South African entrepreneur Noma Radebe's business plan is simple: Tell Africa's stories.
The co-founder and managing director of a television production company plans to do that with the upcoming launch of her first live venture, "Str8 Talk," a talk show by and about young people.
Radebe said young people with no experience in television will be working with youthful veterans on the program, choosing topics and fielding live questions from viewers about everything from teen pregnancy to climate change.
"It's risk, risk, risk," she said of her first attempt at live TV.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation has purchased 13 24-minute episodes, giving Radebe a budget of just 3,500 rand (about $500) per minute, a fraction of budgets elsewhere and cheap even by South African standards.
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