School of Social and Political Science

Industry Insight with Farai Munjoma

Event Type
Careers insight
Year of Study
PGR UG3 UG4 PGT PGT/PGR PhD All UG UG1 UG2
05 February 2024
14:00 - 15:00

Venue

This session will take place on Zoom, with a link will emailed to you closer to the time.

Description

Farai Munjoma is a Zimbabwean education entrepreneur and founder of Shasha Network, a UK-based non-profit empowering post-secondary African youth with soft skills, social capital, and personal development to achieve their fullest potential.

Shasha Network is on a bold mission to reach 50 million young people across Africa. Some of their collaborators include organizations such as Schmidt Futures, Emergent Ventures and Mastercard Foundation.

Farai has spoken at the Harvard Business School and featured on the BBC‘s documentary series, 'People Fixing The World’. He is the current Mastercard Enterprise Officer at Edinburgh Innovations, where he supports MCF scholars at the University to build and scale their ventures.

 

Join the Student Development Office for Farai's Insdustry Insight workshop, shedding light on his professional experiences of the education sector, entrepreneurship, and working across borders to develop the skills of young people in Africa; with plenty of time to ask questions.

 

This session will take place on Zoom, with a link will emailed to you closer to the time

This session is part of our Industry Insight series - providing students with a chance to find out more about various sectors, lines of work, and career options, from a range of early-mid career experts.
If there is a sector that is not currently represented in our offerings, please get in touch, and we will endeavour to incorporate it into future events.