GOLD YOUTH

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

Gold Youth’s mission is to roll out quality youth peer education programmes in alignment to the Gold model, empowering youth peer leaders to become positive role models and agents of social and economic change. Through the Gold social enterprise structure, young Africans from disenfranchised communities are up-skilled and supported to complete their education and reach their full social and economic potential.

www.goldyouth.org

SUSANNAH FARR

2018 FELLOW

FOUNDER & CEO  |  GOLD YOUTH

Susannah holds an MPhil degree from Stellenbosch University and her active involvement in youth behaviour-change and skills-access has led her to pioneering the Gold Youth Development Agency (Gold Youth) in 2004, of which she is CEO. In striving to build Gold Youth’s sustainable scalability, Susannah established Gold Enterprises in 2011, a for profit company, 100% owned by Gold Youth. Susannah is an Ashoka fellow who is steadfastly committed to change and to finding innovative solutions for addressing the debilitating youth-education and unemployment crisis amongst the most vulnerable. Susannah won the Regional Business Woman’s Association of South Africa Award in the 2016 Social Entrepreneur of the Year category and was nominated as one of only four finalists in the 2017 Global Citizen award, in recognition of her innovation, action and impact in the alleviation of poverty. In early 2018 Susannah was selected as Life Co Social Entrepreneur Enterprizer.

MAHLATSE LANGA

2018 FELLOW

HEAD OF FINANCE & SYSTEMS  |  GOLD YOUTH

Mahlatse is the Head of Finance and Systems for Gold Enterprises and its parent company Gold Youth Development Agency. Mahlatse left the corporate ladder and joined the Gold Social Enterprise structure as an executive team member in June 2017. Her move was fueled by her passion to support in the creation of profitable businesses that address the education crisis and the socio-economic divide in Southern Africa. She has a B.Com informatics from UNISA and her experience as a business analyst in various business sectors has brought a wealth of wisdom to the social entrepreneurship space. She also serves on the training team for Gold Enterprises and was recently a lead trainer in Malaysia assisting growing social enterprises in their business development.