BABALWA NONKENGE ON AFRICAN STORYTELLING & MONEY

ABOUT BABALWA NONKENGE

Babalwa Nonkenge is a seasoned business leader whose tenure of twenty years spans the areas of taxation, asset management and banking. Her most recent assignments in banking include global markets in the role of Chief of Staff. Babalwa has an MBA from the University of Cape Town. She is also a Tutu Leadership Fellow (2018) and has been chosen to participate in senior leadership development programs such as Masedi Excellence for Senior Women Leaders (2017) and Lead with Humanity (2020).

In 2021, Babalwa launched the podcast, Epokothweni with Babalwa Nonkenge.

Epokothweni was birthed out of the need to give the speakers of indigenous African languages the dignity of accessing knowledge of financial markets, economics and personal financial stewardship content in their languages.

Babalwa is a mother tongue speaker of isiXhosa, this is the main language she uses to deliver her podcast. Her ultimate dream is to give all speakers of South African indigenous languages the forms knowledge previously described in an accessible manner whether directly through the podcast that she hosts or through collaborations with like-minded professionals, of African descent.

You can listen to the Epokothweni Podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Breaker and, Overcast