MRF Yearbook 2021

YEARBOOK | 2021

BUILDING EXCEPTIONAL MOROCCO LEADERSHIP CAPACITY WESTERN SAHARA IN AFRICA CABO MAURITANIA The Mandela Rhodes Foundation is one of Nelson VERDE Mandela’s three official legacy organisations, MALI founded in 2003 in partnership with the Rhodes SENEGAL BURKINA Trust. We offer young leaders from across the African continent a chance to become part of Mr GAMBIA FASO Mandela’s legacy of transformative impact. GUINEA-BISSAU We offer a life-changing opportunity for personal growth via a prestigious postgraduate scholarship GUINEA and Leadership Development Programme, for those who want to use their talents to serve Africa. SIERRA LEONE CÔTE We provide full tuition, a comprehensive allowance LIBERIA D’IVOIRE GHANA and up to two years of leadership development. TOGO Mandela Rhodes Scholars study Honours or Masters BENIN degrees in South Africa, in any field of study, while participating in our programme. To date we have selected 585 Mandela Rhodes Scholars f rom 32 African countries and across 35 disciplines. To find out more about our selection process, visit our website. 585 32 35 scholars Af rican disciplines countries 100 40 40 30 21 31 44 30 41 29 35 55 51 61 53 63 64 83 79 70 69 70 71 60 60 65 56 59 49 47 45 39 37 36 17 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 % Scholars from South Africa % Scholars elsewhere in Africa

TUNISIA 32 Countries where we have 16 awarded scholarships. ALGERIA LIBYA EGYPT 6 Countries where we have received applications but not awarded scholarships. Countries where we have not received applications. NIGER CHAD SUDAN ERITREA DJIBOUTI NIGERIA CENTRAL SOUTH ETHIOPIA AFRICAN SUDAN CAMEROON REPUBLIC EQUATORIAL DEMOCRATIC UGANDA SOMALIA GUINEA REPUBLIC OF KENYA SÃO TOMÉ GABON THE CONGO RWANDA AND PRÍNCIPE TANZANIA BURUNDI REPUBLIC SEYCHELLES OF CONGO COMOROS ANGOLA MALAWI MOZAMBIQUE ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE MADAGASCAR BOTSWANA MAURITIUS NAMIBIA ESWATINI LESOTHO SOUTH AFRICA

Editor: Abigail McDougall Sub-editor: Julia Brown Features writer: Ayanda Radebe Editorial assistant: Joseph Maisels Proof-reader: Abigail Green Photographs: Marc Stanes, Verity Fitzgerald, Tumelo Lekena Design & Layout: Flame Design Printed by: Viking Print

TABLE OF CONTENTS MRF Matters 1 Letters from the Chairman, CEO and the Rhodes Trust 2 Looking back at 2021 6 Introducing the Äänit Prize for social impact in Africa 8 Carrying the Mandela name and legacy in 2021 10 Inside the programme 14 Leadership Development Programme at a glance 16 Scholar stories 18 Meet the Class of 2021 24 Second-year programme: Scholar projects 32 Research in focus 38 Alumni affairs 40 Alumni affairs at a glance 42 Äänit Prize: Meet the finalists 44 Thought leadership 48 Doctoral scholarship 50 Where are they now? 52 Alumni contributors 58 Governance 60 Policy updates 62 Governance structures 64 Financial highlights for the year ended 31 December 2021 68 Donors and supporters 72 How to donate 76 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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A MESSAGE FROM THE warm thank you to all who helped make this CHAIR OF THE BOARD major new initiative a success. OF TRUSTEES This ambitious project was launched against the When Nelson Mandela founded the MRF in backdrop of a second year of operating in the 2003 he chose entrepreneurship as one of context of COVID-19, as South Africa navigated the founding values, alongside education, further waves of the pandemic. The MRF was leadership and reconciliation. All of them work able to deliver a transformative leadership together, but in 2021 the entrepreneurship pillar development experience – both online and came into its own. in person – to its scholars in residence, while continuing to grow the number of African We were delighted to launch the new Äänit countries from which Mandela Rhodes Scholars Prize for social impact in May. The launch of hail. The CEO provides further reflections on the prize coincided with a historic moment for these achievements in her letter. Africa. In early 2021, trading began within the African Continental Free Trade Area, ratified by It remains for me to extend my thanks to 36 countries. The launch of ACFTA represents the members of the Board of Trustees, the the realisation of a vision for a more united Chairs and members of our Sub-Committees continent and is wonderfully aligned with the (Executive, Finance/Audit/Risk, Investment and MRF’s institutional vision of socially impactful Remuneration). We are grateful for your excellent entrepreneurship that can drive Africa forward. input and continued custodianship of the MRF. This timing resonates with enormous significance for the future of entrepreneurship in Africa. Professor Njabulo S. Ndebele, Chair The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, Cape Town In the Mandela Rhodes lexicon, we refer to an entrepreneurial spirit of innovation, creativity, and hard work leading to the betterment of society. This spirit can be found across a range of human endeavours and extends beyond the pursuit of profit and the prize was therefore open to both for-profit and non-profit ventures. The seven finalists for the prize all had innovative, worthy ventures and we were extremely pleased with the outcome (see page 8 and 44). On the evening of the awards I noted that positive impact can only begin with a hopeful vision and can only be realised with a practical commitment to getting things done in the most intelligent and resourceful ways. Indeed, the hopeful vision of the Äänit Prize would not have been realised were it not for the financial support of Ezrah Charitable Trust, founded by Rhodes Scholar David Cohen, the support and assistance of colleagues at Rhodes House, and a true team effort by the MRF staff. I extend a 2 LETTERS FROM THE CHAIRMAN, CEO, RHODES TRUST

A MESSAGE FROM THE CEO The MRF turned 18 in 2021 and as I look back I I will simply note that I am deeply pleased that feel proud of where we are in our coming-of-age we can now provide catalytic financial support year. Like many other 18-year-olds who have to alumni with socially impactful ventures. marked this milestone during the COVID-19 pandemic, there were limits on our freedom and In our 18th year we have thus deepened our many challenges to face. Despite the obstacles core work in the programme, broadened our 2021 was a fruitful year with much to celebrate. horizons by playing a role in global conversations about leadership development and broken new The team ran a dynamic and challenging ground with the Äänit Prize, bringing to life Leadership Development Programme in spite Nelson Mandela’s vision for entrepreneurship of the third and fourth waves of the pandemic. in Africa. Growth in all these aspects speaks to a They achieved this by building on the lessons of sense of maturity as the Foundation celebrates 2020, offering an innovative hybrid model. First- its coming-of-age year. year scholars met in small groups when it was safe to do so and connected online for larger In closing I thank our Trustees and the members convenings. I enjoyed getting to know the Class of our various advisory committees for their of 2021 more intimately through informal small continued support and invaluable input, our group coffee chats, and I invite you to meet these generous donors, and the MRF team who make determined, conscientious young leaders and the magic happen. hear their reflections on their year from page 18. It was a joy to watch them grow in courage Judy Sikuza, CEO and self-knowledge over the course of the year. The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, Cape Town The Second-Year Programme flourished in 2021, galvanised by an exciting partnership with UN Women which encouraged scholars to apply their leadership skills to several real and pressing social problems. See page 32. This year has also been a year of wonderful collaboration and learning. We participated in the Global Fellowships Forum, exchanging learnings and best practices with some of the top global organisations who do similar work to the MRF. I am looking forward to joining a quarterly meeting of Executive Directors convened by the Rhodes Trust in 2022, which similarly aims to build relationships and share experience across the globe. Finally, we took a great leap forward in 2021 with the launch of the Äänit Prize, mentioned by Prof Ndebele and highlighted in detail elsewhere. MRF MATTERS 3

A MESSAGE FROM THE Another highlight was the selection of our inaugural cohort of 100 Rise global winners from RHODES TRUST 42 countries. We look forward to meeting these brilliant young people at the first Rise residential For the first half of 2021, most of our scholars summit in Cape Town in August 2022. experienced Oxford online, as the UK went into its third lockdown in January. We hosted our Through all its ups and downs, 2021 underscored Character, Service and Leadership retreats the urgent need to cultivate more thoughtful, online, with breakout groups across multiple public-spirited leaders. We are honoured to time zones, and pivoted to small Warden’s be partners in this vital work with The Mandela Virtual Dinners on Zoom to reflect on the Rhodes Foundation. pandemic’s life lessons and silver linings. It was only in early July that we were allowed to host Dr Elizabeth Kiss, Warden and CEO small outdoor gatherings. It was wonderful to Rhodes Trust, Oxford have scholars from different cohorts enjoying meals together. So began the gradual return of “offline life.” In October, we hosted our first in-person Welcome Day in two years. We welcomed the largest number of newly-arrived Rhodes Scholars in Oxford since the post-World War II era: 103 scholars from the Class of 2021 and 11 scholars from 2019 or 2020 who had deferred or studied remotely in their first year. Our incoming class also included the first scholars selected from Rwanda, Cameroon and Indonesia. One aspect of our lives has been decidedly offline: the transformational building project at Rhodes House. The changes will double the usable space of the building, with a convening centre and 40 bedrooms. The project is on track to be completed in time for several landmark anniversaries in 2023: the 120th anniversary of the Rhodes Scholarship, the 20th anniversary of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation and the fifth anniversary of the Schmidt Science Fellows. One of the biggest highlights of 2021 was the opportunity to support the work of the MRF in launching the Äänit Prize. It was thrilling to meet our seven inaugural finalists – four Mandela Rhodes alums and three Rhodes alums – and to celebrate the first recipient. We look forward to continuing the Äänit journey with MRF. 4 LETTERS FROM THE CHAIRMAN, CEO, RHODES TRUST

Participating in the Board of The Mandela Rhodes Foundation has been exhilarating. We have witnessed a journey of students from different backgrounds who have become leaders worthy of being called ambassadors of Madiba’s legacy. The care shown to every student has taught me about the dreams and trials of young people and their unique world view. This made them role models for me and I am proud to look up to them. Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Trustee MRF MATTERS 5

LOOKING BACK AT 2021 8 March 18 May 23 May 25 May International Women’s Launch of the $80k Äänit Africa Together: Africa Day Webinar: Day 2021: Women leading Prize for social impact Strides of Change Transforming food in Africa virtual conference systems Canadian NGO Care Canada hosted a virtual The Äänit Prize will award Judy was invited to speak For our second annual panel discussion to mark up to $80,000 per year to at the 2021 Africa Together Africa Day convening, International Women’s Day, projects and organisations conference hosted by we partnered with The exploring how COVID-19 that can deliver positive the African Society of Sustainability Institute disproportionately affected social impact in Africa. Cambridge University, on to offer a transformative women and what’s holding The prize was opened to the “Nourishing Youth conversation on Africa’s women back in their alumni of the Mandela Leadership” panel. The food systems. The dialogue leadership. It was inspiring Rhodes Scholarship and the conversation explored between Mandela Rhodes to participate in a truly Rhodes Scholarship and is how youth can drive Alumni and industry global conversation with an exciting new offering of Africa forward, and the experts was richly women change-makers the MRF. importance of developing nourishing and rigorous. from different contexts. values-based leaders. ÄÄNIT PRIZE $80K IN FUNDS ◀ CEO Judy Sikuza and actor Masasa Mbangeni at the Äänit Prize awards ceremony in October. 6 LOOKING BACK AT 2021

18 July 27 August 4 October 23 October Mandela Day: Dibana for Seminar on naming Selections season for the Äänit Prize awards Madiba cultures and the Mandela name Class of 2022 evening Building on the momentum The MRF participated Selections for the Mandela The inaugural Äänit of 2020, we hosted a virtual in a seminar hosted by Rhodes Scholarships were Prize culminated with a alumni gathering on Nelson Mandela University. once again held virtually. special awards evening. Sunday 18 July to celebrate Professor Crain Soudien Three selection committees The awards, co-hosted Mandela Day. The highlight presented a paper on met online to interview and by MRF CEO Judy Sikuza was a keynote by poet and naming cultures, and select the 18th cohort of and Masasa Mbangeni, performer Lebo Mashile, the MRF and the Nelson Mandela Rhodes Scholars. were live-streamed to exploring Nelson Mandela’s Mandela Foundation a global audience. The legacy in divided times. provided responses evening featured a Q&A exploring how the Mandela between the finalists and name is embedded into our the judges, and of course work. It was a stimulating the announcement of the conversation on the winner (see page 44). responsibility of carrying the Mandela name. 2 NEW 9 November AFRICAN Class of 2022 announced COUNTRIES We were pleased to announce the 2022 Mandela Rhodes Scholars. The 27 outstanding young leaders hail from 14 African countries, and we were especially delighted to welcome our first-ever scholars from Somalia and South Sudan. MRF MATTERS 7

INTRODUCING THE ÄÄNIT PRIZE FOR SOCIAL IMPACT IN AFRICA ▲ Winner Esethu Cenga (right) with her co-founders Tshepo Bhengu (left) and Lonwabo Mgoduso (centre). The MRF’s newest initiative, the Äänit Prize, will award Äänit means “common up to $80,000 per year to projects and organisations work” or “joint effort” in that can deliver positive social impact in Africa. Koalib, a minority language The prize is open to alumni of the Mandela Rhodes in Sudan. This name speaks Scholarship and the Rhodes Scholarship. It is funded to our belief in coming by Ezrah Charitable Trust, which was started by long- together to take collective time MRF donor and Rhodes Scholar David Cohen. The responsibility for Africa’s Äänit Prize is an important step forward in the MRF’s future. It was also chosen ability to catalyse change in Africa. to highlight our continent’s “Our vision for entrepreneurship in Africa stems from linguistic diversity. our mandate to address inequality and contribute to the achievement of true equality, and to the alleviation of poverty and suffering. We know that innovative and creative individuals can make a significant difference to the lives of people across the continent,” said Professor Ndebele. CEO Judy Sikuza added that “The Äänit Prize is an important part of our focus on expanding the impact of our alumni, who are transformative leaders in many sectors. The prize will support both for-profit and non-profit initiatives that can transform the lives of Africa’s most marginalised populations. We are looking for potential for positive impact, ideas that are feasible, and teams capable of executing them.” 8 INTRODUCING THE ÄÄNIT PRIZE FOR SOCIAL IMPACT IN AFRICA

A successful first run: first-ever winner announced in October After three rounds of rigorous competition, an independent panel of distinguished judges met in October 2021 to make a final decision. The winner of the inaugural Äänit Prize is Esethu Cenga (South Africa & UCT, 2016), a Mandela Rhodes Scholar and co- founder of textile recycling start-up Rewoven. The judges found that \"Rewoven is a compelling and innovative textile recycling start-up that brilliantly addresses critical needs for economic development, broad-scale employment, women's empowerment and planetary responsibility. This enterprise has potential to be transformative economically, socially and environmentally.” The announcement was made at a special event on the 23rd of October. All of the finalists received warm press coverage which we hope will help their ventures garner further support. The 2021 judges were Elliot Gerson, Executive Vice President of the Aspen Institute and US Secretary to the Rhodes Trust; Dr Rethabile Melamu, General Manager of the Green Economy Unit at the Innovation Hub (RSA); Sangu Delle, entrepreneur, investor and CEO of Af rica Health Holdings; Ndidi Nwuneli, co-founder and managing partner of Sahel Consulting and founder of LEAP Africa; social entrepreneur Salif Niang; and asset management expert Muitheri Wahome. The MRF extends sincere thanks to this first panel, who gave generously of their time and expertise to the task of selecting the winner. Mrs Graça Machel - Women's Rights Champion • The Graça Machel Trust, Founder “I am delighted to hear about the Äänit Prize because I know that there are many talented young people in the Mandela Rhodes and Rhodes Scholar Alumni communities with brilliant ideas, who can make those ideas come to fruition with the right funding and support.” Dr Mo Ibrahim - Ibrahim Idex, Founder • MRF trustee “I’m very pleased about the prize. It’s about entrepreneurs creating businesses with positive social impact. It’s important to focus our minds on business being linked to society’s needs instead of just being about profit regardless of the the impact. Business has to be part of the solution to our problems.” Patrick Awuah - Ashesi University, Founder and President “I am delighted to hear about the Äänit Prize. Initiatives like this encourage young Africans to pursue their dreams and ideas. To me, entrepreneurship is really about courage. It’s about the courage to question the status quo, the courage to imagine something new, the courage to develop that thing you have imagined, and the courage to persevere through difficulty in accomplishing the task ahead.” Mike Mompi - Enza Capital, CEO “I am so encouraged to hear about the Äänit Prize as it is bringing committed, aligned, and early support to some of Africa’s young entrepreneurs and leaders. In my experience, entrepreneurial spirit means resilience and persistence. It means vision and the relentless and active pursuit of change.” MRF MATTERS 9

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Ours is the name of the CARRYING THE labourer who toils on the MANDELA NAME AND African farm, fighting for a LEGACY IN 2021 life of dignity; the girl child battling against great odds As one of Nelson Mandela’s official legacy for an opportunity to realise organisations, the MRF plays a role in representing her potential... It is in their our former president and in continuing his legacy names and those of others work in our evolving context. In 2021 we explored like them, and in the name both what it means to carry the Mandela name, of all South Africans, that and what his legacy can offer our world today. we lend our name to this initiative, seeking that a CARRYING THE MANDELA RHODES NAME: A CALL better future be built for all FOR CONTEMPLATION of them. The MRF was invited to participate in a workshop hosted by Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela, 2003 University that aimed to explore how the university can critically engage with its name and give academic expression to the values and vision of Nelson Mandela. MRF CEO Judy Sikuza and Sello Hatang, the CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, were asked to respond to a paper on naming cultures presented by Professor Crain Soudien. “The Mandela Rhodes name itself challenges us to do the brave inner work that Madiba had to do in prison, during the negotiations, and during his term as President and beyond. This requires reflection and engaging with all parts of ourselves – the “Mandela” and the “Rhodes” within us. It requires accepting the oppressor and the oppressed, the light and the darkness. This inner reckoning with our fractures and contradictions as individuals and as a society, can perhaps begin to be the portal for honest conversations beyond fear, guilt, shame and anger. When we can truly hear and see each other’s humanity, we begin to move beyond binaries – an important first step in being able to facilitate extraordinary compromises and partnerships, as Madiba demonstrated. Today reconciliation has become a dirty word. But in an imperfect and complex world, principled compromise is what moves us forward. In carrying our name we bear a responsibility to nurture and stand for this leadership skill.” – Judy Sikuza, 28 August 2021 11M R F M A T T E R S

NELSON MANDELA’S LEGACY IN OUR A human being had to make that kind of a DIVIDED WORLD: ON CANCEL CULTURE sacrifice. When I say that, I don't mean to AND CIVIL UNREST erase the contributions that were made by millions of people for us to be able to achieve On Mandela Day 2021, we invited poet democracy. But there is one Nelson Mandela and performer Lebogang Mashile who represents what he represents in the world. to address our alumni. Her speech coincided with the week of South He was able to spend 27 years in jail, and Africa’s worst civil violence since the decades more fighting the injustice of racism transition to democracy. She offered a and apartheid, and then turn around and sit with profound, unflinching analysis of the his enemy. How many of us can do that? Are we Mandela legacy against the backdrop capable of that? South Africa has shown us today of turbulence and division in South that we are not capable of it. America showed Africa and globally. us with the [January 2021] coup that they are not capable of it. Violence is erupting all over \"What distinguishes a leader, I think, is being able the planet. We see the rise of the right wing – to stand as a fulcrum in your own truth, and that particularly in Europe and in America – that is truth becomes a measuring stick that we keep characterised by xenophobia, homophobia and coming back to, to understand our own morality white supremacy. The rise of these forces shows us and how far we've come. Looking at the events of clearly that we are living in a polarised world, and this week [civil unrest in South Africa from 9-18 that when people give themselves permission July 2021], at how deeply fractured and polarised to indulge their lowest selves, many are willing our society is, we have to realise that we have not to run with that. And Nelson Mandela was not. really moved in terms of our heartscape in the last It doesn't take away his flaws and it doesn't mean 30 years. How quickly we were transported back that every decision that he made was perfect. to 1993, how quickly we reverted to our silos of racism, how quickly we converted back into the But to sit with the challenge of holding comfort of othering other people violently. your enemy as part of yourself can only come with intense self-reflection and It makes me think about the decision that compassion, first and foremost for the former President Mandela made to give himself self. This is the language and these are over to South Africa and to the world, as a the tools that are going to get us out of symbol, a vessel that can hold contradiction this period of polarisation where fractures and complexity. It's an extraordinarily difficult are being amplified, and where lines are and also dehumanising decision. In becoming being drawn. a symbol, Mandela couldn't be a human being like the rest of us. He couldn't be as flawed, or as We see this all over our culture, particularly on riddled with mistakes and problems as the rest social media in cancel culture. Cancel culture of us. You get held to a higher standard when has many pros and many cons. Without it, you become a symbol, but he chose to embody would we have been able to bring justice to so that, because that's what it took for us to be many rape victims? Would Harvey Weinstein be able as a nation to imagine that these disparate in jail? I don't think so. But at the same time it is forces could coexist as one entity. incredibly limiting. It creates a world in which the woke and the worthy can judge everybody else, but at whose expense? None of us are perfect 12 C A R R Y I N G T H E M A N D E L A N A M E A N D L E G A C Y I N 2 0 2 1

CARRYING THE MANDELA NAME AND LEGACY IN 2021 in our politics. None of us are perfect in our WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO personal evolutions. The language of violence CONTRIBUTE TO NELSON MANDELA’S will only be undone by tools that allow us to seek LEGACY THROUGH OUR WORK AT THE MRF? and manifest and create healing. What does cancel culture mean in terms of consequences? \"I am filled with a sense of gratitude. It's profound What happens to people who are able to hold how complex the challenges in the world are this complexity? What happens to people who and particularly our continent. Contributing to are able to introduce this language of healing, the MRF provides me with hope and drive to or people who are able to find compassion for play a role in shaping a more positive reality their enemies? If you introduce this into the for people.” mainstream, into your workplace, into your – Joseph Maisels, Alumni Relations Officer life, in this moment of history, you are going to receive intense backlash. “I started at the MRF in 2006. It was a dream come true; I had always felt that it was my This is not what the culture is ready to destiny to give myself to something greater accept or face. But at the same time, it is than myself. The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship absolutely what the culture needs. offers opportunities to young, bright Africans that will allow them to make a difference in This is what I've been reflecting on. What makes their home countries. Each of us can make Nelson Mandela's philosophy and decision and a difference in someone’s life and we should leadership practice so profound is that it was so endeavour to do so however we can. forward thinking. It was all encompassing and – Julia Brown, HR Officer and Executive Assistant visionary; it was a spiritual principle that he was putting into existence. It was rooted in a truth, \"I most admire Mandela the freedom fighter and and love and self-compassion, and compassion activist, who so loved black people. Loving black for the enemy as well. It remains, it stands the people, in all our diverse shades, ethnicities and test of time. He becomes like the centre of a experiences, is my contribution to Mandela's tree. And we grow around this, these choices, legacy, particularly in an anti-black world.\" like rings around a tree, we keep coming back – Lunathi Ngwane, Programme Officer to it to measure ourselves and our own growth. In this moment, the decision to hold together “Our world is in desperate need of bridge- two forces that would kill each other becomes a builders who can do the difficult, unpopular terrifying choice. In this moment, that decision work of standing in the grey area and forging is radical. But it is the most noble choice that I compromises. This is the part of the Mandela can imagine… legacy I find most inspiring and motivating.” – C ommunications & Alumni Relations No matter how we organise ourselves as human beings, no matter what our goverenance Manager, Abigail McDougall-Fisher structures are, we will still have to live in a world with duality. We will have to find something beyond binaries, beyond us and them, beyond these polarities if all of us are going to coexist. And this is what makes Mandela's decision and his life and his philosophy exceptional.” - Lebogang Mashile, 18 July 2021 13M R F M A T T E R S

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE FIRST-YEAR PROGRAMME SECOND-YEAR PROGRAMME 15-31 March 21 – 30 April Module 1: Leadership Introduction Scholars began the year with online sessions and The Second-Year Programme kicked off with scholars one in-person small group gathering, where they being placed in three groups. Each was tasked with shared their stories and went on guided tours in coming up with interventions to difficult problems. Johannesburg and Cape Town. Other highlights The module focused on equipping scholars to build effective teams for the year. included diversity & inclusivity training and an introduction to the Enneagram. June 18 - 20 18 - 31 May Coaching circle Scholars met in person for a workshop that further Module 2: Reconciliation and me equipped teams with topic-specific masterclasses and The focus was on reconciling with the self while engagement with stakeholders relevant to their projects. acknowledging that the self cannot be separated from the other. Sholars shared an image of what reconciliation means to them and this was followed by a “shadow work” exercise and groups exploring reconciliation and reparation. 5- 12 September July & September Module 3: Learning journeys Peer feedback presentations This module was about self-directed learning. Scholars This touchpoint allowed scholars an opportunity to get feedback on progress made on their projects and organised a learning journey with groups in society to use other teams as sounding boards in further they wanted to better understand. This process helped iterating their ideas and thinking. build capacity for deep listening and empathy as well 24 - 28 October as effective teamwork. Final presentations 15-18 November Teams gathered in person to present their proposed solutions to a panel of experts. The invitation was Module 4: Entrepreneurship to stay curious, play, let go of certain ideas while The full cohort of 2021 scholars met in-person for affirming others, offer support to fellow scholars and the first time. The focus was on the concepts and have fun. The workshop included a creative session practices of entrepreneurship. This workshop truly at Clay Café, a storyboarding session where scholars allowed for innovation, creativity and a re-imagination learned how to visually translate data and their of community. Key elements included exploring final project presentations. The year culminated in “stretch collaboration”, visiting the Sustainability an intimate graduation cocktail dinner at Madiba’s Institute, hearing from alumni during the Living the Bishopscourt home. Legacy panel and leadership lessons from Professor Ndebele and Judy. 16 L E A D E R S H I P D E V E L O P M E N T P R O G R A M M E A T A G L A N C E

THE CALL TO GO DEEPER: REFLECTING ON 2021 While 2020 forced us to navigate uncertainty, 2021 invited us to turn inward and put into practice some of the lessons learnt. The year continued to be a challenging time as we faced successive waves of COVID-19: remote learning and isolated living put strain on individuals and communities. As we spent another year delivering our Leadership Programme virtually, we discovered the ability of our scholars, despite these challenges, to go deeper. A hybrid model for the First-Year Programme During each session scholars demonstrated the courage to unearth both their light and shadow. They were able to cultivate wholeness, while having compassion for themselves and each other. An almost entirely virtual year meant that the ‘Madiba Magic’ looked very different for the Class of 2021. Meeting mostly online required a new level of commitment – choosing to be patient with each other, learning what it means to listen to understand, engaging with empathy and creating a container within which meaningful shifts can occur both personally and collectively. The invitation was a simple one: to meet each other with humanity and hold space for whatever emerged. We introduced small groups and learning journeys as safe ways for scholars to meet in person to build relationships and learn experientially, rather than relying on full-group in-person gatherings. An exciting partnership for the Second-Year Programme Our second-year scholars showed similar resilience and commitment. The Second-Year Programme was established in 2019 to create a space for scholars to put the learnings from their first year in residence into action. It focuses on providing practical tools for moving from theory to practice, while working in multi-disciplinary groups. In 2021, we partnered for the first time with an external organisation, UN Women Africa. Scholars were tasked with coming up with viable interventions to intractable challenges that UN Women are committed to addressing, specifically social protection, youth unemployment and gender inequality. Scholars formed teams and embarked on a journey of learning, unlearning, problem-solving, innovation and possibility. We are proud of all of the groups’ commitment and innovativeness and delighted to share their interventions on pages 32 to 37. INSIDE THE PROGRAMME 17

I am a believer in the African dream and that’s what I want to strive for. The MRF encompasses leadership. Isaac Muapo (Liberia & UJ, 2021) 18 S C H O L A R S T O R I E S

SCHOLAR STORIES MADE IN THE FIRE: FROM CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL SERVICE Meet Isaac Muapoh, the first Mandela Rhodes Student politics is turbulent. During his Scholar from Liberia. undergraduate studies Isaac was in the thick of it: contesting elections, ruffling the feathers The period between 1989 and 1997 in Liberia of the school administration, protesting fee was characterised by a coup and a long, bloody increases and courageously leading sit-ins civil war. During the first ceasefire in December calling for accountability. A full circle moment of 1993 Isaac Muapoh was born. His parents fled came when he was elected the Secretary their home in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital, for a General of the Liberian National Student small village in Grand Bassa County. Isaac is the Union. This was monumental. “I could have a last born of four children. At the end of the war voice in national decision-making because as Isaac’s family returned to Monrovia and he and Secretary General I was being invited to all major his siblings continued their education, a feat discussions across the country,” he explains. which he attributes to his mother’s hard work Justice is important to Isaac because of Liberia’s and sacrifices. history of civil crisis and its place as the oldest yet one of the most under-developed nation- Throughout the interview for this profile, Isaac states in Africa. Motivated by what he sees as speaks about the urgency of bringing an end a development skills vacuum, Isaac is pursuing to corruption, and he strongly advocates for development studies as a Mandela Rhodes an educated population to bring about the Scholar. “There’s a huge need for development changes the continent needs. As of 2017, the but unfortunately many Liberians don’t have the adult literacy rate in Liberia stood at 48.3%. capacity to lead development. Our policies and In 2015, during his undergraduate, Isaac our developmental drafts are led by expatriates.” established an organisation called Educate the He feels he could make an impact, especially in Next Generation. Its flagship programme is the the area of resource management. Liberia Valedictorian Programme and it brings top scholars together to teach them about Isaac believes that competent leadership is all leadership and how to serve the country. that stands between Africa and its potential. Isaac is a self-confessed type A personality, and he Isaac comes across as confident and assertive, says that his Enneagram result of type 1 (“the at home expressing himself and sharing about strict perfectionist”) validated what he already his journey. As a high school student his strong knew about himself. He did however object to academic performance gave him popularity being described as controlling, in favour of the among his peers who pushed him to go after word ‘influential’. leadership positions. In 12th grade he was elected president of his graduating class and When asked if he one day plans to be the valedictorian of the school. Isaac hoped to president of Liberia, Isaac says that’s not at all his study towards medicine, but money was tight. goal. He wants to do his bit in changing people’s After two years struggling to raise the funds to perspective of leadership and to improve public gain admission, he decided on a new plan. He service. In the coming years he plans to mobilise asked his mother for enough money for one young people and instil in them the knowledge semester, hoping that he would find a way to that “the country will change if we have people continue. The answer came by way of student of merit in public service, people who are morally politics: Isaac was elected deputy president upright and, people who know what it means of his freshman class, allowing him to access to serve your country with dignity and pride.” a scholarship. He changed from chemistry to public administration because it was more affordable, and happily found himself in his element. Isaac began to enjoy learning about governance, policy and leadership. INSIDE THE PROGRAMME 19

PASSING THE BATON: THE SCHOLAR ADVOCATING FOR GIRLS’ RIGHTS Meet Isatu Bokum, the first Mandela Rhodes When choosing a vocation Isatu felt pressure Scholar from The Gambia. to go the medical route, but as she came into herself she realised that the arts were her truth. Isatu Bokum identifies herself as a girls’ rights “I’ve always been an arts person; in middle advocate and a feminist first. She is the founder school I was always writing scripts and poems. of an non-profit organisation called Girls Talk. I would put down plays and beg my friends Through her organisation, she has reached more to act them out. I was always very good at than 10,000 girls and young women through communicating and expressing myself,” she mentorship and sensitisation programmes, says. She chose to study journalism and digital advocacy outreaches, career development media, which she says has felt like an extension programmes, capacity building programmes, of her personality. and media campaigns. The seed for this choice was planted years Isatu grew up in a polygamous family. Her father earlier in primary school when she was part of has three wives, and of his 14 children, it was only a programme called The Whisper Girls. They her Sierra Leonean mother’s six who received a took part in outreach and were given the formal education. Due to her mother’s ill health, opportunity to host radio talk shows on different their household had to move to be close to topics affecting women and girls. This built her good healthcare in the city. Once in the city, her confidence in public speaking and helped her mother was adamant that her children would learn to articulate herself. When the proprietor receive an education even though this wasn’t a of The Whisper Girls sadly passed on, Isatu popular choice in the village. Although she was noticed there was no one to do for other girls already older than her classmates, Isatu was what had been done for her. At a Young African able to start school and change the trajectory of Leaders Initiative symposium held in Nigeria in her life. She understood that she would have to 2018, Isatu met other young leaders who were work hard and seek opportunities because the championing various causes. She started to polygamous nature of her family meant that think seriously about creating an organisation resources had to be shared among a greater like the one she had benefitted from. pool of people. In high school Isatu joined the debating team. This became her saving “I want girls to be able to stand up for grace: her team placed second in the national themselves in the same way my mum championships, earning her a full scholarship and other important people in my life to the University of The Gambia. “This was a trained me to stand up for myself.” This gateway, I didn’t have to think about asking desire is at the heart of her efforts, and my dad for all that money,” she says with relief formed the beginning of her journey to in her voice. starting Girls Talk. In person Isatu is friendly and full of energy. Isatu began the project by interning for a media It is unsurprising when she reveals that her company where she worked on her proof of Enneagram profile is a seven, known as “the concept. Girls Talk started off as a TV programme enthusiast” or “the adventurer”. where she invited people who had ideas for projects that were pertinent to young women Isatu goes after what she wants with a rare to be on the show. They shot two professionally determination but she is also cautious. produced episodes and started showing the 20 S C H O L A R S T O R I E S

SCHOLAR STORIES concept to TV stations in The Gambia. When none of them were enthusiastic, she released the videos on YouTube. A positive response online was the confirmation she needed to fully throw herself into establishing Girls Talk. Isatu initially self-funded all activities. These include online and onsite outreach geared towards empowering girls, advocating for their rights, providing life-skills training, mentorship and trying to end harmful traditional practices like female genital mutilation and child marriage. Participating in the MRF’s Leadership Development Programme has allowed Isatu to understand herself better and created a sense of belonging with the other scholars. She says, “I got to open up more and be vulnerable. That has always been really difficult for me. I have learned that I am not alone: other people might have similar stories”. Isatu aspires to be an empathetic, hands-on leader who leaves an impression. On her vision for Girls Talk years down the line she says, “These girls that I serve, I want to see them achieve more than I’ve achieved. I want to see them in MRF. I want to see them win”. In October 2021 when Isatu was being interviewed for this profile, her fate was being decided on the other side of the world in Oxford. In a few weeks she would learn that she had been selected as The Gambia’s first Rhodes Scholar. Isatu lives up to her social media moniker: “dream achiever”. Her path towards this identity is a lesson in having courage in your convictions. INSIDE THE PROGRAMME 21

Sometimes I have ideas, but it takes courage to get into spaces where I can discuss and ask questions to further them. Elijah Mumba (Zambia & UCT, 2021) 22 S C H O L A R S T O R I E S

SCHOLAR STORIES TAKING THE VILLAGE WITH HIM Meet Zambian development economist Elijah capacitated to do. “They (the facilitation team) Mumba (Zambia & UCT, 2021) made me understand that leadership begins with inner transformation,” he says. Elijah’s time Like many of the young Af ricans whose in the programme has mainly been about self- journeys have led them to The Mandela Rhodes discovery. The Enneagram self-development Foundation, Elijah Mumba’s has not been easy. tool has helped Elijah to understand his Through diligence, determination and at times tendency to focus on the needs of others while pure luck the name Mumba is now counted neglecting his own authentic needs, and set among the Mandela Rhodes Scholars. him on a journey towards balancing the two. Through the reconciliation workshop he says Elijah’s manner is quiet and studious. He hails that was also able to identify and name some of from Mutale, a village in Northern Zambia where his wounds and finally let go of resentment held he was raised by a single mother. It is to her that against his late father. In a vulnerable moment, he credits his love of education. Both his mother he shares, “I think I have totally forgiven my dad. and grandmother emphasised that he had a I don’t know why he did what he did. I only wish I responsibility to his family and his community; had had the opportunity to ask him why he left.” whichever new frontiers his education opened up for him, he ought to remember those who Conversations with other scholars in 2021 weren’t so fortunate. His father’s presence was have also inspired Elijah to develop a more inconsistent at best. They only met twice and his courageous leadership style. “Sometimes I have recollection of their relationship is marred with ideas, but it takes courage to get into spaces unmet promises. Finances were also a hurdle: where I can discuss and ask questions to further to get through high school he was sponsored them,” he says. He looks up to the late Zambian by the head teacher. president Levy Mwanawasa who he says was a man of courage who balanced leadership and Elijah became the only person from his district being a family man, something which Elijah in his year to gain entrance into the University of also aspires to. Zambia. There he chose to study Economics and Mathematics, hoping that an understanding of What does success look like for Elijah? He sees inequality might be the key to helping pull those himself helping young people in under-served he had left behind in Mutale out of poverty. communities in Zambia, especially in the area of education. As a development economist, he The university environment opened hopes that the future holds opportunities that his eyes to new possibilities. He says, may one day allow him to add his energy and “I believe that when people become expertise to the World Bank. For now Elijah is educated they can compete and have enjoying being close to the coast and tapping access to different opportunities.” into his adventurous side while completing his studies in Cape Town. Elijah gathered some university peers to tutor and mentor students from his high school, to encourage them to do their best. Elijah was drawn to The Mandela Rhodes Foundation by the leadership component of the scholarship. He initially thought the programme would help him become a hero and save the world; he says he was surprised to learn that that wasn’t at all what he was being INSIDE THE PROGRAMME 23

MEET THE CLASS OF 2021 The 17th Class of Mandela Rhodes Scholars In October 2020 we announced the Class of 2021. This cohort of exceptional young leaders was selected from 12 African countries and includes students from a diverse selection of academic disciplines. The Class of 2021 brings the total number of Mandela Rhodes Scholars to 557. We are pleased to welcome our very first scholars from Liberia and The Gambia. The names of all Mandela Rhodes Scholars from 2005 to present are listed on our website. Visit https://www. mandelarhodes.org/scholarship/scholars/ to meet more members of our extraordinary community. Gadeeja Abbas, South Africa University of Cape Town, MPublic Health Social & Behavioural Sciences Gadeeja is a Communications and Multimedia Specialist focusing on bridging communication divides in the public health sector. She aims to challenge behaviours that make people vulnerable to sexually transmitted disease and gender-based violence. She launched the Media Made for Change Agency which empowers young people with storytelling skills. Amos Amanubo, Uganda University of Cape Town, MPhil Environment, Society & Sustainability Amos is an advocate for youth engagement and capacity building, forest and environmental education, landscape restoration, circular bioeconomy and sustainable natural resources management. He is a co-founder of Green Trust Africa promoting environmental awareness, conservation and sustainability. Amos is a member of the XV World Forestry Congress Advisory Committee. Nancy Awori, Kenya University of the Western Cape, Masters in Women’s and Gender Studies Nancy is the founder of Talanta Resource Centre. She is the recipient of many awards including the British Council Creative Enterprise award, for running successful creative enterprises in East Africa. She is an alumna of Young Africa Leadership Initiative and others. Nancy has executed projects with the Global Peace Foundation, Amnesty International and others. Isatu Bokum, The Gambia University of Cape Town, BA Honours in Media Theory and Practice Isatu is a videographer, editor, content developer and filmmaker. She is the Communications Officer at State of Mic Multimedia in The Gambia. At 21, Isatu started her non-profit, Girls Talk Organisation. Girls Talk advocates for the rights and wellbeing of girls through mentorship and sensitisation programs, outreaches, career development, capacity building and media campaigns. 24 M E E T T H E C L A S S O F 2 0 2 1

Bettina Buabeng-Baidoo, Ghana University of Cape Town, Master in Public Health Bettina believes that the participation of marginalised groups in high-achieving spaces is a form of protest and a catalyst for change. Bettina was in the first female team of colour to win the South African National University Debating Competition. She is dedicated to life-long learning and the acquisition of skills to transform Africa’s healthcare systems. Maurine Chepkoech, Kenya University of Cape Town, Master in Engineering Telecommunications Maurine is a first-class Honours graduate with a BSc in Telecommunication and Information Engineering from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. She was the only Kenyan selected as a Google Women Tech-Makers scholar 2018 across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Maurine researches cyber-security through her work, which focuses on mobile security and reverse engineering campaigns. Maureen Etuket, Uganda University of Cape Town, MPhil Health Innovation Maureen is a biomedical engineer, an innovator and an engineering entrepreneur. She has a special interest in maternal health, rehabilitation engineering and emergency medicine. She co-founded Principality MedTech LTD to produce medical devices that solve maternal and child health challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. She works at Kyaninga Mobility Ltd as a Chief Engineering Manager. Zayithwa Fabiano, Malawi Stellenbosch University, Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) Zayithwa is a medical doctor. She wants to become a consultant internist to provide care across a comprehensive spectrum of illnesses among adults. Zayithwa was a 2020 YouthLead Ambassador, Southern Region Representative for the YALI Association in Malawi, a mentor at Ladies in Tertiary Education and a 2019 Mandela Washington Fellow. Mzwenhlanhla Hlongwane, South Africa University of Cape Town, BSc Computer Science Honours Mzwenhlanhla (Thando) solves problems using technology. He built Nisa Finance, which uses technology to help small businesses access financing and Zaio, a technology platform that helps provide experience, skills and employment opportunities to software development students. Thando sits on the Steering Committee for the UNICEF Innovation Fund and others. INSIDE THE PROGRAMME 25

MY IDEA OF COURAGEOUS is unpopular. The road less travelled is one of LEADERSHIP great courage, great strength and ultimately great rewards. The MRF has been instrumental In the Bible, there is a young leader called Joshua in grounding this truth. The MRF leadership who led the Israelites to the promised land. He was journey is not about the glitz and the glamour. given this gigantic responsibility that his predecessor, It has a lot to do with \"working on self\". The Moses was supposed to have undertaken. The programmes have been self-exploratory, journey to lead a disgruntled group of people encouraging introspection and an ownership required courage, strength and wisdom. of self, which is central in leadership. Facing oneself is something that not so many are At the beginning of his journey, God spoke to accustomed to but the courageous leader. him and said, “Have I not commanded you? Be Changing the world begins with changing you, strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not dealing with you and knowing you. It all begins be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with from within! you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9 – The Bible). This story speaks volumes to me. The message - M aureen Etuket (Uganda & UCT, 2021) is that there is a God that called you and placed you where you are. There will be challenges along Biomedical Engineer the way, but these are meant to bring water out of the rock (to allow miracles to happen). When God spoke to Joshua, he was not referring to external strength that could only take him a short distance. He was speaking about inner resolution: the decisions that we make to stand upright even when placed in a fiery furnace. As a courageous leader, one is not defined by the external influences of the world that are ever- changing but by the incorruptible seed of the word of God indwelling in you. My idea of courage is strength for the journey that comes from within. It is the conscious decision a person makes to stay true to who they are and what they believe even when it Edward Keenan Jacobs, South Africa Stellenbosch University, MA Political Science Edward is the founder of Boys will be Joys, a feminist non-profit that combats gender-based violence by providing research-based workshops and online tools, with a masculinities-based approach. He aims to be at the forefront of intellectual innovation and imagination, contributing to deepening democracy, peace and sustainability in Africa and around the world. 26 M E E T T H E C L A S S O F 2 0 2 1

MEET THE CLASS OF 2021 Nthati Mabena, South Africa University of Pretoria, BSocSciHons Anthropology Nthati is passionate about social justice advocacy, design, art and pop culture. She is also passionate about social entrepreneurship and wants to provide services and products that are culturally sensitive, environmentally sustainable and economically empowering. Nthati has been on an entrepreneurship learning journey with the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation for the past two years. Nathanael Manjoro, Zimbabwe University of Cape Town, LLM Intellectual Property Law Nathanael is passionate about the development of intellectual property law in Zimbabwe among the youth. He plans to push for law reforms to better protect indigenous work and intellectual property. Nathanael is also a radio presenter and a public speaker. He has participated in various international moots and has won various competitions. Zainabu Marucha, Kenya University of Johannesburg, Masters in Education Zainabu is passionate about providing quality education as a solution to solving Africa’s challenges. Her long-term goal is to become an eminent educationist. Zainabu is the co-founder of Brighten a Soul Foundation, a charity organisation that aims at helping the needy and vulnerable children in Kenya. Francis Mayebe, Zimbabwe Stellenbosch University, MCom in International Taxation Francis co-founded Millennial Tech-Savvy, a start-up providing simplified solutions to African problems, and Africa Sports Consultancy, a start-up aiming to empower athletes by assisting them to develop skills for their personal and post-career development. He was the Chairman of the Juridical Society of the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State. Chibuike Mbanefo, Nigeria Stellenbosch University, Masters in Biomedical Engineering Chibuike is the founder and lead strategist of Med-Hill Biomedicals and Consultancy, a healthcare and health education start-up sensitising and minimising medical equipment failure rates in Eastern Nigeria. He is a YALI West Africa regional fellow and an alumnus of the Tony Elumelu Foundation. He volunteers for the Slum2School Africa, Teach the Street and the NAD-S School Projects. Ntokozo Mbokazi, South Africa Rhodes University, MA English Ntokozo is passionate about mental health. He seeks to reimagine the way men see themselves. Ntokozo began Mikenna Projects, a protective housing project for students to assist them with their mental health. His other projects include Agender, a company specialising in educating young boys and industries on the links between gender representation and violence against women. INSIDE THE PROGRAMME 27

COURAGE IS THE QUALITY in complex situations even with people we THAT TAKES LEADERS FROM don't agree with, like or trust. It is easy to work WORDS TO DEEDS with those with whom we agree, but it takes a great deal of courage to work towards a solution Contemporary societies face a multitude of with people or stakeholders with whom we intractable problems that threaten many lives and fundamentally disagree. As such, \"stretch put the prosperity of future generations at risk. From collaboration\" requires us to keep moving and young people in Glasgow holding international iterating with the understanding that we can’t leaders accountable on climate change, to South control the future, but that we can influence Africans demanding basic services: leaders will it through action. The definition of success in need courage to face these problems. this kind of collaboration isn’t to come up with a solution, but to be actively working toward it. In my view, courage is the leadership characteristic – or more accurately, virtue – that informs and To me, then, courage entails moving beyond the strengthens all others. The word \"courage\" has its comfort zone of pontification towards action. roots in Old French and Latin, denoting the heart, Courageous leadership means aligning your as the seat of feelings. Indeed, courage is the \"seat\" actions with your values even if this goes against or foundation out of which all other important what is popular. It is taking your values and beliefs tenets of leadership like innovation, integrity and seriously enough to act upon them. self-awareness emanate. These traits are fated to wither in the absence of courage. - E dward Keenan Jacobs (South Africa & SU, 2021) Courageous leadership should not be confused Founder of Boys will be Joys with sheer fearlessness – rather, courage is the ability to act in spite of fear. Fear and doubt will always be present especially when dealing with intractable problems. However, courageous leaders recognise that they do not have to identify with their feelings and be overwhelmed by them, which impacts their decisions. They know that it is not thoughts and feelings that bring things to fruition – it is one’s actions. I therefore think of courageous leaders as those who act, as opposed to those who just talk or think of acting. It is only through action that courage can be embodied and demonstrated. This idea of courage was brought to the fore during our final module, where we learnt about the concept of \"stretch collaboration.\" This is an approach to collaboration and problem-solving that embraces discord, experimentation and co-creation. By applying the principles of \"stretch collaboration,\" it is possible to get things done 28 M E E T T H E C L A S S O F 2 0 2 1

MEET THE CLASS OF 2021 Claire McCann, South Africa Rhodes University, Masters in Economics Claire has a passion for education and plans to focus on the potential of civil society to transform South Africa’s early childhood development trajectory. She has tutored and mentored extensively. Claire is a recipient of Rhodes Investec Top 100 Awards in Academic Excellence, General Excellence and Community Engagement. Neema Meremo Samwel, Tanzania University of Cape Town, BSocSci Honours (Development Studies) Neema works with Women in Law and Development in Africa as the Gender-Based Violence Programme Manager. She is the founder of Girls Rising Tanzania, an NPO that reaches and mentors girls in rural areas. She was named by Ashoka Africa and the Robert Bosch Foundation among the top 20 young people leading change in gender justice in East Africa. Isaac Muapoh, Liberia University of Pretoria, BSocSci Hons Development Studies Isaac is the National Secretary General of the Liberia National Students’ Union and a Fellow of the African Youth Education Empowerment Summit. He is also a Fellow of the Lift Liberia Fellowship Programme on Leadership and Entrepreneurship. Isaac believes that education is the conduit to tackle the challenges that are confronting Africa’s new generation of leaders. Elijah Mumba, Zambia University of Cape Town, Master of Commerce Elijah co-founded Escalate Leadership at the University of Zambia, a network aimed at providing mentoring solutions for young people. Elijah has also been working as a Research Assistant in the Human Development Unit at the Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research. He aspires to work with rural communities helping young people unleash their potential. Micaella Rogers, South Africa University of Cape Town, BCom Hons Economics Micaella is an alumnus of the Klaus-Jürgen Bathe Leadership Programme. She is a Head Tutor and Teaching Assistant with the UCT School of Economics and has served in many student leadership positions during her university career including with the UCT Debating Union and Choir and the NAD-S School Projects. Musawenkosi Ncube, Zimbabwe University of the Witwatersrand, Master of Science in Engineering Musa believes that an integration of tailored policy, geotechnical and technological interventions in the mining sector will cement Africa’s drive to exploit its mineral resources and reduce trade in conflict minerals. He has served on various committees and has sat on high-level panels including the Conference of African Ministers for Youth. INSIDE THE PROGRAMME 29

Whitney Achieng Okumu, Uganda University of Johannesburg, BA Honours in Urban Studies Whitney is a travel consultant and the Founding Director of Girls Tomorrow Initiative (GiTI) which provides training on menstrual hygiene management, health rights and community development. She is a 2019 Obama Foundation Africa Leader, a 2017 Mandela Washington Fellow and a 2018 Uganda Women4Women National Award Winner. Nuvika Pillay, South Africa University of Cape Town, Masters in Applied Economics Nuvika was awarded the Klaus-Jürgen Bathe Leadership Scholarship for students with outstanding leadership qualities and a strong sense of social justice. Nuvika has attended the Global Youth Leaders Conference and acted as a director of The Consulting Academy Cape Town. She also served on the executive of Phaphama SEDI, a student- run organisation that works with entrepreneurs from Cape Town’s informal economy. Nuvika dreams of social justice and economic inclusion. Jason Muyumba, Congo University of Cape Town, BCom Hons Economics Jason is a passionate African who draws inspiration from the meaning of his name, “healer”. His research essay on the attractiveness of South Africa’s investment ecosystem placed second nationally in the undergraduate category in the annual Budget Speech Competition. He is passionate about gender, immigrant rights, youth and intersectional activism. Ntebogang Segone, South Africa University of Cape Town, MCom in Risk Management of Financial Markets Ntebogang wants to become a socially responsible leader through implementing innovative solutions to South Africa’s challenges. He served as the Transformation & Social Responsiveness Chair of the SRC at UCT. He was the ambassador of the Northern Cape Province representing the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and the Department of Social Development in 2013. Mardiya Siba Yahaya, Ghana University of the Witwatersrand, Masters in Sociology Mardiya’s work as a feminist, writer and a digital development consultant focuses on the study of digital media from a gender, governance and development perspective. She is investigating digital surveillance and its influence on Muslim women’s socio-cultural and economic participation on the internet. Mardiya curates artistic social awareness initiatives and writes articles on gender-based violence. 30 M E E T T H E C L A S S O F 2 0 2 1

MEET THE CLASS OF 2021 Savannah Steyn, South Africa University of Cape Town, MA Applied Drama and Theatre Studies Savannah is a passionate storyteller, curious and dedicated to serving others through the arts. She has worked with Oxfam and others from UCT in Forum Theatre projects addressing and interrogating the consequences of climate change in Af rican communities. Savannah also works with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities at the Oasis Association Home group. Andrea Tonelli, South Africa University of Cape Town, MSc Med Biomaterials Andrea became a Clinician-Scientist because of his love of people, science and the prospect of advancing knowledge that may one day save lives. Andrea has served in leadership roles including as the Founding Chairperson for the Preclinical Society at the Faculty of Health Science. Andrea hopes to one day build effective cardiovascular surgery programmes in low resource settings. VULNERABILITY IS NOT THE SAME AS WEAKNESS: ON THE BENEFITS OF OPENING UP My year in residence was honestly a dream come true, even though COVID-19 impacted some parts of the year and we endured hard lockdowns. We persevered and made the most of our time as the Class of 2021. My key takeaways from my year in residence were: Do not fear vulnerability. The world conditions us our learning journey, we visited the Willow to not share our problems and our fears because Arts Collective, an organisation that helps and they are viewed as weakness. However, I made it accommodates homeless foreign nationals. We one of my aims to be fully vulnerable and share my spent the day with the people there and learnt truth. From our first in-person gathering I shared a great deal. It was encouraging to see how my story of who I am, what I have achieved and people supported each other through farming what I have gone through as a disabled young and other means, showing the power of common man. Painful as it was, it helped me form genuine good when people come together and unite. We relationships. During the year I shared with my assisted by donating some money towards the classmates, I was fundraising for my next pair collection of refuse at their location. of prosthetic legs. The assistance I received in spreading the word about my Go-Fund-Me page Camaraderie. Genuine effort was required to was heartwarming and some even contributed make friends and to stay in contact despite not towards the purchase. Eventually I raised enough being able to meet in person most of the time. funds to purchase the legs; this was a lesson in the I still was able to make amazing friends and power of opening up. enjoy their company. The power of common good. I was part of - Nathanael Manjoro an amazing pod group of five members. For (Zimbabwe & UCT, 2021) INSIDE THE PROGRAMME 31

TACKLING INTRACTABLE SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE SECOND-YEAR PROGRAMME This year our second-year scholars were tasked with coming up with viable interventions to some very difficult social problems identified by our partner organisation UN Women. Working in three interdisciplinary groups, they developed creative, innovative and robust ideas. PROJECT PHAKAMA: UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF “LOST” YOUTH THROUGH SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ▲ Top row: Koaile Monaheng and Eduard Beukman Bottom row: Gideon Basson, Merlyn Nkomo and Delecia Davids The problem: youth that are not in employment, education or training (NEET) The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights commits signatory countries to adopting measures to give effect to the peoples’ rights to development, work, education, social security, non- discrimination and equality, and human dignity. In addition, the Maputo Protocol was created to codify the human rights of African women and to ensure that these are “promoted, realised and 32 S E C O N D - Y E A R P R O G R A M M E S C H O L A R P R O J E C T S

SECOND-YEAR PROGRAMME SCHOLAR PROJECTS protected”. The Maputo Protocol establishes for the conceptualisation and implementation that women have the right to education of service and development programmes will and training that stresses equal access and ensure that these programmes do not infringe on opportunity in terms of employment. human rights. Through Project Phakama, we aim to utilise positive youth development approaches These ideals are in stark contrast to the vast and present youth as actors with agency that number of people, particularly young girls and contribute to their own development. women, that are neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET) in the countries of The team behind Project Phakama has been the Southern African Customs Union (Botswana, invited to contribute to a convening on the Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa). topic as part of a larger project currently being For example, in South Africa the NEET rate in run by UN Women. 2020 was 44%. More than half of people who were NEET were women, and the majority were under 35 years of age. (Department of Higher Education, 2021). Although job creation and opportunities for youth are a top priority for these countries, progress has not been made quickly enough. Interventions have aimed at increasing youth employability instead of job creation, capacity building, skills development and retention rates. Proposed intervention: a model for developing national service programmes Project Phakama, meaning “rise up” focuses on creating a large-scale programme to return people in NEET to the education and employment system on a voluntary basis. It develops an integrated policy, design and stakeholder mapping process for service and development programmes. These programmes would be based on models related to national civilian services. A key aspect of the project is to situate the policy, design and stakeholder mapping within existing youth development policy environments. We aim to ensure that their objectives, principles and values are aligned, securing a buy-in from stakeholders. Importantly, Project Phakama is rooted in regional human rights commitments as a credible accountability tool for participants. We hope that our participatory human rights model INSIDE THE PROGRAMME 33

UNPAID WORKERS UNION PROTECTING VULNERABLE WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR ▲ Top row: Gamuchirai Mudehwe, Rimbilana Shingange Bottom row: Mary Kgabi, Sarah Weirich, Elliot Jaudz The problem: lack of social protection for informal workers Women are more likely than men to work in the informal sector and many times more likely to work without pay. Global network Women In Informal Employment Globalising and Organising (WIEGO) defines the informal economy as the diversified set of economic activities, enterprises, jobs, and workers that are not regulated or protected by the state. The concept includes wage employment in unprotected jobs. 34 S E C O N D - Y E A R P R O G R A M M E S C H O L A R P R O J E C T S

SECOND-YEAR PROGRAMME SCHOLAR PROJECTS Although the contribution of women in the characters that represent real people, whom the informal sector is commonly included in Labour audiences can relate to or at least recognise. We Force Surveys and they are recognised as hope to challenge harmful social norms, attitudes \"employed\", they do not have the benefits of those and practices, by encouraging viewers to examine who work in the formal sector, leaving them very their personal biases and behaviours, question vulnerable. How can governments in East and the status quo and empathise with others. Southern Africa expand social protection systems to ensure that women and gender minorities in By using the show as a conversation-starter at a the informal sector are included? community level, the project would aim to create awareness of the struggle of informal workers as What is social protection? a social issue, ultimately leading to pressure on decision-makers to improve social protection. The UN Development Programme defines \"social protection\" as a set of nationally owned policies and instruments that provide income support and facilitate access to goods and services by all households and individuals, at least at minimally accepted levels, to protect them from deprivation and social exclusion, particularly during periods of insufficient income, incapacity, or inability to work. The 1966 International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) – ratified by 50 African Union member states – asserts the right of everyone to social security, including the right of working mothers to social security benefits and the right to an adequate standard of living. Proposed intervention: edutainment Edutainment can create social consciousness without people feeling lectured. It also encourages discourse and social learning to take place outside of formal structures. Set in fictional yet recognisably Southern African towns and cities, we aim to create a TV show similar to Soul City or Intersexions. The show would mirror the social, health and development challenges faced by women and gender minorities in the informal sector. This project would create employment and opportunities for training as the stories would be written by informal workers in collaboration with creators in the film industry. Through TV, radio, print and social media the show aims to tell interactive, accessible stories. Each story is based on rigorously researched INSIDE THE PROGRAMME 35

PROJECT HIMILO WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT: MOVING FROM FRAMEWORKS TO PRACTICE ▲ Top row: Tatenda Gwaambuka, Fanidh Sanogo, Joshua Mirkin Bottom row: Kadria Hassan, Kennedy Mulwa, Ogheneochuko Oghenechovwen The problem: GBV persists in spite of our policies and laws Despite the many legal provisions regarding women’s empowerment and gender equality, the reality is that many of these provisions are not reflected in women’s daily lives. We focused specifically on the sub-theme of Gender-Based Violence, setting out to understand what barriers prevent action on legal provisions on GBV, as well as possible interventions. We held focus group discussions which were carefully framed by our research prompt, although the conversations were essentially held by research participants. The conversations took place in Cape Town, although some of our participants were foreign nationals or residents from other South African provinces. Our research followed a qualitative and constructive methodology (an approach to research that prioritises problem-solving). The focus groups yielded insight into barriers to empowerment. 36 S E C O N D - Y E A R P R O G R A M M E S C H O L A R P R O J E C T S

SECOND-YEAR PROGRAMME SCHOLAR PROJECTS Institutional barriers: “We should have these There is a need to improve policing both in conversations in high schools”. Participants terms of investigation and how victims are identified academic, professional and religious treated. Secondly, monitoring and evaluation of institutions as spaces that block opportunities policy responses and their impacts can increase for men and women to connect and converse accountability in the relevant departments. on a human level. Another crucial barrier is the Thirdly, academic institutions can influence lack of an efficient judicial system. social behaviour. A civic education programme could shift the narrative that GBV is a women’s Individual barriers: “These days, men feel problem and frame it as a collective issue. useless; they cannot perform their roles [as providers] anymore...men are fighting for respect”. Research participants felt confined by roles prescribed for them. Historical barriers: Imbued with misogyny, misandry, homophobia, fear and anxiety, the post-apartheid South African society struggles with dehumanising social structures that continue to mould present ways of being. Proposed interventions Focus groups We used our focus groups as a microcosm of a group intervention, which could be replicated as a broader intervention. The spaces allowed the participants to independently observe their journeys and place themselves as active dispensers and recipients of societal and cultural ideas. Participants explored GBV as a product of socialisation and gender stratifications (the unequal social rank of men and women). This intervention bordered on moral inquiry – a discussion in search of agreement on moral norms. It yielded honest, introspective and reflective resolutions from participants. This kind of dialogue can cause internal distortions to received socialisations, that can then propagate outward to challenge larger systems. Our model thus addresses the power of individuals as social reformers. Potential spaces of innovation Access to justice is one of the main obstacles encountered by survivors of GBV. The justice system is neither accessible nor victim-centred. INSIDE THE PROGRAMME 37

RESEARCH IN FOCUS Bright minds at work During their year in residence, scholars pursue Honours or Masters degrees in any field of study. We asked four scholars working on a wonderfully diverse range of projects to explain their studies in plain English. TRANSGENDER, TRANSHUMAN, UNDERSTANDING AND CONSERVING TRANSCENDENT OUR INDIGENOUS SHEEP Trans representation and queering the future in Have you ever wondered why it is important for the Wachowskis’ Sense8 and The Matrix farm animals to be reproductively efficient? Or why indigenous breeds of sheep like the Bapedi, Queer? Trans? Tired of not seeing people like you do Namaqua-Afrikaner or Zulu sheep are slowly being cool things on TV? This research paper may be for replaced by breeds like the Merino? you! This study explores the films and series made by the only mainstream transgender directors Farmers are increasingly showing preference for the (that we know of): the Wachowski sisters. While use of high-output exotic breeds over indigenous most people may not be familiar with them, their sheep. This is because although indigenous sheep work is widely known; The Matrix; V for Vendetta; are characterised as slow-growing, hardier and Cloud Atlas; Sense8. These titles have had a major disease and heat tolerant, they are less productive. impact on society's collective psyche, inspiring queer awakenings, protesting governmental My work aimed to contribute to the characterisation hierarchies, and (unintentionally) giving alt-right of these indigenous breeds. The focus was on fascists convenient idiomatic language. understanding when ram lambs of the Bapedi, Namaqua-Afrikaner and Zulu breeds attain Through the Wachowskis' works, set in worlds puberty. This was done by monitoring their almost, but not quite, like our own, this study sexual behaviour, analysing their semen and their questions what it means to create, what it means to testosterone levels from three months of age. be queer and what it means to be human. And how, The study found that Namaqua-Afrikaner ram by imagining against the problems of the present, lambs displayed sexual behaviour activity later we can imagine our way to a utopia beyond this. than Bapedi or Zulu ram lambs, suggesting that Namaqua-Afrikaners are late maturing. – Second-year scholar Elliot Jaudz Masters in English This study successfully established the age of (South Africa & RU, 2020) attainment of puberty for these indigenous breeds. It also contributed to the characterisation of these breeds that will hopefully lead to their conservation and subsequent propagation, and availability to the livestock market. – Second-year scholar Rimbilana Shingange, Masters in Science, Agriculture (South Africa & UP, 2020) 38 R E S E A R C H I N F O C U S

ACCESSING OUR DEEPLY-EMBEDDED ASPIRING TO BE DIFFERENT: HOW MINERAL RESOURCES IN EFFICIENT STORYTELLING SHAPES OUR IDEAS OF AND PRODUCTIVE WAYS THE MALE IDENTITY Advances in the mining industry have enabled The things we see and the ways in which they South African mines to extend to below 2.5km are shown to us inform our societal imagination underground. At such depths, most mines use long of what people are, including ourselves. hole stoping (LHS), a high production, bulk mining Representation in storytelling can combat method that leaves huge open voids called stopes, oppressive stereotypes about groups of people underground. Moving all the ore out of the stopes – for example showing women only as home- is a challenge which leads to longer turnaround makers or black people as criminals. times, reducing production. There has been a concerted effort in many countries My research investigates LHS performance at a to recast women in our collective imaginations deep-level gold mine. It aims to leverage knowledge from kitchen maidens to CEOs. However, the same gathered at the intersection between the mining cannot be said for men. In a country with a crisis of environment, technical excavation design elements femicide, my work aims to understand what sort and operational tactics at the mine. Working of men we are enabling, allowing and creating sequentially, my work will categorise mining through representation. Do we still valorise violent, environments into distinct zones and analyse brutal, unemotional men while representing non- existing stope data files. It will further develop violent men as weak? And how is this accomplished empirical design charts (templates generated from through various storytelling mediums? observations that are used to establish correlations between inputs and outcomes of a process). My masters research spans novels, film and TV. It These charts will inform excavation design and seeks to understand the mechanisms (for example, help in reviewing drilling and blasting practices. certain soundtracks or romantic characterisations) Completing these phases will reduce the stope that produce a society that expects and sometimes turnaround times and raise productivity. celebrates domineering and emotionally stunted men. These are the kind of men our society then The charts for the mine will be applied in similar produces. If we understand how these cultural contexts to longer-term underground operations, conceptions are created, this may allow us to creating a sustainable business process that understand how to reimagine men for themselves mines across the region can emulate. This can and for those who suffer under the “male” identity. yield higher productivity rates that in turn improve My hope is that if we show men a different way to financial metrics and attract investment into be, they may aspire to be different. deep-level mining, growing our GDP. – Ntokozo Mbokazi, – Musawenkosi Ncube, Masters in Engineering, Masters in Literature Mineral Resource Evaluation (South Africa & UJ, 2021) (Zimbabwe & WITS, 2021) INSIDE THE PROGRAMME 39

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ALUMNI AFFAIRS AT A GLANCE BUILDING ON OUR FOUNDATIONS AND LAUNCHING NEW INITIATIVES The alumni relations team looks back on an exciting year for MR Alumni affairs In 2021 we hit the ground running, preparing to MandelaRhodesConnect remains the central launch the new Äänit Prize for social impact in hub for alumni engagement. To date, 70% of all May. The prize is a wonderful complementary scholars are registered on the platform, where offering to our doctoral scholarship, providing they can find collaborators and mentors, or a further pillar of support for our alumni. recruit top talent for their organisations from We encourage alumni to apply in 2022 – both within the network. for-profits and non-profits are eligible. A 2021 thought leadership highlight was our Our events calendar was once again disrupted annual Africa Day webinar, which explored an by COVID-19. Our annual Mandela Day alumni issue that affects us all: the food system. Alumni event was hosted virtually. Poet Lebo Mashile joined experts for a fascinating conversation; gave alumni a keynote address on Nelson see the highlights on page 48. Alumni also Mandela’s legacy in divided times, which was offered their perspectives on important issues a profoundly challenging clarion call to leaders. such as the 2021 The Intergovernmental Panel We hosted informal online gatherings in April on Climate Change (IPCC) Climate report and and November, offering alumni a chance to the UN Food summit on our Young African connect in small groups. Some of these groups digital platform. have remained in contact throughout the year, a model that we hope to continue to grow. Many members of our community ploughed their energy and time back into the Foundation in 2021. We thank all mentors, reviewers, speakers in workshops, and those who joined us in the waiting room to calm the nerves of the aspirant Class of 2022 Mandela Rhodes Scholars during their interviews in October. We look forward to continuing to build and strengthen our community in 2022. We value our ongoing relationships with alumni and view alumni as key stakeholders of the MRF. In 2021 we worked to develop a set of guidelines to clarify what alumni can expect from the MRF and vice versa. The guidelines were approved by the Board of Trustees in June and circulated in September. For more information, see page 62 or view the guidelines in full on our website. 42 A L U M N I A F F A I R S A T A G L A N C E

April 18 May 25 May 18 July 23 October Launch of virtual Launch of the Africa Day Dibana for Madiba: Äänit Prize awards Webinar: Africa’s alumni avent ceremony alumni small groups Äänit Prize food systems Alumni gathered The inaugural awards Alumni were provided The MRF’s newest Our second annual online for an intimate evening was a hybrid a space to connect alumni offering Africa Day webinar engagement with event. It offered with one another provides financial offered a platform poet and performer alumni an opportunity informally to further support to socially for alumni thought Lebo Mashile. Her to join virtually and their leadership impactful ventures leadership. Alumni keynote on Mandela’s network with the journeys, determining run by alumni of the shared their expertise legacy in a divided finalists, judges and their own agendas Mandela Rhodes and with experts from key world was particularly entrepreneurially to foster connection Rhodes Scholarships. sectors in a dialogue timely against the minded alumni before and growth. This catalytic new on the urgent call backdrop of the July the official ceremony, initiative aims to to transform Africa’s civil unrest in South streamed via YouTube, increase the impact food systems. We Africa. Her speech kicked off. of our alumni. were joined by was followed by a participants from 15 Q&A with alumni. African countries. 24 November 70% 227 Year-end social OF ALUMNI ALUMNI We closed off the year ARE ON JOINED with a fun, engaging EVENTS event co-hosted by MRC IN 2021 alumni pod members, aiming to welcome new alumni to the community. Participants moved between a games room, a current affairs discussion, and an informal room. Alumni left feeling connected and energised. ALUMNI AFFAIRS 43

ÄÄNIT PRIZE MEET THE FINALISTS 59 7 APPLICATIONS FINALISTS 1 WINNER (44 MANDELA RHODES AND 15 RHODES) ADOVveArNtCheINyGeaArsLmUaMnNy IMIaMnPdeAlaCTRhaodes ESETHU CENGA: REWOVEN, “TURNING WASTE INTO FABRIC AND Scholars and stakeholders have wished for FIXING FAST FASHION” [WINNER] Ovearwthaey yteoaprsromviadneyfiMnaanncdiaelasuRphpoodretsfoSrchthoelars andbrislltiaankteidheoalds,eorgsahnaisvaetiownsisahneddinftoerrveantwioanys to Every second, the equivalent of a rubbish truck protvhiadte ofiunranalcuiaml nsui papreordtrfiovirntgh.eInbr2il0lia22nttihdiseas, load of clothes is burnt or buried in landfill. The orgbaenciasamtieoansreaanldityinwtiethrvtehnetiaonnnsotuhnacteomurenaltuomf ni clothing industry is one of the most polluting arethderiÄviänngit. PInriz2e0f2o2r stohcisiabl iemcpaamcet. a reality with in the world, generating 90 million tons of the announcement of the Äänit Prize for social waste annually, of which only 1% is recycled. Vast amounts of textile waste is generated in impTaHcEt. ÄÄNIT PRIZE IN FOUR FACTS: the production process, and the majority of all clothing waste is dumped in Africa. Rewoven TH• EItÄisÄNopIeTnPtRo IfZoEr-pINrofFitOaUndR nFoAnC-pTroSf:it aims to tackle this challenge through textile recycling. Rewoven diverts textile waste from ventures landfill by collecting it from source and recycling 1. It•i sItopiseonpteonfotor-pveronftiut raensdant oanll -sptraogfeitsv, efrnotmures it into new fabric through a manufacturing 2. It isidoepaesntotoexviestnintugriensitaiattaivllesstages, from ideas process that uses 99% less water and 50% less CO2 emissions. This fabric has the same look t•o Veexinsttuinregsinmituiastivbeesdriving positive social and quality as fabric made from virgin fibres. In 3. Veinmtupraecst inm1u0skteybaeredarsiving positive social addition to cleaning up the clothing industry, the labour-intensive textile recycling process im• Tphaectminai1n0 akpepylaicraenats must be a Mandela provides an opportunity to create jobs. This 4.TheRhmodaeins aSpcphloiclaarntormuRshtodbees aScMhaonladrela is significant in the context of South Africa’s unemployment crisis. Rhofrdoems S2c0h0o5laornowr Rarhdosd, ewshSochisolaarfofruonmde2r0, 05 onwcoa-rfdosu,nwdehro, oisr amfeomunbdeer ro, fcot-hfeousnedneiorr, or “Rewoven’s solution has the potential to revive melemabdersohfipthteasmenior leadership team and innovate the local clothing industry – an industry inextricably linked to job creation in SchTohlearsfiarsntdr1u5nf rofmthRehopdreizseScwhaoslaars,garnedatwe a sector where women make up 75% of the werseucdceelisgsh. tWede breyctehiveerdan5g9eaapnpdlicqautiaolnitsy: o4f4the labour force.” venftruormesM. FaeneddeblaaRckhofrdoems Sscthaokleahrsoaldnedrs15wfraosmvery posRithivoedeosveSrcahll,oalanrds, tahnedpwriezewgeerenedrealtiegdhtwedarm – Co-founder Esethu Cenga, South African mebdyiatchoevrearanggee oanndnaqtiuoanlaitlyToVfatnhde rvaedniotu, aressw. ell Mandela Rhodes Scholar and entrepreneur as CFNeBedCbAafrcikca.fWroemhospteaktheihs owlidllelerasdwtoaasddveitrioynal supppoosritifvoer oavlleoraf ltlh, aenfdinathlisetsp, rwizheogseeninenraotveadtive, impwaacrtmfulmveendtiuarceosvoefrfeargheoopnenfoartisoonmaleToVf Aafnrdica’s morsatddioif,fiacsuwltedlleavselCoNpmBCenAtfrcihcaa.llWenegheosp. e this will lead to additional support for all of the finalists, whose innovative, impactful ventures offer hope for some of Africa’s most difficult development challenges. 44 Ä Ä N I T P R I Z E : M E E T T H E F I N A L I S T S