Jacob Leif and Nozibele Qamngana Mayaba
Jacob Lief, Founder and CEO of Ubuntu Pathways
Summary
Jacob Lief deep dives into the operations and impact of Ubuntu Pathways. He shares his journey, passion, and commitment to a very special community in South Africa. Nozibele Qamngana tells her inspiring personal story of success at Ubuntu Pathways.
Jacob Leif
Jacob Lief is the founder and CEO of Ubuntu Pathways, a nonprofit organization based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, that provides cradle-to-career care to 2,000 orphaned and vulnerable children and their families. Lief brings over two decades of experience to conversations on philanthropy and social entrepreneurship and has actively called for redefining impact, sustainability, and the theory of “going to scale” in the nonprofit sector. Lief is an Aspen Global Fellow and in 2016 he appeared on Fortune magazine’s “40 Under 40” list of the most influential young people in business.
Nozibele Qamngana Mayaba
Nozibele Qamngana Mayaba is the South Africa International Youth Committee Ambassador and an active member of the International Youth Forum. She has received several accolades such as being listed in the Nelson Mandela Business Chamber Top 40 under 40, the Businesswoman Association of South Africa Regional Achievers Award, the Fruits of Democracy Award for Excellence in Civil Society, and the Vision4Women - Beyond the Balance Sheet finalist. Nozibele has a self-named YouTube channel that is based on her life living with HIV. In January 2020, her channel was named by Feedspot as one of the Top 15 HIV YouTube channels on the web. Her book I Am Still Me (2020) is based on her life living with HIV after being diagnosed in August of 2013.