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Linah Maphanga

General Info

Professional Track

  • Internet

Country

South Africa

Areas of Expertise

  1. Agriculture
  2. Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
  3. Digital Media

Professional Interests

  1. Agribusiness
  2. Natural language processing
  3. Content creation

Age

28

The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship

  1. Learn more about building business systems.
  2. Work toward building a global network.
  3. Understand how to build a global company with worldwide impact.

Additional Technical Skills

Agribusiness; agribusiness financial planning; sales and marketing; digital media marketing

What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?

  1. Ambitious
  2. Hard-working
  3. Reliable

What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?

The TechWomen program will allow me to learn more about using technology to change the lives of others. I will also learn how to build global networks with other TechWomen participants, and from them, I will learn the different challenges they face in their countries. That experience and perspective will enable me to build a global start-up that solves a global problem.

After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?

I will engage with other TechWomen participants to learn more about their in-country challenges in the sector in which I work. Through them, I will also leverage our shared networks to further engage with different stakeholders within their own countries. Doing so will enable me to enter different markets to change people's lives through technology and agriculture.

Work History

Years of Full-time Work Experience

3

Primary Professional Focus

  • IT systems and/or data analysis
  • Technical product marketing
  • Technical sales

Current/Most Recent Job

  • Title and Company: CEO, FarmersAssistant (Pty) Ltd
  • Direct Reports: 4
  • Type: Full-time
  • Location: Pretoria, South Africa
  • Dates: February 1, 2018 –
  • Responsibilities:

    Execute business plan; build new partnerships with stakeholders; manage operations; conduct farm visits; create social media content and learning materials; execute financial plans; create and design artificial intelligent chat bots

Job #2

  • Title and Company: Junior Pilot, SAPS
  • Type: Full-time
  • Location: Pretoria, South Africa
  • Dates: October 1, 2018 – May 31, 2020
  • Responsibilities:

    Captured data; managed flight plans; ran flight operations; conducted administrative work

Job #3

  • Title and Company: Chief Technology Officer, Innovative247
  • Type: Part-time
  • Location: Nelspruit, South Africa
  • Dates: January 5, 2015 – December 31, 2019
  • Responsibilities:

    Designed new technology products; conducted research and development of new products; participated in fundraising; managed customer acquisition, stakeholder engagements and building new networks

Education History

Highest Level of Education Completed

Bachelor's

Institution #1

  • Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
  • Degree Awarded: Bachelor's
  • Major: Physics and Geology
  • Minor: Mathematics
  • Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Completion Date: December 1, 2015

Participants

  • Eligibility and Application
  • The Experience
  • Award Details
  • 2020-2021 Emerging Leader Profiles

Mentors

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  • Professional Mentor Overview
  • Cultural Mentor Overview
  • Impact Coach Overview
  • TechWomen Mentor Application

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