Lesotho, Sept. 9 -- One entrepreneur says being transgender has made accessing finance a more difficult journey. Another says her identity has not shaped the way she approaches business.

Fashion designer Tsepo Machatsi and bottled water entrepreneur Moroesi Malebo, popularly known as DJ Goldhearted, have both turned their passions into enterprises, but their experiences of entrepreneurship reveal two different realities of building businesses in Lesotho.

Machatsi, widely known in creative circles as Fenty G "GaGa" Machatsi, is the founder of JuFeJa Garments, a fashion label recognised for its experimental and narrative-driven designs.

For Machatsi, fashion is more than clothing, it is a form of storytelling. "I have always been fascin...