1000 African Voices

This episode features Ntombenhle Khathwane, a South African entrepreneur and founder of Afrobotanics and Girl Boss SA. Ntombenhle Khathwane graduated from university in the late 1990s with a mission to rewrite the African narrative. She started as a government employee but her hopes and dreams were always bigger. She wanted to make a bigger contribution and so she ultimately started her own company. Ntombenhle grew up in the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. She wants to contribute to the creation and re-imagining of Africa and the African identity and growing an inclusive economy through creating, manufacturing and retailing African-inspired consumer brands in the beauty and household sectors. Skilled in strategy, brand building, marketing and business development. In 2012 she was in the first cohort of the Goldman Sachs-GIBS 10,000 Women Programme.She was named Destiny Magazine 40 Trailblazers in 2011. In 2014 she was accepted into the Archbishop Tutu-Oxford University Leadership Fellowship. In 2015 s