An innovative and internationally recognised animation artist, a sports administrator with a penchant for community development, and the owner of a techno hub assisting start-up entrepreneurs to flourish were among a number of
former students honoured at the annual Nelson Mandela
University Alumni Awards last night.
Cape Town animation studio Triggerfish owner and chief
executive Stuart Forrest, arts graduate and sports
administrator Mandla Gagayi, and co-founder and executive
director of Zambia’s BongoHive Technology and Innovation
Hub, Lukonga Lindunda, were lauded for their contribution
to society through their professional endeavours.
The prestigious awards celebrate the local and international
success stories of graduates who have not just climbed the
corporate ladder, but have become inspiring leaders and
change agents across the world.
The awards honour former students in the top-end Alumni
Achievers and the Rising Stars categories.
Forrest and Gagayi were among those lauded in the
Achievers category, and Lindunda as a Rising Star.
Others honoured in the Achievers category were the
president of New York-based change management
consultancy Kotter Inc, Russell Raath, and software company
Amdocs regional vice-president Tony Wenlock.
Forrest’s Triggerfish studio is best known for producing two
of Africa’s most globally successful films, Adventures in
Zambezia and Khumba.
It employs 100 artists and its films
have grossed more than R1-billion.
Gagayi was recognised for his significant contribution to the
development of sport in South Africa’s higher education
sector, having headed the sports departments at two
universities.
He has raised the profile of university sport, while also
taking sport into poor communities.
Lindunda held a string of IT positions in Zambia before
venturing into BongoHive, Zambia’s first and only technology
and innovation hub.
Other recipients in the Rising Stars category were earth
scientist and specialist scientific advisor Dr Gaathier Mahed;
entrepreneur and Nonku Ntshona & Associates Quantity
Surveyors managing director Nonkululeko Ntshona, and
Pharmacy graduate Ifedolapo Ojo. Credit: Herald Live
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