December 3, 2022
10:00am – 1:00pm SAST
(UTC +2hrs)
UKZN, KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
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The globally renowned TEDx Talks are coming to your local community. Join us and be part of this exciting event featuring talks from our local talented youth.
TEDxYouth @summerveld in partnership with University of KwaZulu-Natal, invites you to the inaugural Born Yesterday themed Tedx Youth event.
Come listen to how we can change the face of Science by Virology PhD student Zakithi Mkhize. Learn about the power of Oral Communication with Stanford student Joshua Jankelow and hear many other interesting youth perspectives.
Student at Stanford
Joshua is a student at Stanford University double-majoring in Economics and Political Science. At Stanford, he is furthering his passion for oratory in his capacity as an Oral Communications Tutor and Workshop Specialist with the Hume Center for Writing and Speaking. In addition to his love of public speaking, he is passionate about faith, finance, politics and drama. In addition to serving on the boards of several Jewish Student organizations, he is the Financial Officer of the Stanford Blyth Fund, a student run investment club with approximately $230000 AUM. After being elected to the Stanford Undergraduate Senate, he was subsequently nominated and confirmed as a judge on the Stanford Constitutional Council. Taking his student government experience further, he spent his recent summer working in corporate legal research and campaign consulting and he celebrates his creative side by acting for The Stanford Shakespeare Company.
Student
Ndabenhle Shozi goes to St John’s College. He enjoys spending time with family and friends, and plays basketball and football. He is passionate about basketball as well as making a positive change in the world.
Senior IT Manager
Refilwe has an Honours in Economics and a Degree in Management and Economics. She is in constant pursuit of self-development and living a life of mindfulness. Refilwe is outspoken and passionate about Inclusion and Gender Equality. She is currently the Chairperson of the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee at Massmart and was formerly Chairperson of the Massmart Women in Leadership Council. In her free time Refilwe enjoys hiking with friends and exploring new and exciting restaurants with her husband.
Entrepreneur & Ordinary Super-mom
I hold a Bachelor of Social Science and am an Entrepreneur with extensive experience in marketing management and key account relationship management. I am currently the owner of a small clothing line and prior to this, I worked within the events management space. I founded and run a passion project called: “Hello Miss Amazing” which is a ‘safe space’ for women to gather, chat and lunch while tackling matters of the heart, including mental health matters.
I love people upliftment and out-reach. I love inspiring hope and spreading love as far and as wide as I can. Through various means and community collaborations I’ve hosted grooming and skills training sessions for previously disadvantaged women. I partnered with a retired teacher to run extra English and Maths classes for school-going kids of various ages to improve their performance in school.
I’m a self-starter. My motivations, thinking and way of life are inspired by my constant pursuit of knowledge and wisdom and deeply rooted in faith. I am also a wife to an incredibly compassionate, hardworking man and a proud mother of two colourful individuals. The presence of these three humans in my life has shifted and transformed me in the most beautifully unimaginable ways.
Conservation activist
Sibusiso Zulu is an active ambassador of the Creative and Social Change program. The coordinator of Youth Content Collect, the founder of the Sneakers 4 Change and Swyft Lab. Passionate about creating opportunities for youth with sustainable approach. He is the 2022 Mial and in the Guardian Top 200 Youth Africans. He won social enterprises and community impact initiatives awards. The Global Youth Innovators, Impact Makers and Creators Lead SA Youth Hero just to mention a few.
PhD Student in Medicine (Virology)
I am a young aspiring scientist who wishes to make a difference in the world and especially the well-being of people through science. I believe young people like myself hold the keys to innovative and unique ideas to solve existing problems. I am passionate about science and I am hard working, ambitious and a fast learner. I am also keen on mentoring young people and providing a platform to engage, motivating and inspiring the upcoming generation of scientists.
PhD student in Botany
Kaylan Reddy started his academic career in Gauteng after completing his BSc in Biochemistry and Chemistry at the University of Pretoria as a first-generation university student. He continued to pursue his dream of becoming a scientist and got an internship in India, at a drug development company researching drugs against HIV and Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. He returned to South Africa to continue his studies in an Honors (cum laude) in Medicinal Plant Science where he investigated South African plants that may have sedative and anxiolytic activity. He then moved to Stellenbosch University to pursue his MSc in Botany, investigating the medicinally important plant genus, Sceletium. The study aimed to investigate the chemical and genetic diversity of plants that may assist with mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression. The MSc was upgraded to a PhD, which he is currently completing. He has won multiple local and international awards for science communication.
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