HONOURING
CHANGEMAKERS
AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S MONTH, WE WANT TO RECOGNISE SOME
OF THE INCREDIBLE WOMEN WHO ARE STRIVING TO BRING CHANGE
THROUGH TECHNOLOGY TO OUR WORLD. THESE WOMEN ARE WHAT
WE CALL CHANGE MAKERS AND NOT ONLY DO THEY FACILITATE
CHANGE, THEY ALSO INSPIRE IT.
PI haven't even lived my best moments
AMBASSADOR FOR CHANGE
yet, that excites me and what I need to
get there is work really, really hard.
At only 22, Ntsako has an impressive resume, but what's even more impressive is
Fhe way she lights up the room with her passion for positive change, for which she
is a true ambassador, and her contributions to the Educotion Sector have changed
lives by raising the quality of schooling for young South Africans
Driven by a desire to do good in the world, and not necessarily only make money,
she proved her worth when she was selected to represent the learners of South
Africa by the Human Rights Commission and presented a report on the right
to basic education. This led to real change and 20 mobile classrooms.
She spearheaded a documentary called 'Schools That Work' which identified
real-world recipes for success to provide a learning resource to schools that
were struggling In 2019 she was invited to represent learners in Parliament
at the State of the Nation address.
She gets her motivation from her dad, who nurtured her love and
inquisitiveness for education, which led her to spending her school
holidays job shadowing at the Department of Basic Education.
From there she studied Business to academically equip herself
to reach her goals and objectives:
One of her passions is the importance of female representation -
"When you see someone that you can relate to, who looks
like you, has the same skin tone and hair like you, you feel
| am a seed and this is fertile ground where I can grow"
While Ntsako is only just getting started, she has already made
positive change in education. So what does the future hold? In
the next two years she plans to launch two new businesses, and
in the long run, she wants to create better ways of living and
improve hope for the future - in fact, she has even been asked if
she wants to be president - so here's hoping - watch this space.
NTSAKO MHLANGA
AWARD-WINNING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR
FROM JOHANNESBURG