Projects

  • DigsConnect.com is the largest student accommodation and coliving platform on the African continent. I founded the company when I was 24.

  • The NYDA is a South African government agency. I am a director on the board.

  • Pharos Fund is a London and Cape Town based venture capital fund, venture studio and startup consultancy. We are actively investing in startups.

  • 1M4D was a Youth Voter Registration Campaign run with the NYDA between September 2023 and the close of voter registration on 23 February 2024.

    The goal was to get 1 million young South Africans registered to vote for the 2024 South African national election.

    Working with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) we achieved 1.6 million new young voters registered, and the campaign was a resounding success.

  • At 28 I was given a book deal by NB Publishers. My book Upstart was published on 28 February 2024. It is currently ranked at number 8 on the national bestsellers list.

  • The Aviation Club is my newsletter.

  • The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative, now called UVU Africa, is a non-profit organisation, that drives inclusive growth of the digital economy in Africa through business incubation, acceleration, skills development and by creating specialised innovation clusters across the continent.

    I was a director on the board from 2020 to 2021.

  • I've represented South Africa as a delegate at G20, COP28 and BRICS. I took part in a UNDP strategy lab, which resulted in the creation of Pharos Fund.

  • Masterclass for MBA students at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business.

  • In 2019, I ran a year long charitable project with a team of six, overseen by the Premier of the Western Cape, which was a series of digital literacy and entrepreneurship courses at libraries in the Cape Flats.

  • This is my YouTube masterclass, available on my YouTube channel.