Projects

DigsConnect.com is the largest student accommodation and coliving platform on the African continent. I am CEO, Cofounder and Head of Product.

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

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.

Upstart, published by NB Publishers in February 2024, is my second book, and tells the story of how we built DigsConnect.

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.

Pharos Fund is a London based venture capital fund that focuses on biotech and healthtech. I am the founder and managing director.

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.

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