Thandeka Xaba

Experience

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  Sutherland High School

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

  Student
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  SHAWCO

  Jan 2010 - Nov 2011

  SMART Project: Volunteer, Vice Project Leader and Curriculum Coordinator

  Vice- Project Leader and Curriculum and Evaluations coordinator for the SMART project which is run under SHAWCO. It involves planning and coordinating weekly lessons, project events as well as the general overseeing of the project. I also coordinate the lessons in Khayelitsha every Wednesday, voluntarily.

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  University of Cape Town

  Jan 2010 - Nov 2014

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting Student

    Jan 2014 - Nov 2014

  • Undergraduate Student in Finance and Accounting

    Jan 2010 - Dec 2013
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  Price Waterhouse Coopers (2011)

  Jan 2011 - Feb 2011

  Assistant to an audit

  My responsibilities included systems analysis, fixed asset verification, checking contracts and many other tasks which are usually conducted during an audit.

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  Brightest Young Minds Foundation

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  2011 Delegate
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  Allan Gray Orbis Foundation

  Jan 2011 - now

  The Foundation offers the exceptional Allan Gray Fellowship to Southern Africa’s pioneering bright young students. This initiative aims to develop students, known as Allan Gray Candidate Fellows, into Southern Africa’s future high impact entrepreneurial leaders. Every year, the Foundation selects the best and most ambitious Grade 12 and first year university students from Southern Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland to join its vibrant community of Allan Gray Candidate Fellows.The Fellowship’s vision is to create and support a vibrant community of emerging high impact entrepreneurial leaders so that Candidate Fellows become individuals who will significantly impact and positively change the world around them. The Fellowship aims to support Candidate Fellows in their academic, personal and entrepreneurial leadership development whilst they are at university. The Fellowship further encourages embracing diverse world views in order for Candidate Fellows to understand what contribution they will make in the future, whether on an economic, social or political platform. It is the Fellowship team’s desire that Candidate Fellows graduate from the Fellowship and university with excellence. Show less

  • Fellow-in-Residence

    Nov 2018 - now

  • Fellow

    Jan 2011 - now
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  Enactus

  Mar 2011 - Nov 2012

  Enactus (previously Students in Free Enterprise) is a student society aiming to provide the best platform for student entrepreneurs to grow, engage and initiate their ideas.- Over 300 members- Oversaw 4 social entrepreneurial projects The Angel Fund is a project which provides seed capital through micro-loans to entrepreneurs in Cape Town, Khayelitsha. The fund strictly works with business training and mentorship programmes to ensure that the lending occurs in a learning and supportive environment.To date, the project has successfully started 5 small retail business in partnership with Siyaya (a business training and mentorship programme).

  • President: University of Cape Town

    Nov 2011 - Nov 2012

  • Angel Fund: Project Leader

    Mar 2011 - Nov 2011
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  Oxfam India

  Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

  Intern
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  UCT Consulting Club

  Apr 2012 - Dec 2012

  Casebook Committee
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  TED Conferences

  Apr 2012 - Nov 2012

  TEDxUCT: Finance Committee

  TEDxUCT was created to cultivate a culture of idea-sharing across faculties, and to inspire great ideas at all levels of university membership - ideas that will respond to the needs of the world in more creative ways than ever before.

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  Rocket Internet SE

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Intern

  Interned at 5rooms.com as well as Kasuwa which are companies under Rocket Internet. Rocket Internet is an online start-up incubator which invests in the development of innovative companies in the internet industry.

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  Investec

  Dec 2012 - Dec 2012

  Pathfinder Delegate

  Pathfinder is a 5-day banking simulation that will immerses students in the banking environment.Under the guidance of an international expert in finance, students get to put theory into practice and experience managing a bank over four quarters, whilst gaining insight into the culture and dynamics of Investec and the CA Programme.To give a well rounded, comprehensive understanding of banking, students also attend presentations by experienced Investec employees from different business units and network with the CA Programme team and fellow trainees. Show less

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  UCT Consulting Club

  Feb 2013 - Nov 2013

  The Consulting Experience: Project Manager

  A project aimed at exposing undergraduate students to the consulting industry through a simulation of a management consulting internship. This will be done by running a series of workshops and presentations from industry specialists.

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  Rand Merchant Bank

  Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

  Winter School Intern

  " RMB Winter School gives Honours and Master students with top academic achievements in the Commerce, Business Science, Finance, Math, Quant, Accounting and IT/IS disciplines the opportunity to do vacation work at RMB in July every year. Enrolled students get the opportunity to gain insight into the various business units at RMB, while business in turn gets the chance to spend time with the students. The Winter School also forms a feeder for RMB's Graduate Programme."

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  Tariro Foundation

  Jan 2014 - now

  Co Founder

  Purpose statement: To be the vehicle that identifies and equips high-potential young girls to develop into intelligent, courageous and responsible African leaders. Summary: Tariro Foundation is a Non-Profit Company which focuses on tutoring and mentoring young girls through a 3 year programme which runs from Grade 10 to Grade 12. Our areas of focus include Education, Entrepreneurship and Personal-Leadership Development. Ultimately, our hope is that these girls will qualify for pre-existing bursaries and/or scholarships, as well as qualify for entrance into quality tertiary institutions. Show less

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  Investec

  Jan 2015 - Oct 2018

  • Corporate Finance

    Jul 2017 - Oct 2018

  • CA Trainee

    Jan 2015 - Dec 2017
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  GlamAlly

  Nov 2018 - now

  Founder and CEO
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  Digital Africa Ventures

  Sept 2019 - now

  Managing Partner