MEET Amonge Sinxoto
18-year-old youth activist, social entrepreneur, public speaker and 2019’s Global Teen Leader, Amonge Sinxoto, is an authentically African creative with a burning desire to represent what she feels it means to be an African youth in the 21st century. As the co-founder of Blackboard Africa, a youth Non-Profit Company, Amonge is at the forefront of driving the narrative of the continent into a new direction.
As a leader and young ambassador of national reformation, Amonge has been invited by global platforms such as Tedx, Google and Facebook amongst others, to lend her voice to key discussions around youth and she has already fulfilled speaking engagements on three continents. Amonge is currently studying for a BA Social Sciences, Majors: International Relations and Political Studies at the University of Witwatersrand (WITS) and with her envious achievements and accolades, the teenager disruptor is a future leader that we all should keep our eyes on.
Amonge Sinxoto
Speaker
Future of Work, Employability, Job Readiness & Youth
Media
Milestones & Achievements
In recognition of his achievements, Amonge was awarded:
2015
Junior Board Member, HDI Youth Marketers
2016
Co-founded Blackboard Africa a youth Non-Profit Company
2016
Attended Black Portraitures III: Reinventions – Strains of Histories and Cultures held in JHB-RSA
2017
Transformation and Diversity Committee, (Kingsmead College in RSA)
2017
Writer and Director of 1-Act Play called ERASURE (Performed at Kingsmead College in RSA)
2017:
Spoke at Howard University, Introduction to Contemporary Africa Class on Current Issues Affecting the Youth in South Africa, DC-USA
2017
Attended the UN Global first Ladies Alliance Conference, on the Future of Women: Defining Leadership for a New Era, NY-USA.
2018
Spoke at the Busara Leadership Partners Masterclass, on Leading to the Beat of Your Own Drum, JHB-RSA.
2018:
Spoke at ABSA Digital Girl Africa: how to Empower the next generation of girls to rule digital realm, JHB-RSA.
2018
Spoke at the Breaking Down Borders Africa Summit, on The Next Generation, Creating the Legacy: The Socio-Political Disruptors, JHB-RSA
2018
Participated in the Black Girls Lead Conference, held at Barnard University NY-USA
2018
Spoke at the Google and Facebook Child Safety Summit, on Young Women and Social Media: The Future of Activism, held at Dublin-Ireland.
2018
Campaign Ambassador, Pass-the-Baton City-to-City Leadership Workshops, Media 24 – SPREE RSA
2018
Dove Masterbrand: Real Beauty Campaign DAWN Campaign, Unilever RSA
2018
TedxLytteltonWomen speaker, “From Social Media to Social Impact”
2018
Participated in an intimate round-table discussion with former US first lady Michelle Obama. Topic: “Becoming women of soul and substance”
2018
Speaker at the Global Citizen forum regarding “Who run the world? Girls!”
2018
Matriculated from Kingsmead College with distinctions
2019
Participated in the annual Just Peace Summit, NYC
2019
Three Dot Dash 2019 Global Teen Leader
2019
Speaker at the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation National Jamboree: Ideas Can Change the World
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