Nosizwe Sigwane

Nosizwe Sigwane is a resolute young girl from a small village in Swaziland called Maphungwane. She has one year of experience in the banking sector, as her first job was working for Swazibank in Swaziland. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in statistics, from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, as numbers are her passion. Nosizwe is currently the program assistant for Innovation, Science and Technology for the African Union at AOSTI in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. She is the co-founder of a youth cooperative called Lihlahlandlela (paving the way) society PTY LTD, which focuses on food security, sustainability of the environment and business consultancy. Nosizwe is passionate about education and gives career guidance to less privileged children. Her dream is to go as far as supporting these children financially in their future academic endeavors. With the skills she will gain from the Mandela Washington Fellowship, she will assist her organization in sustainable entrepreneurial projects in agriculture, block yard and packaging of raw materials.