Speakers

Dr Benita Bobo is a lecturer at the Durban University of Technology, in the Centre for General Education. Here, she teaches General Education modules using a transformative learning pedagogy.

Paleesha is a management consultant who holds an MEng in Technology and Innovation Management from the University of Pretoria where she focussed her research on exploring the relationship between tie strength and the types of knowledge transferred in a South African organisation.

Manager, Stellenbosch University Water Institute, Stellenbosch UniversityResearch Project Leader and capacity building related projects in various externally (International and local) funded research projects linked Climate Smart Agriculture in Vocational Education and Training (VET)External Moderator University of the Western Cape School of Economics and Management Sciences

Prof Wim de Villiers has been Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU) since 2015, when he joined his alma mater again after more than two decades abroad. After graduating from SU with an MBChB, he went to Oxford University for his PhD, and then to America, where he studied at Harvard and held several

George Barrett is the new Director of the British Council in South Africa where she joined the team at the end of 2022. Prior to this George worked at the British High Commission heading up the UK’s trade development portfolio for the Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique. George came to South Africa in 2008,

Quinter Onyango is a Senior Officer: Internationalisation, Marketing, and Communications at the University of the Free State. She has over eight years of experience specializing in communication, branding, marketing, and internationalisation in higher education. She is a dynamic, enthusiastic, and inventive internationalisation and communication practitioner.

Khwezi Nala Bonani is an experienced leader in the South African Higher Education sector, with 23 years of work experience. His professional experience is in the area of student support and project management.

Munashe Lesley is a purposeful business student from Zimbabwe. She is currently studying International Business at ZUYD University Of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. She is taking advantage of the opportunity to network and learn from experienced business leaders in the projects she engages in.