Nketso Gaona Tlhasana

Gaona is a broadcast journalist who has worked for the Department of Broadcasting Services for eight years. She is a radio and TV journalist, hosting a mid-morning show on RB2 called “Urban Flavas” and serving as the co-host of the BTV breakfast show. She also mentors and empowers youth and as part of her “Urban Flava’s” show, she has a feature called “The Business Factory” aimed at serving as a platform for young entrepreneurs to showcase their crafts and interact with more established business people. Gaona is currently part of an anti smoking campaign for teenage girls championed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in partnership with Dialogue Saatchi and Saatchi Botswana. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications and Media Studies from Monash University, South Africa. Upon her return from the Washington Fellowship program, she would like to continue to avidly work with youth entrepreneurs through diverse media outlets and initiatives such as the Glam Divas Botswana, a women and girls empowerment program that seeks to inspire and inform women and girls with entrepreneurial skills.