Certified Financial Planner

Mulalo is a highly qualified financial planner with a BCom in Financial Accounting from UCT and, most importantly for those of us trying to plan our spending - a Post graduate Diploma in Financial planning from Milpark Education. Her passion is taking financial inclusion to communities to support improved money habits. Mulalo is a certified financial planner and a member of the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPI).

Featured in webinar 1: Budgeting 

Student and entrepreneur

Musa is a post-graduate student and as an entrepreneur, is the brains behind “Disktjie” – a South African soccer boot brand with innovative features. Musa is someone who has managed his finances wisely all his life and can talk from first hand experience about the opportunities that arise when you manage to save.

Featured in webinar 1: Budgeting and Webinar 7: Entrepreneurship

Zwannda Nana Rasiwela from Vuwani, Limpopo has a BSC in Mining Engineering from Wits university. She has been employed for 4 years and is currently working as an Aftermarket Solution Consultant in a heavy equipment industry. 

Zwannda loves travelling and through her work has visited more than 15 countries  including France, Germany, Switzerland, China, Japan, Indonesia, USA,  Canada, Zambia and Mozambique. She briefly lived in Singapore. As a financial enthusiast, she shares her personal savings and investment journey on her YouTube channel “Zwannda Nana” which focuses on money management and aims to inspire financial independence in young adults.

Featured in webinar 2: Saving and Investing

Tsungai Masendeke is a certified financial planner and a wealth coach by profession.  She is passionate about financial literacy and inclusion.  She believes financial literacy is a must in order to foster financial inclusion. 

Tsungai is a renowned speaker and panellist.   She runs an investment property company as well as a financial planning practice.  She is a proud mother of two beautiful daughters and enjoys cooking and hosting guests when she is not looking for opportunities to invest on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Tsungai is also the founder of Moms and Money which is a women empowerment initiative designed to help moms with the tools, resources and strategies they need to create multiple streams of income with the aim of leaving a sustainable wealth legacy.

Featured in webinar 2: Saving and Investing & webinar 8: Side Hustle 

Imran is an Actuary in the reinsurance space. His experience spans global markets including South Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. As a cryptocurrency enthusiast, he has published articles on Bitcoin in a variety of industry publications. He is a regular speaker at conferences and has appeared on radio and television. Imran is also a contributor to a textbook on cryptocurrency-related technologies, Mastering the Lightning Network.

You can read Imran’s writings on www.imranlorgat.com

Featured in webinar 3: Investing Part Two

Sydney Sekese is currently the Senior Investment Specialist at Old Mutual Corporate. He is a Certified Financial Planner who sits on the Financial Planning Institute (FPI) Employee Benefits Competency Committee. He is a sought-after public speaker, writes regular investment articles for the FPI, and his insights and expertise are often requested by the media. He was the recipient of the 2016 FPI media award, is a former member of the Toastmasters Club and he serves as a committee member of the Old Mutual Staff Retirement Fund.

Featured in webinar 3: Investing Part Two 

Thembisa Luthuli is a Certified Financial Planner with a Diploma in Financial Coaching with more than eight years experience. She is a Principal Wealth Advisor of the PSG Wealth | Westville Branch, and  a lecturer at the University of KwaZulu Natal. She is passionate about empowering individuals to better manage their finances and build. Thembisa is a member of the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa.

Featured in webinar 4: Credit

Tshepiso Ramotsehoa is a leadership coach and activator at Tsheto Leadership and Coaching Academy. Tshepiso is leadership coach in the consciousness coaching space.    Her focus is training employees to bring value to their work and to focus on growing, learning and being game-changing professionals who remain globally competitive.   Tshepiso trained as a coach through Creative Consciousness International and is qualified as a Motivational Maps Practitioner.  Her career highlights include having represented South Africa at global leadership platforms such as   One  Young World and being selected one of South Africa’s  100 brightest young minds.

Featured in webinar 5 - Work Readiness

Kudzai Mbele is a Tax and Accounting intern at Standard Trust Limited, an intermediary in the financial and fiduciary services industry. She has recently completed her Bachelor of Commerce in Finance with the University of Johannesburg and currently studying towards a Professional Certificate in the administration of Tax, Trusts and Estates. Kudzai is very passionate about Finance and using her acquired skills to contribute positively to the society at large.

Featured in webinar 5 - Work Readiness

Dr Mavis Mazhura, Psy.D in Leadership Psychology, 

Dr. Mavis Mazhura is an adult development and leadership psychologist, international behavioural science and performance specialist, organisational development practitioner with expertise in human dynamics in organisations. She is a multiple award-winning global training and development leader, coach and author. She has written several books including:  self-leadership, Navigating the Rapids and Waves of Life: 10 Lessons to Managing Emotions for Success; Managing Emotions for Financial Freedom and others. She is a trainer/facilitator and keynote speaker at public and private engagements. Mavis has studied and worked in the Netherlands, Zimbabwe, South Africa and the United States, so has a diversity of experience with a truly global cosmopolitan mindset.

Featured in webinar 6: Finances & Mental Health

Candice Preston is a certified financial education instructor, teacher, coach, author and entrepreneur.  She began her career in teaching in 2011 and never looked back. Candice’s desire to empower more youth led her to write a book and to create her company, Real stuff, (partnered with studytothrive.com and Money Savvy Humans) in which she helps the youth build confidence by equipping them with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in both whole brain learning methods and financial literacy. Candice is a lifelong learner herself and is passionate about human performance and how coaching can help us fulfil our greatest potential and live our happiest and fullest lives.

Featured in webinar 6: Finances & Mental Health

Owen is the Founder and Executive director of Driven Advisory (Pty) Ltd, an Innovation & development consultancy, that designs and implements enterprise development interventions supporting micro and small businesses across South Africa. He is also currently the country Business Development Services advisor for the SEED catalyser and the SEED starter/replicator programmes established by the United Nations Environment to support eco-inclusive businesses globally. Owen has experience managing a start-up accelerator focused on developing entrepreneurial intent in youth in underserved urban townships within Johannesburg. He is an Associate Tutor for the Social Enterprise Academy, a Scotland based organization accelerating the development of social enterprises in South Africa. He is also a member of the Institute of Directors Southern Africa and served as a voluntary Non-Executive Director of the Brightest Young Minds. a leadership development Non-Profit  Company.

Featured in webinar 7: Entrepreneurship 

Khayalethu is a 33-year-old young professional who works in the banking sector and has been in this sector for the past ten years. Khayalethu is also a financial education facilitator. He is passionate about talking to others about managing personal finances and developing a healthy and stable relationship with finances as he learnt this the hard way. He believes through sharing with other young people, he can make a difference. 

Featured in webinar 1: Managing your money
Featured in webinar 3: Credit and debt

Kgomotso is a Registered Financial Practitioner and member of the FPI (Financial Planning Institute). She has 19 years’ experience in the Insurance industry, she is a founder of a 100% female owned independent insurance brokerage company.

Featured in webinar 1: Managing your money
Featured in webinar 3: Credit and debt

Zanele Motau is the Managing Director at Eat Them Green Trading and Chairperson of YARD Gauteng (Youth in Agriculture and Rural Development). 

Zanele is a young person within the space of Agriculture specializing in the field of Agro -Processing. She studied at the Tshwane University of Technology, and was  then assisted by her family through savings to start the farming business in Winterveld near Mabopane.  Zanele’s business supplies food packs to local shops, schools and restaurants.

In 2017/2018, Zanele was part of the ASISA Foundation Financial Literacy and Micro Enterprise (FLAME) programme that provided personal financial literacy and business skills. 

Featured in webinar 2: Budgeting

Tshepo Kgapane is a Social entrepreneur and founder of Youth Money Circle an organisation that creates fun financial literacy events for young people. Tshepo is a financial literacy speaker, facilitator, DJ, blogger, content creator and former TV and radio presenter.

On his personal financial journey as a young person, Tshepo shares the following:

“I believe that having a teachable money spirit has helped me to successfully navigate my finances and to learn more about money. The willingness to learn, to listen, to ask, to research, to question and to translate this into positive financial habits is to have a teachable money spirit. I read a lot of personal finance books, listen to the various money shows on radio including podcasts and attend personal finance events and webinars. Using various resources, I'm on my path to achieving financial freedom which includes budgeting, spending less then I earn and exhibiting delayed gratification

I'm very cautious with credit and carefully evaluate when it is necessary to take it up. I've seen many people get sucked into the debt cycle. My biggest financial mistake was not fully understanding balloon payments and the financial implications that follow. Education was the best antidote.”

Featured in webinar 4: Investing – creating wealth