After eight high-stakes episodes, a whopping 2.3 million views and an impressive R800 000 in prize money, Engen The Making Of (TMO) has crowned Mongezi Masombuka, a 31-year-old IT entrepreneur from Johannesburg, its inaugural winner.

A unique platform for entrepreneurs Designed to challenge entrepreneurs and showcase the realities of creating market-ready products under pressure, TMO is not just a competition – it’s an experiential learning platform. The show aims to inspire entrepreneurs – and the viewers at home who learn alongside them – by providing a behind-the-scenes look at the strategic thinking, creativity, and resilience required to conceptualise a product or service that not only stands out in a competitive market but is also practical, novel and profitable. Each episode pushed the contestants to develop a game-changing product or service that solves an industry-specific problem – in under four hours. From brief to product design, marketing strategies and investor pitches, the contestants had to consider every crucial step. Their prize? The members of the winning team split each episode’s R100 000 prize money equally between them.

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