Eve Mashamba, 21

Eve Mashamba, 21

Authenquility is the new name of a nonprofit entity that Eve Mashamba set up during her high school years — known then as BeYou — which earned her various youth initiative awards. A portmanteau of “authenticity” and “tranquillity”, the rebranding better sums up the...
Faith Mokgalaka, 22

Faith Mokgalaka, 22

Phalaborwa-born Faith Mokgalaka is the founder and chief executive of Puno Greenery. Along with her team, she works to aid the farming community. Puno is a platform which allows farmers to crowdsource funds, sell their harvests in advance, or sell shares in their...
Farai Mzungu, 26

Farai Mzungu, 26

In the world that Farai Mzungu is working to create, her role will no longer be necessary. She’s the chief operations officer of Youth Health Africa (YHA), with a dual focus on healthcare and youth unemployment. YHA runs initiatives to help young people become...
Frankie Cilliers, 33

Frankie Cilliers, 33

Harnessing the ability of technology to uplift, inspire and empower is a passion for Frankie Cilliers, the head of educational innovation at Saxonwold Primary School. Cilliers teaches students coding and app and website development, and encourages collaboration,...
Gabi Immelman, 31

Gabi Immelman, 31

As its founder and chief executive, Gabi Immelman heads up Mindjoy, an education technology start-up for children. She trained at the Lincoln Centre of Education in New York and dropped out of her master’s programme in inclusive innovation in education to start...