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Zama Shabalala, 30
Director Jukwaa Robert Walker is the director of Jukwaa, which manages projects such as the Sasol Solar Challenge and E-mobility Congress of South Africa. His primary role in the company is the conceptualisation of large-scale strategic events. Through his work, he strives to become market-leading, set new standards for the sector and speed up the change towards sustainable mobility.
Siyamtanda Hlobo, 28
Founder Toasted Marea Lewis is the mind behind Toasted, a space that is more than just sarmies on demand. It’s also a workstation and hangout for entrepreneurs, cloud-based start-ups, or the average young professional trying to work in the gig economy without the luxury of office space. Lewis signed the lease of her business’s site in Rosebank three days before South Africa went into lockdown.
Sarah Robyn Farrell, 30
Co-founder and chief executive Swyft Lab Sibusiso Calvin Zulu is an active ambassador for youth upliftment in the South African creative industry. “Most young people in my community did not get a chance to further their studies like myself, but have natural talent when it comes to the creative sector,” he says. In 2015 Zulu founded the charity organisation Sneakers 4 Change, and in 2017 co-founded the Makers Valley Youth Expo.
Mercy Sepadi, 29
Lecturer University of Cape Town An Africa where cutting-edge stem cell research is used to solve priority health challenges — this has always been the goal of pioneering developmental and cell biologist Mubeen Goolam. Goolam completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge, researching cell fate decisions, a field crucial to the understanding of human development. He then became a junior research fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford.
Gugulethu Mahlangu, 29
Founder Toasted Marea Lewis is the mind behind Toasted, a space that is more than just sarmies on demand. It’s also a workstation and hangout for entrepreneurs, cloud-based start-ups, or the average young professional trying to work in the gig economy without the luxury of office space. Lewis signed the lease of her business’s site in Rosebank three days before South Africa went into lockdown.
Chrispin Phiri, 33
Projects and communications associate Access Chapter 2 “Speak, speak and never get tired of speaking. People may not hear you, but invest time and intellect to convince them to listen.” This is Mpho Buntse’s advice to others. Buntse has been an activist for the LGBTQIA+ community since 15, driven by the injustices to which people who live outside the gender binary are subjected.
Ayanda Majola, 22
Founder Toasted Marea Lewis is the mind behind Toasted, a space that is more than just sarmies on demand. It’s also a workstation and hangout for entrepreneurs, cloud-based start-ups, or the average young professional trying to work in the gig economy without the luxury of office space. Lewis signed the lease of her business’s site in Rosebank three days before South Africa went into lockdown.
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