In this episode, Dr Ndaba is in conversation with Namhla Mniki who is in the quest and the forefront of women empowerment in South Africa, Africa and the world.
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Website: https://bigsisafrica.com/
Namhla Mniki is the co-Chair of the Women Economic Assembly in South Africa, a national action platform
launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa in October 2021 to create opportunities for South African women business
owners in public and private sector supply value chains.
She is also the Deputy Director General and technical lead within the Private Office of the President of the Republic
of South Africa, leading the Generation Equality Programme for Women’s Economic Empowerment. Her work
focusses on supporting The President of the Republic of South Africa to implement national, regional, and global
commitments towards women’s economic and financial inclusion.
Namhla Mniki is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with demonstrated history working in Africa and globally
promoting sustainable inclusive economic development, gender equality, good governance and leadership. Prior
to her role in the Presidency, she was Executive Director of African Monitor for 9 years, where she spearheaded
new methodologies to implement and monitor the sustainable development goals in Africa.
Ms Mniki is especially passionate about teaching women and young people to find their God-given purpose and
live out their destinies. She is the founder and Head Coach at BigSis Africa, an academy with coaching
programmes designed to equip leaders to lead boldly, authentically, and powerfully.
Ms Mniki is a trained development economist with an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, University of
Cape Town, South Africa. She also serves as an associate of the Allan Gray Centre for Value Based Leadership,
and is the Convener of the highly successful SDG Symposium South Africa.