Dakalo Singo (33) 

Dakalo Singo (33) 

Imagine a career trajectory in which you can really reach out and help people in a way that will properly impact their well-being. This is the actualised dream of 33-year-old human rights and social justice lawyer Dakalo Singo. “I find fulfilment in making the law...
Kearatwa Sedidi and Sithembiso Mpehle (27)

Kearatwa Sedidi and Sithembiso Mpehle (27)

The desire for Africans to tell their own African stories through animation was the starting point for Johannesburg-based Dipopaai Studios, which, co-created by Johannesburg-based 27-year-olds Kearatwa Sedidi and Sithembiso Mpehle. started out in the good old days...
David Franciscus (28)

David Franciscus (28)

The magic of storytelling, with an entrepreneurial and industry-specific edge is what makes film writer and director David Franciscus tick. He wants to entertain people with inspiring stories that will have a positive impact on the world: “Stories that will inspire us...
Richard McLaverty (30)

Richard McLaverty (30)

Thirty-year-old Richard McLaverty’s role as the advocacy coordinator for the non-governmental coordination committee for Iraq (NCCI), a forum of over 180 Iraqi and international NGOs working across Iraq, is to provide aid to civilians affected by conflict. It involves...
Thembile Ndlovu (26)

Thembile Ndlovu (26)

Thembile Ndlovu is the cofounder of ACT – Authentic Chicks Talk – an NGO that empowers young women through dialogue sessions, giving them the tools they need to speak up and become active citizens in their lives and communities. Ndlovu is also the former curator of...