ENTREPRENEUR: Koketso Moeti’s mobilisation through amandla.mobi
This entrepreneur has built a community advocacy organisation that makes your cellphone a tool to build democracy
A quarter of a million people have thrown their weight behind at least one of Koketso Moeti’s campaigns. Her civil-engagement platform, amandla.mobi, has even caught the eye of some heavyweights in the global world order. In April, Moeti became the first South African to be named an Obama Fellow. She was one of just 20 individuals — from more than 20,000 applicants — selected by the former US president’s foundation for the inaugural edition of its fellowship programme. And in July, Moeti was named the grand prize winner of the Waislitz Global Citizen Award — an annual cash prize of $100,000 awarded in recognition of an individual’s efforts to stamp out extreme poverty. Amandla.mobi aims to rally people around important causes, mainly those that affect low-income black women — a demographic that is disproportionately affected by injustice, Moeti tells the FM. She founded amandla.mobi in 2014 when she decided a new approach was needed to mobilise activists across the country. "I am a ...
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