Featured Mentor - Leadership, HR, Marketing

Solly Mankga - Co-Founder and Executive Director - Various


Solly Mankga spend most of his youth behind bars as he was sentenced to 15yrs for armed robbery when he was 16yrs old.

While he was incarcerated he decided to go to school as a way to escape the life of gangs and drugs in prison, he then completed his matric, and later graduated with BA in philosophy, politics and economics with Unisa and a 3yrs National Diploma in HR, he performed his practicals behind bars, upon release in 2012 he then used his academic qualifications to venture into businesses as a social entrepreneur.


Co-founder: Ndaheni Restaurant, Ndaheni Events,
Executive Director: Mbonomedia house, Second Try Foundation, Import & Export Business in China 

Solly Mankga spend most of his youth behind bars as he was sentenced to 15yrs for armed robbery when he was 16yrs old.

While he was incarcerated he decided to go to school as a way to escape the life of gangs and drugs in prison, he then completed his matric, and later graduated with BA in philosophy, politics and economics with Unisa and a 3yrs National Diploma in HR, he performed his practicals behind bars, upon release in 2012 he then used his academic qualifications to venture into businesses as a social entrepreneur.


Co-founder: Ndaheni Restaurant, Ndaheni Events,
Executive Director: Mbonomedia house, Second Try Foundation, Import & Export Business in China 


Mentor - Leadership, Tech, Philanthropy, Sales, Networking

Micheal Langeveld - CTO - Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE)


With an accomplished background in sales innovation and development, Michael Langeveld is a strategic ICT sector visionary who has led dynamic organisations, implemented business strategies and pioneered innovative and structural cloud and data projects.


As a highly motivated, detailed and influential professional, Michaels lives by the ethos of diligence, passion and strategic focus. He has championed key partnerships, business development and solution research and market introduction. Michael currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). 

With an accomplished background in sales innovation and development, Michael Langeveld is a strategic ICT sector visionary who has led dynamic organisations, implemented business strategies and pioneered innovative and structural cloud and data projects.


As a highly motivated, detailed and influential professional, Michaels lives by the ethos of diligence, passion and strategic focus. He has championed key partnerships, business development and solution research and market introduction. Michael currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). 


Mentor - Leadership, Tech, HR, Sales, Networking

Grover Abrahams - CEO - Verve Digital


With a highly respected background in digital innovation and digital learning content development, Grover is a robust learning systems visionary who has led global dynamic teams, implemented progressive systems and pioneered transformative content projects. 


Grover has a real passion for all digital best practices driving innovation in organisations, and is a highly respected speaker at national conferences and workshops.

Having led teams at both Accenture and Deloitte, Grover is a highly sought after talent and change expert, across industries.

With a highly respected background in digital innovation and digital learning content development, Grover is a robust learning systems visionary who has led global dynamic teams, implemented progressive systems and pioneered transformative content projects. 


Grover has a real passion for all digital best practices driving innovation in organisations, and is a highly respected speaker at national conferences and workshops.

Having led teams at both Accenture and Deloitte, Grover is a highly sought after talent and change expert, across industries.


Mentor - Leadership, Sales, Networking

Nugh Tyer - Senior Sales Lead - Netsurit


Nugh is an accomplished business development executive and sales visionary with a purposeful approach towards diverse situational challenges and the ability to lead in fast-paced environments. As a highly analytical and innovative professional, with sharp commercial acumen, he has pioneered business development and sales for his employers whilst significantly contributing to the sales momentum of the organization as a whole.

 

As an accomplished leader, Nugh has empowered others by leading by example, overcoming hurdles in pursuit of achievement and consistently ensuring excellence in all that he does.


With exceptional people management and communication skills, Nugh effectively develops, motivates, leads and influences. He appropriately engages at all levels within an organization, and positively liaises with stakeholders, ensuring the clarity of organizational goals and alignment of key strategies at all times.

Nugh is an accomplished business development executive and sales visionary with a purposeful approach towards diverse situational challenges and the ability to lead in fast-paced environments. As a highly analytical and innovative professional, with sharp commercial acumen, he has pioneered business development and sales for his employers whilst significantly contributing to the sales momentum of the organization as a whole.

 

As an accomplished leader, Nugh has empowered others by leading by example, overcoming hurdles in pursuit of achievement and consistently ensuring excellence in all that he does.


With exceptional people management and communication skills, Nugh effectively develops, motivates, leads and influences. He appropriately engages at all levels within an organization, and positively liaises with stakeholders, ensuring the clarity of organizational goals and alignment of key strategies at all times.