Financial literacy facilitator at Grounded Media

Darren is an experienced financial education facilitator with over five years’ experience. He has facilitated on the ASISA Foundation’s L+EARN programme since 2018 and has trained at various tertiary institutions in Gauteng and the Eastern Cape.

Managing Director at Themba Kuthi Staffing Services

She holds a B.Com HR & Business Management, and a National Diploma In HRM. Olivia Ngweni is a founder and managing director of the national human resources management and development company called Thembela Kuthi Staffing Services (TKSS) since 2013, and part of the CEI team since 2016 as the facilitator of various business programmes.

She is also a facilitator and coach on the ASISA Foundation’s FLAME programme.

A professional dancer will be talking about his journey as an entertainment artist

Gregory Maqoma started his formal dance training in 1990 at Moving Into Dance. He became the Associate Artistic Director in 2002. Maqoma has established himself as an internationally renowned dancer, choreographer, teacher and director. He founded Vuyani Dance Theatre (VDT) in 1999. He received the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Dance in 2002. In 2017 Maqoma was honoured by the French Government with the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Arts & Literature) award. In 2020 Maqoma was honoured by the International Theatre Institute in partnership with UNESCO to be the author of the prestigious International Dance Day Message.

Watch the below interview with Gregory: 

Entertainment lawyer and executive officer of the South African Screen Federation (SASFED).

A Fulbright scholar with an LLM from UCLA, Unathi’s work has been in the creative industries (she has worked as an entertainment lawyer and then as a creative industries consultant) and has spanned across a variety of platforms and territories leading to a full understanding of various media platforms and their most effective uses. Her vast professional experience includes speaking at a World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Seminar; rendering commercial or production legal advice for the African Union, AFCON and 2010 FIFA World Cup Ceremonies, and working on the Lion King Theatrical and international co-productions motion pictures such as Blood Diamond.

Certified financial planner, business accountant and certified life coach

Barbara is an enthusiastic speaker and educator who believes that financial planning by ethical and professional financial planners has the power to change lives. She is dedicated to the continued professional development of financial planners and assisting them to create client-centric ecosystems that will enable consumers to make better financial decisions. As director of Barbara Mundell Consult (Pty) Ltd she has made it her mission to assist stakeholders in the financial planning profession to enhance the service they provide to their clients.

Barbara holds a B.Com Finance and B.Com Honours in Financial Planning from the University of Johannesburg and an Advanced Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning from the University of the Free State. 

Author of the Money Wit and Business Money Wit books and Owner of Money Wit Financial Wellness.

Nola started her career in marketing but was exposed to finances through her job in a company that sold customised financial software to corporate clients. She started her own company, Capstan Financial Solutions, in 2007. She wanted to work with SMMEs and envisaged her company as something more than a service provider. Instead, she wanted to partner with clients, working closely with them to implement systems and strategies that would help them grow and sustain their businesses. The inspiration for writing her books stemmed from over 27 years of acquired industry experience as well as practical hands-on experience and her interactions with clients. Although Nola eschews the stereotype of the "grey accountant", she lives by her philosophy of sound money management. Nola is a BAP (SA), Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute of South Africa, as well as an independent reviewer and tax practitioner.