Limpopo Mining Indaba Management Team
Mr Fortune Tebogo Maswanganyi
Chief Executive Officer
Fortune Maswanganyi overseas the overall operations and resources of the indaba. Prior to founding the Indaba, he worked for the Department of Water Affairs and as a trainee Technician he then joined a Petrochemical Industry giant Sasol as a Process Controller.
Mr Maswanganyi also worked as Operations Manager in a Transport & Logistics Company Swangis Transport where he was responsible in overseeing all operations of the company.
He is now a director and founder of 2 companies; Mahlasedi Media and Communication with event management as the core business and Swangis Investments (Construction and Energy).
Fortune Maswanganyi was a lecturer at Central University of Technology responsible for teaching Corporate Communications & TV Productions.
He obtained B. Tech Chemical Engineering, BA Media Studies, BA Honors Media Studies, MA Media Studies, Master of Business Administration (MBA).
He is currently a PhD candidate in Climate Change Communications. Mr Maswanganyi is a specialist in media planning and publishes scholarly articles on a variety of media subjects including new media, growth challenges of media firms and the role of media.
Dr. Elvis Modikela Nkoana
Director of Corporate Services
Dr Elvis Modikela Nkoana holds a doctor of environmental sciences degree from the University of Antwerp in Belgium. He is currently teaching and researching for the University of South Africa in Pretoria.
Elvis obtained his Bachelor and Honors degrees at the University of Limpopo in South Africa and went on to complete a Master of Arts at Durham University in the United Kingdom.
Dr Nkoana publishes scholarly articles on a variety of subjects including climate change adaptation, European immigration, renewable energy deployment, stakeholder engagement and sustainability assessment. It is this work that secured him consultancy jobs with leading South African institutions and a short stint at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria.
Dr Nkoana was heavily involved with student activism and was later elected as Secretary and President of the Student Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Limpopo in 2006 and 2007 respectively-his notable achievement was the proper management of student funds and an increased financial allocation to assist ‘poor and deserving’ students.
He peacefully vacated these offices of responsibility at the end of each term and found employment in the public sector. He later resigned to pursue his postgraduate studies abroad before returning home to co-found the Limpopo Mining Indaba and the Renewable Energy and Technology Indaba.
