Bongani Celumusa Dlamini

Bongani Dlamini has been an entrepreneur for eight years in the area of IT and internet marketing. For the past four years, he has been working with young people to motivate and support them in their entrepreneurship and educational goals. Bongani Celumusa Dlamini has shared his motivational life story with thousands of young Swazis through social media, radio, and in person speeches at churches, communities, high schools and tertiary institutions. He recently co-founded TIM Group, an initiative that focuses on teaching, motivating and providing training and support to young people through education, entrepreneurship, and personal development. Bongani credits his troubled background as a major motivator for his success. Having grown up in poverty, education and entrepreneurship gave him a fighting chance. Today he shares the stage with CEOs of corporate entities. Upon completing the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Bongani plans to return to Swaziland and scale the work of TIM Group. His goal is to create a community of enterprising young people who will change the face and fate of Swaziland.