own livestock within a professionally managed farming operation.
The origin of this idea started from a realization that livestock could take you out of poverty. He recalls how his family moved from abject poverty to being middle class in two generations through cattle farming.
With a high demand for livestock, which includes cows, bulls, sheep, and goats, the livestock industry is thriving and that’s what makes investing in cattle a good investment for anyone looking to grow their financial standing.
Majola and Tloubatla started their company in 2017, and through fluctuating uncertainties in the market, including the Covid-19 pandemic, one thing remained constant, the cost of living keeps rising.
Not just with non-perishable food items, but the cost of meat and poultry in particular, increases all the time.
Starting with just 50 animals in 2017, SV Capital now has over 8 000 livestock on the farm.
5 reasons why livestock is a good investment
Potential
Listen to the conversation on Kaya Biz:
High demand
Big returns
Stability
Scalability
