Dimakatso Malwela

Experience

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  SITA (DOD)

  Oct 2007 - May 2008

  Advance Specialist: Project Manager

  • Understand requirements in context.• Obtain architecture inputs.• Assist in defining project parameters.• Identify business development and enhancement opportunities as they relate to a specific project.• Lead proposal efforts, including completing project scoping and assessments.• Effectively convey messages in both written and verbal business development discussions.• Facilitate team and client meetings effectively.• Hold regular status meetings with the project team, management and stakeholders.• Keep project team informed of changes relevant to their environment.• Give feedback if and when required regarding the project progress, financial status as well as any matters that necessitates urgent attention to all levels of management.• Chair or attend relevant project meetings and prepare and submit all related documentation for final approval and signature.• Deliver engaging, informative, well-organised presentations.• Confirm the project scope.• Establish user needs.Model process & information requirements.Establish additional requirements.Consolidate detailed URS.Technology execution architecture. Show less

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  Lefatshe Technologies

  Jun 2008 - Jun 2009

  Senior Project Manager

  • Provide leadership and creativity in structuring and delivering large client engagements, typically with multi-year contracts, multiple subcontractors and numerous deliverable. • Use appropriate methodologies (such as risk mitigation/management, change/control management and contract management) to manage major projects or a group of projects. • Profitably manage the delivery of a large number and broad range of solutions and projects through the full services life cycle.

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  SITA

  Sept 2009 - Nov 2011

  • Plan and prioritise project requirements.• Co-coordinate the activities within the project.• Chair project management meetings as necessary.• Act as the liaison between IT, business, senior management and all stakeholders.• Establish and co-chair along with the Change Advisory Board. • Staff and assign resources required by the individual project plans. • Implement activities in accordance with the project and project charters and requirement and sizing specifications.• Establish formal team communication and review procedures.• Monitor and evaluate personnel and sub contractor/supplier performance.• Resolve major technical, schedule, resource, and management issues.• Manage the project budget and identify budget sources for defined investments. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2009 - Nov 2011

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2009 - Nov 2011

  • Project Manager Program Management Office

    Sept 2009 - Oct 2011
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  Be Inspired Consulting Services

  Aug 2011 - Sept 2022

  Motivational Speaker, Coach and Mentor

  Help people set goals and objectives in all six areas of life, including mental, physical, spiritual, social, career and financial and also encourage people to fulfill their dreams.

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  Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

  Sept 2011 - Nov 2013

  IT Infrastructure Project Manager

  An Infrastructure Project Manager manages and coordinates the design and development of IT infrastructures within organisations. They use existing or newly developed tools and techniques to align infrastructures with the relevant company objectives.

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  Women of Value SA (NPC)

  Nov 2011 - Jan 2020

  Chief Executive Officer

  Responsible for the development, conduct, execution, and management of the policies,programs, and initiatives of WOVSA as directed by its Executive Committee and Board ofDirectors.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES• Establish strategic direction for Women of Value SA (WOVSA) in partnership with the WOVSA Board, and key stakeholders in accord with the organisation’s mission and vision. • Serve as a primary liaison to the Executive Committee, Board of Directors, government officials and private sector key stakeholders. • Work in a collaborative partnership with government officials, developers, community and business leaders, residents and all stakeholders to enhance the implementation of the poverty alleviation programmes. Show less

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  Alcatel-lucent

  Dec 2011 - Nov 2013

  Project Manager

  • Manage Telecommunication Infrastructure Projects both locally and internationally. • Plan, execute, and finalise projects according to strict deadlines and within budget. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan. • Define the project’s objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.

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  Nhlakanipho Investment

  Jun 2012 - Feb 2020

  Managing Director

  The company focuses on Clothing, Textile and PPE Manufacturing and Supply, MICE (Tourism Events Hosting), House of D'Licacy non-alcoholic wines, as well as consulting on enterprise development, project management and research.

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  WOVSA

  Aug 2012 - now

  Founder

  WOVSA a Regional non-profit Social Enterprise that focuses on the development of women SMEs through its Enterprise & Supplier Development Program. It also hosts events as platforms for information sharing and access to market. The focus sectors are Tourism, Agribusiness and Textile.

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  Women in Tourism SADC Regions

  Oct 2014 - Nov 2019

  Chairperson
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  SADC Women in Tourism

  Oct 2015 - now

  Chairperson

  Regional Women in Tourism forum that offers women from the SADC region access to business skills, trainings, financial services, networking and self-confidence as they enable themselves.

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  Nhlakanipho Investment ( NKPI) Holding

  Jan 2019 - now

  Executive
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  OWIT South Africa (Organisation Of Women in International Trade)

  Oct 2021 - Dec 2023

  President

  Established in 1989, the Organization of Women in International Trade International (OWIT) is a global association for women in international trade and business. Our 2,000-plus members impact hundreds of millions of dollars in trade and business transactions annually. OWIT’s focus is on adding value to our corporate, mid-sized, small business and individual members around the world. OWIT serves as the unifying body of a network of chapters spanning the globe in the Americas, Western Europe, and Africa. OWIT also supports a “Virtual Chapter” for individuals involved in international trade and business who do not have access to a local OWIT chapter where they reside or work. Membership in a local or the Virtual Chapter gives automatic access to the OWIT International network. Show less

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  WITLAC (UNWTO)

  Mar 2022 - now

  Vice Chairperson

  Women in Tourism Leadership Africa Committee is. UNWTO women in Tourism empowerment committee. The purpose of the committee is to oversee the development of women in the tourism sector and it's value chain within 54 member states.The committee is chaired by the Ministers of Tourism in Africa.

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  Women Economic Assembly

  Sept 2022 - now

  Tourism Sector Stream Lead
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  BLeisure Africa

  Dec 2022 - now

  Director

  The BLeisure Africa Forum is a platform that promotes inter-intra AfricaTrade, Investment & Tourism through travel. As the name implies, BLeisureis a combination of business & Leisure.BLEISURE – Business & Leisure Africa, is an entity headquartered in SouthAfrica and have branches in West, Central and East Africa. It is focused onthe development of businesses and leisure projects in the African continentand Africans in the diaspora. It is the first platform in Africa that promotestrade and investment through tourism, in the same climate of interaction,and is in agreement with the global platforms in the framework of socio-economic developmentThe entity hosts Business and Leisure Trade & Investment Forum,Executives Tours, Inter-Africa Popup Trade Fair and Creative Art Tourism.Amongst others, BLeisure Investment Portfolio offers information onavailable investment opportunities within various sectors in Africa.Whether you are an investor, investment owner or funder, our portfoliooffers a wide range of opportunities. Show less

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  Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT)

  Dec 2023 - now

  Vice President

  Established in 1989, the Organization of Women in International Trade International (OWIT) is a global association for women in international trade and business. Our 2,000-plus members impact hundreds of millions of dollars in trade and business transactions annually. OWIT’s focus is on adding value to our corporate, mid-sized, small business and individual members around the world. OWIT serves as the unifying body of a network of chapters spanning the globe in the Americas, Western Europe, and Africa. OWIT also supports a “Virtual Chapter” for individuals involved in international trade and business who do not have access to a local OWIT chapter where they reside or work. Membership in a local or the Virtual Chapter gives automatic access to the OWIT International network. Show less