This episode features Melene Rossouw, born and raised in Cape town. She got her start as an activist early in life when she was elected into the Student Council at University. Knowing the struggles of women and girls who grew up in poverty, Melene was motivated to form and develop the Women Lead Movement, an organization whose aim is to educate, empower and inspire women to lead social change in their communities through Human Rights and Leadership training curricula.
Melene is an admitted Attorney by the High Court in South Africa; a 2018 Obama Foundation Leader: Africa; 2019 Mandela Washington Fellow and an internationally recognised Gender Rights activists by ONE Global Campaign. 
She never dreamed, when she was called a backyard dweller as a child, that she should one day be recognized throughout the world as an activist, that she would make a difference, that she would actually possess powers that could change people’s lives.
Linkedin: Melene-Rossouw
Facebook: Melene-Rossouw
Twitter: @MeleneRossouw
Instagram: @MeleneRossouw
Website: www.womenleadmovement.org

This episode features Melene Rossouw, born and raised in Cape town. She got her start as an activist early in life when she was elected into the Student Council at University. Knowing the struggles of women and girls who grew up in poverty, Melene was motivated to form and develop the Women Lead Movement, an organization whose aim is to educate, empower and inspire women to lead social change in their communities through Human Rights and Leadership training curricula. Melene is an admitted Attorney by the High Court in South Africa; a 2018 Obama Foundation Leader: Africa; 2019 Mandela Washington Fellow and an internationally recognised Gender Rights activists by ONE Global Campaign. She never dreamed, when she was called a backyard dweller as a child, that she should one day be recognized throughout the world as an activist, that she would make a difference, that she would actually possess powers that could change people’s lives. Linkedin: Melene-Rossouw Facebook: Melene-Rossouw Twitter: @MeleneRossouw Instagram: @MeleneRossouw Website: www.womenleadmovement.org

1000 African Voices is more than just a podcast. It is a project aimed at breaking down the boundaries that divide us as a people. The boundaries that divide our beautiful continent of Africa.

Over the coming years we will do this by collecting and sharing stories from all parts of Africa. Stories from our sisters in Ghana, our brothers in Nigeria, our uncles in Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. From Malawi to Cameroon, Ethiopia to Libya, Cairo to Harare we will connect with as many people as we can. Our aim is to record and publish 1000 African Voices. So we invite all fellow Africans on the continent and in the diaspora to be part of the Kuungana Africa Project.

Kuungana is a Swahili word for connect. Our task is to connect with the 1 billion inhabitants of our beautiful continent

1000 African Voices is more than just a podcast.

1000 Voices

Melene Rossouw- Gender and Human Rights Activist; Lawyer; Community Developer; Founding Director of Women Lead Movement

This episode features Avhurengwi Nengovhela - a man who dreams of an Africa without boundaries. An Africa that has a people that see themselves as one. 
Avhurengwi started the podcast 1000 African voices because, after listening to his favourite podcast, he wanted to hear the voices of Africans in podcasts. He wanted the world to know that there was much more to Africa that what is put out there. He wanted the African child to know that they are more than what other people try to make of them.
He has successfully interviewed 150 voices in different countries and different careers; others living outside their home countries, and still longing for the loving feeling of home. But each of those voices has had a different impact on him and on the audience. It is those subtle inspirational moments that have driven him thus far. It is those moments that keep Africa on his mind. And it is those moments that he enjoys sharing with the world. 
0820820873
acnengovhela@gmail.com
Website: www.1000africanvoices.com

This episode features Avhurengwi Nengovhela - a man who dreams of an Africa without boundaries. An Africa that has a people that see themselves as one. Avhurengwi started the podcast 1000 African voices because, after listening to his favourite podcast, he wanted to hear the voices of Africans in podcasts. He wanted the world to know that there was much more to Africa that what is put out there. He wanted the African child to know that they are more than what other people try to make of them. He has successfully interviewed 150 voices in different countries and different careers; others living outside their home countries, and still longing for the loving feeling of home. But each of those voices has had a different impact on him and on the audience. It is those subtle inspirational moments that have driven him thus far. It is those moments that keep Africa on his mind. And it is those moments that he enjoys sharing with the world. 0820820873 acnengovhela@gmail.com Website: www.1000africanvoices.com

Avhurengwi Nengovhela

This episode features Fadimatou Noutchemo Simo, Cameroonean who is the founder and president of Young African Aviation Professional Association, a non-profit organization that creates a platform of exchange between industries stakeholders and the next generation of aviation professionals in Africa. The aim of YAAPA is to meet up with future demand of skilled workers in the industry. Her mission being to raise awareness of aviation as a potential career, particularly in those communities which may not ordinarily be exposed to aviation. As part of YAAPA’s outreach program Fadimatou introduced the Heleta Aviation Scholarship Programme to encourage underprivileged children in rural areas of Africa to consider aviation as a future career choice. 
She is also CEO of HEFA Group, her aviation consultancy firm. Fadimatou is the winner of the IATA High Flyer Award 2019 and the Commonwealth Point of Light Award 2019, she was an international visitor leadership program alumnus in 2016. She has been selected for the Global leadership in international aviation.
Linkedin: fadimatou-noutchemo-simo
Facebook: @fadimatounoutchemo
Instagram: @fadimatou_noutchemo
Website:https://www.hefagroup.net/
https://www.yaapa54.org/

This episode features Fadimatou Noutchemo Simo, Cameroonean who is the founder and president of Young African Aviation Professional Association, a non-profit organization that creates a platform of exchange between industries stakeholders and the next generation of aviation professionals in Africa. The aim of YAAPA is to meet up with future demand of skilled workers in the industry. Her mission being to raise awareness of aviation as a potential career, particularly in those communities which may not ordinarily be exposed to aviation. As part of YAAPA’s outreach program Fadimatou introduced the Heleta Aviation Scholarship Programme to encourage underprivileged children in rural areas of Africa to consider aviation as a future career choice. She is also CEO of HEFA Group, her aviation consultancy firm. Fadimatou is the winner of the IATA High Flyer Award 2019 and the Commonwealth Point of Light Award 2019, she was an international visitor leadership program alumnus in 2016. She has been selected for the Global leadership in international aviation. Linkedin: fadimatou-noutchemo-simo Facebook: @fadimatounoutchemo Instagram: @fadimatou_noutchemo Website:https://www.hefagroup.net/ https://www.yaapa54.org/

Fadimatou Noutchemo Simo- Founder and President of YAAPA; CEO of HEFA

This episode features Tsitsi Mutendi who has been successful as a Fashion Creative director - Mucha; Media Professional (Created Zimbabwe's first Glossy Women Empowerment Magazine - Jewel Magazine Zimbabwe), and Magazine Publisher/Editor-In-Chief.
She has been dubbed the Queen of Start ups. She has always enjoyed starting new entities and watching them grow and succeed. From her experiences she became the Co-Founder of African Family Firms, the biggest African Family Business Association on the globe; Owner and Administrative Director of Montessori Primary School; Business Services Consultant at Nhaka Legacy Planning, an estate planning firm helping family businesses create lasting legacies.
The most exiting thing about Tsitsi is that she does not intend to stop improving the world any time soon. Her passion for business and her passion for people continuously inspire her to keep creating. She is a leader that will never stop leading.
Linkedin: tsitsi-mutendi
Instagram: @tsitsi_mutendi
Twitter: @TsitsiMutendi
Website: www.tsitsimutendi.com

This episode features Tsitsi Mutendi who has been successful as a Fashion Creative director - Mucha; Media Professional (Created Zimbabwe's first Glossy Women Empowerment Magazine - Jewel Magazine Zimbabwe), and Magazine Publisher/Editor-In-Chief. She has been dubbed the Queen of Start ups. She has always enjoyed starting new entities and watching them grow and succeed. From her experiences she became the Co-Founder of African Family Firms, the biggest African Family Business Association on the globe; Owner and Administrative Director of Montessori Primary School; Business Services Consultant at Nhaka Legacy Planning, an estate planning firm helping family businesses create lasting legacies. The most exiting thing about Tsitsi is that she does not intend to stop improving the world any time soon. Her passion for business and her passion for people continuously inspire her to keep creating. She is a leader that will never stop leading. Linkedin: tsitsi-mutendi Instagram: @tsitsi_mutendi Twitter: @TsitsiMutendi Website: www.tsitsimutendi.com

Melene Rossouw- Gender and Human Rights Activist; Lawyer; Community Developer; Founding Director of Women Lead Movement

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