Top 20 Most Inspirational Youth In South Africa 2016 [Part4]
16. Papikie Mohale
Papikie is the Samwu spokesperson. At the age of 25, he became the youngest communicator in politics when he was appointed as the national spokesperson for the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) in 2014.
17. Lebo ‘Dr Lifesgud’ Molefe
Selebogo Molefe better known as DrLifesgud is a social entrepreneur who’s a marketer at heart. His maverick approach to solving problems in Africa has earned him a seat at the entrepreneurial dinner table. As the founder of The Hookup Dinner (THUD), a fast-rising ambitious startup movement for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs in Africa, he has the privilege of connecting & engaging with the best minds focused on building a culture of entrepreneurship in Africa. He’s a champion of the rising African startup culture and sees his purpose & passion in life as that of CONNECTOR & ENABLER. DrLifesgud is also a Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship Alumni. He sits on the board of The House Group, a Johannesburg-based shelter that rehabilitates young abused girls.
18. Faith Mangope
Faith Mangope is currently the anchor, insert producer, and field reporter at E.TV’s breakfast show called Sunrise and the columnist for the national newspaper publication the New Age Newspaper titled “The New G.” In addition, she has just completed her three year tenure as the host of the Current Affairs talk show on South Africa’s only youth broadcasting station YFM. Faith is the founder of the New G in Business Forums, a bi-monthly empowerment forum that is aimed at educating young professionals, entrepreneurs, as well as aspiring entrepreneurs on the different sectors of industry in South Africa. She is also the Managing Director of FTA Media Communications, a public relations company.
19. Justin Stanford
Justin is an entrepreneur, angel investor and venture capitalist from Cape Town, South Africa. He is founder, MD, board member, advisor, or investor to a wide variety of companies in the global technology sector. Growing up on a farm, he decided not to complete high-school and instead made the move to the city of Cape Town, to pursue his dreams of being an Internet entrepreneur. Having founded his first startup attempt at the age of 18, Justin has been involved in tech startups and entrepreneurial endeavours ever since.
20. Phakiso Tsotetsi
Phakiso is an entrepreneur and global citizen. He is the co-founder of Lifesgud Global Investments, Ambassador of the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship, alumnus of the Youngtreps Initiative to Israel and co-founder of the Hookup Dinner, one of the fastest growing entrepreneurial networking platforms in sub-Saharan Africa. In September 2014, Phakiso launched the first The Hookup Dinner event outside of Africa in Tel Aviv, and will launch The Hookup Dinner Australia in Sydney on 9 June.
