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Personal Experience
He is the Founding Director of the Innovation & Research Commercialization Agency – IRCA which is central to commercializing research-based IP is research and academic institutions across South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. He is a business development, commercialization and strategy consultant and provides business mentorship and coaching through the Impact Hub SA, SAB Foundation, Innovation Edge, DUT Innobiz, Nedbank, BASA, TIA, ADHE and Further Impact.
He also sits in various executive and advisory boards including EDHE, SAB Foundation, Kusini Water and Technovera. Zakheni is a Mandela Washington Fellow, Graduate of the Branson Centre SA advanced business program, A member of Sir Richard Branson’s Disrupting for Good leadership gathering on Necker Island. Named one of Mzansi’s top 100 Young Independents and disruptive entrepreneurs and Destiny Mans top 30 Young Achievers and Top 40 under 40 industry leaders and innovators in South Africa.
Professional Skills
Community Development Roles
Business Coach & Strategy Consultant – SAB Foundation, Coach and Business Strategist – Further Impact, Chief Strategy Officer – Kusini Water, Resident Coach, Adjudicator and Advisory Board Member – EDHE, Resident Entrepreneur and Business Mentor – YGap, Business Coach & Mentor – Nedbank. Business Mentor – DUT Innobiz.
Career Background
Zakheni is an award-winning Social Entrepreneur, and a seasoned Business Coach & Mentor, He presides as the President of The Blankett Technologies Group and Founder and Former CEO of Syafunda and Kelo Digital Libraries responsible for creating the biggest library of curriculum aligned digital content for maths and science in 4 local languages with reaching over 2000 schools.
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