MR KARABO BOIKANYO Co-founder and chief technology officer Reslocate
2021 Entrepreneur X Factor and the FOYA Award for Techpreneur of the Year as well as the SAIS BOOST UP Programme. Boikanyo’s work stems from understanding how stressful finding accommodation during tertiary education can be for students. With Reslocate, he aims to ensure that it’s easy and safe for young South Africans to take that step. “Because I’ve struggled with accommodation in my varsity journey, I know there are students who need a product like Reslocate to ease their stress in their first year at college.”
Karabo Boikanyo is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Reslocate, an interactive platform that connects students and property owners, streamlining the process of finding accommodation or tenants.
Boikanyo oversees the technological aspects of the company, managing the
functionality of the app as well as researching and implementing better machine learning user experience practices that refine the product. Reslocate is active throughout South Africa and Boikanyo wants it to keep growing. “I would say the ultimate vision is to scale internationally,” he explains. The app has garnered significant attention; it was a finalist in the Mavhuthu Musetsho is an entrepreneur who wishes to see the young people of South Africa achieve their dreams, so he gathered 150 young people in a WhatsApp group focused on motivating the youth to become responsible citizens. After attaining his honours degree in accounting from the University of Johannesburg, Musetsho was awarded a scholarship to the Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, and is now an MBA graduate. “Growing up as a child in rural areas, I had big dreams,” he says. “However, I never dreamed of studying overseas and being the first one in my family to acquire a “Speak, speak, and never get tired of speaking. People may not hear you but invest time and intellect to convince them to listen.” This is Mpho Buntse’s advice to others. Buntse has been an activist for the LGBTQIA+ community since 15, driven by the injustices to which people who live outside the gender binary are subjected. He writes extensively on contextualising erased histories as a way of demystifying misconceptions about the LGBTQIA+ community. At a local level, Buntse lobbies for queer-inclusive legislation and has been part of the campaign to push the passing of the Civil Union Amendment Act and the Hate
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MR MAVHUTHU MUSETSHO Junior payroll tax administrator, TMF Group
master’s degree.” As a tax administrator, Musetsho works to ensure that entities doing business in South Africa comply with the regulations of the South African Revenue Service. Musetsho’s vision to create job opportunities for the youth is what drives him to work hard, so that he can be an active participant in the economic growth and development of the country. “For a dream to come to pass, one needs to be determined, dedicated, and disciplined.” Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting, 2018 Crimes and Speech Bill. He was invited to be a speaker at the Victory Institute LGBTQIA+ Leaders World Conference in Washington, DC, attended by more than 500 LGBTQIA+ affirming legislators, judges, academics, business leaders and activists. Buntse now works for Access Chapter 2 as its communica- tions lead. “My biggest mistake is yet to happen — and that is when in my lifetime I do not do anything to protect the voice of the queer community.”
MR MPHO BUNTSE Projects and communications associate, Access Chapter 2
BA Journalism, 2014, BA Hons Communication Theory, 2015
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