Zolani Metu is a Mandela Rhodes scholar and M&G Top 200 alumnus with a Masters in Social Work from the University of Cape Town. He also holds a BSW Majoring in Social Work & Psychology from UCT.

His work experience spans across Educational programme management, Corporate Social Investment Management (Private Banking), Entrepreneurial development and private mental healthcare.

Having worked in three countries including the USA, Burundi and South Africa, Zolani has experience in designing programmes, building corporate partnerships, Quantitative research and Teaching at university level.

“To scale programmes that have a tangible impact on foundational literacy and numeracy outcomes, we have to leverage private partnerships while advocating for government adoption and usage.” – Z. Metu.