Lydia Zingoni

FOUNDER/DIRECTOR

Lydia holds several degrees in Economic History, Information management, and marketing. She has worked for several years as an Information specialist in The United Kingdom, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Her last corporate job as CPUT Libraries Director, exposed her to the business formation needs of potential young entrepreneurs. Lydia, has run several businesses of her own in book trade, business information directories, free advertising papers, to internet cafes. Her passion has been and still is to instil the young minds to a culture of entrepreneurship.

SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation was formed purely as a channel for the cultivation and promotion of an entrepreneurial culture in all our teens in South Africa and beyond. To date there are 18,5 million Teens in South Africa out of a total population of 49 Million people. Therefore Teenagers represent more than a third of the nation’s population. Through SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation Lydia’s dream is creating entrepreneurial programs, competitions and networks that will penetrate to teenagers into all provinces.

Nadia Snyders

OFFICE/ADMIN SUPPORT

Nadia holds the position of administrative assistant in the SA Teen Entrepreneur office.  She started with the company in April 2012, and continues to fulfil a number of critical functions within the organisation.  Apart from a traffic/project management role to ensure the smooth running of a number of Teen Entrepreneur’s bigger projects and programmes, Nadia is the essential link between the SA Teen office, the Teacher Champions, and young entrepreneurs who make up our societies.

Jack Shiels

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Jack is currently studying Information Systems at UCT, and is part of the team to take our digital platform to completion.  He is developing a web-based Learning Management System in order that we may reach more young people across the country and the Continent with our entrepreneurship content.  Jack has always worked with computers, and has published several video games on a variety of mobile and desktop platforms, until he started applying his extensive experience to commerce through his studies.

He has been accepted to study his Masters at the prestigious University College London (UCL), one of the world’s top computer science institutions.

Jonathan Smuts

SOCIAL MEDIA LIAISON

Jonathan holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing and Communication from the Red & Yellow Creative School of Business.  As a communicator, he places high value on creating safe spaces for open dialogue and discussion.  Jonathan manages Teen Entrepreneur’s social media platforms.

Delmaine Viret

PHOTOGRAPHER

The owner of Mainframe Photography, Delmaine specialises in corporate and private events, and is responsible for capturing a collection of images for all Teen Entrepreneur’s events and activities.  A full-time photographer, who started her professional career in 2015, Delmaine enjoys capturing images in real-time, and loves working with young people, mentoring those who show a keen interest in photography.

Nic Black

CREATIVE DESIGN

Nic Black runs NB Media, a print and website design agency that believes your business’s design matters.  For the past 18 years he has been helping small businesses around the world improve their branding and presence, and has been part of the SA Teen Entrepreneur team since 2010.  His services include the design of all communications/marketing collateral, to include logos, websites, business cards, flyers, brochures, advertising campaigns, magazines, books, email newsletters, and promotional material.

OUR TRAINERS

Bruce Wade

Often seen as the person to go where others would fear to tread, Bruce Wade is a true Entrepreneur, visionary and leader with a host of ideas and implemented solutions in his wake.

Bruce comes from a varied background of Merchant Naval Officer, Computer Geek, Process Re-engineer and more recently Coach, Speaker and Author. Having left the corporate world in 1998 Bruce has carved out a niche in the market through the Entrepreneur Incubator & Academy allowing him to fully express his talents and strengths.

Peter Greenwall

Peter Greenwall comes from the Rock ‘n Roll world of composing original scores for conferences and events e.g. Miss World beauty Pageants, World Cup Opening Ceremonies and Off West End Musicals.  After sitting through countless boring conferences,  the missing link between keynote speaker (death by powerpoint)  and corporate entertainment (nothing to do with business issues) became obvious.

Corporate Cabaret dealing with business issues!  More specifically – Multimedia musical stand-up comedy presentations about innovation,  customised to suit each specific audience.

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OUR TRUSTEES

Nathi Mbele

I am a founder and Executive Director at AdNotes, a media and communications agency that specializes in providing broad-based and targeted access to mass-market consumers throughout Africa. In its pursuit of organic and acquisition growth, AdNotes has acquired interests in other industries like Education, Textile, and Information Communication Technology (ICT).

I also serve as a trustee on the South Africa Teen Entrepreneur Board, Founding member of the Foundation for South African Business and Consumer Services (FABCOS) Youth Desk, member of the Kwa-Zulu Natal Business Chambers Council, World Economic Forum Global Shaper Durban Hub. and a Power of Youth fellow.