Kizito is the Head of Secretariat for Startup20 (SU20) which is an engagement group of the G20. He was the Board Vice President and interim-President of Digital Africa. Digital Africa is a €130m French Government initiative launched by French President Emmanuel Macron to support Africa’s Tech startups. Kizito is the co-Chairperson of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) Africa and the Executive Head of 22 ON SLOANE which is Africa’s largest tech startup campus based in Johannesburg South Africa. He is an Independent Investment Committee Member of the IDF Capital Future Fund which is a USD$17m Telkom and BCX Fund focused on investing in Tech startups in South Africa. His experience includes, heading up Guest Relations, Internal Sales and Marketing for the Tsogo Sun Group, Editor for the African Entrepreneur magazine, Head of Research at the BAM-SA group, and Associate at Centre for Creative Leadership (CCL). He was also the Founder and Executive Head of SEA Africa, a Research and Development firm that supported SMMEs across Africa. Kizito plays a significant role in the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) in South Africa and the rest of Africa and has been highly instrumental in developing the Global Entrepreneurship Network in various African countries. He spear-headed the development of the largest Startup campus (22 ON SLOANE) in Africa situated in Bryanston Johannesburg. He writes regularly on Africa’s Startup ecosystem which is published in the Business Report newspaper. Kizito’s academic qualifications include a diploma in Latin Language (affiliated to the Urban University in Rome), a diploma in Public Relations, a postgraduate diploma in Business Management and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) where he delivered his thesis titled, ‘The contribution of higher education in advancing entrepreneurship in South Africa’.
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