Moderator

Sarah Mthintso
Head of the Foundation

Sarah is the Head of the Telkom Foundation, which is the CSI function of Telkom. Registered as a Trust, the Foundation is focused on investing in education and ICT to empower marginalised youth towards being economically active into the future. Prior to this, she has worked in other corporates, including Old Mutual as Head of Corporate Affairs, a portfolio that also looked after CSR, B-BBEE and Stakeholder Relations.

Apart from her work in corporates, Sarah has also worked in both non-governmental organisations and public services. Prior to her appointment with the Foundation, she held a number of other roles in Telkom including Head of Stakeholder Relations for the Group. She has extensive experience and a passion for development and youth. She is a Wits alumnus, with a BA Social Work (Hons) degree, and an MBA with Wits Business School with her thesis being on the effective integration of technology in education (with a focus in developing teacher pedagogy and content)

Her passion to develop a cadre of digitally fit youth to both access and create future economic opportunities bleeds through the work she does through the various Telkom Foundation programmes.