Guest: Pie-Pacifique Kabalira Uwase, Director of PEM Afurika]

 Rwanda & University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2006

Rwandan born Pie-Pacifique left his home during the genocide at 14years to safety in Canada, he later found refuge in a country he now calls his home, South Africa, where he settled in Kwa-Zulu- Natal. He is currently the Head of the Foundation for Professional Development Business School. This evening in reflection of the 30 years since the Rwandan genocide and 30 years of democracy in South Africa he’ll be zooming in on ‘how a country can rebuild and be part of the global community’

Guest 1: Prof Siphamandla Zondi - Professor of politics and international relations and the Director of the Institute for Pan African Thought and Conversation University of Johannesburg.

• How did South Africa clean up its image and boost international relations after the apartheid era.

Guest 2: Daniel Oparison is a brand and business Growth Strategist with key focus areas in Strategic Leadership, Operations & Culture, Value Creation & Value Chain Innovation.

Daniel leverages over a decade of experience in Advertising, Digital Strategy, Brand management, and human-centered, Consumer Experience design to establish sustainable growth for businesses.

Daniel is currently the Head of Growth at Paga - covering Brand Strategy, Integrated Marketing, Consumer sales, Business Intelligence, and Consumer Experience.

(Paga is an emerging markets mobile money and payments company in Nigeria, Ethiopia and launching in Mexico soon.)