He went from being a simple clothing salesman to running his own business. Today, it makes it easier for e-retailers to create and manage online stores, saving them complex efforts.
Thato Garekoe (pictured) is a South African entrepreneur and digital marketing expert. He is the founder and CEO of Rekisa eCommerce Solutions, a technology platform dedicated to e-commerce businesses.
Founded in 2020, Rekisa eCommerce Solutions is a start-up that helps e-retailers create websites using simple and customizable design tools, or add an online store to an existing site. It also makes it easier to sell products on Facebook and Instagram, allowing shoppers to browse and make purchases directly through their favorite social networks.
Rekisa eCommerce Solutions also offers the integration of the Codisto application into stores. The latter synchronizes product details, prices and stocks in real time between online stores and their different sales channels.
Thato Garekoe is also the CEO of Algorithmics Midrand, an international programming school for children aged 6 to 18. Before founding Rekisa eCommerce Solutions, he co-founded Tribe Activations in 2012, a marketing agency where he served as Managing Director until 2019. In 2020, he co-founded Blink Digital, an intelligence-powered website building platform artificial.
He holds a degree in business administration obtained in 2008 from Eduvos, a South African higher education school. Since 2023, he has studied at Henley Business School where he is completing a master’s degree in business administration. His professional career began in 2007 at Platinum Group, a fashion company with several brands such as Urban Degree, Aca Joe, Hilton Weiner, Jenni Button and Vertigo, where he was a clothing retailer.
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