We desired people to realise, especially boys, that pads are not simply for women … we likewise play a part as [guys] because we purchase them for our female liked ones.
Neo Cholo, co-founder of Mosetsana pads.

While the majority of the class of 2022 focused on surviving their matric year and getting ready for life post-grade 12, two enthusiastic teenagers had other plans in mind.
Neo Cholo and Goitseone Maboe were hard at work setting up Mosetsana Womanly, which manufactures and sells sanitary pads to locals at an inexpensive price.

While they roped in a maker to make the sanitary napkins, the design and packaging was done by them.
” Goitseone [as a female] she gave us all the perspective [on the pad specifications] while I concentrated on branding,” he said. For Maboe it was everything about developing a product that can fit all women.
” We simply desire every [lady] to feel comfy using our pads … [] we made certain that the pad … has no irritation,” she said. The outcome is a vibrantly coloured pink and black box, with the latter representing femininity and the former an ode to black business owners.
Mentioning future plans, Cholo stated the duo is preparing to broaden their range to offer tampons and pantyliners.
This while they continue their tertiary research studies. Cholo is doing his very first year of a BA degree in politics, business and innovation at UJ while Maboe is doing her year-long course at Boston college. She then plans to study animal husbandry and agriculture.
Mosetsana pads are offered online and on-demand nationwide.
Source: TimesLive

The name of the business comes from the Setswana word indicating a girl.

This material was originally published here.

Cholo, 18, said for him partnering with another teenager had to do with “altering the narrative” and being “modification makers” when it concerned buying sanitary napkins.
United States coming together was for equality.
” We wished to change the narrative, we desire to be the changemakers,” he added.
For Maboe, 17, the inspiration was more personal, with the first-year business management student stating her first experience with menstruation exposed the absence of info readily available to young ladies in a similar scenario.
” I founded Mosetsana because I realised that young girls are having a hard time to gain access to affordable sanitary napkins and a lot of young girls arent well notified about menstrual [cycles] and hygiene around it.
” I extremely believe in team effort so when I was … thinking of who I can include, Neo became the primary [choice],” she explained.
The Brits resident reached out to Cholo, from Mamelodi, on social media with her concept as the latter had actually inspired her due to the fact that of his work with fellow teenagers.
The reality that Cholo is a male likewise assisted, according to Maboe, as the youngster wished to include someone of the opposite sex due to the fact that of the latters ignorance on such subjects.
The duo then chose to come together and pool their minimal funds, along with contributions from their households, and set up a company that makes and distributes its own pads

Us coming together was for equality.,” she described.
This while they continue their tertiary research studies. Cholo is doing his very first year of a BA degree in politics, service and innovation at UJ while Maboe is doing her year-long course at Boston college. She then prepares to study animal husbandry and agriculture.

The duo, presently first-year students at the University of Johannesburg and Boston college, shared their journey with TimesLIVE.