Our Management Team at Renewable Energy Indaba
Mr Elvis Modikela Nkoana
Co-founder
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Elvis Modikela Nkoana is a lecturer and researcher at the University of South Africa and a doctoral candidate in Environmental sciences at Antwerp University in Belgium. He obtained his bachelor and honours degrees at the University of Limpopo in South Africa.
He went further to complete a Master of Arts at Durham University in the United Kingdom. Mr. Nkoana publishes scholarly articles on a variety of subjects including in 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.
Mr. Nkoana was heavily involved with student activism and was later elected as Secretary and President of the Student Representative Council 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 Renewable Energy Indaba.
Mr. Nkoana’s favorite past times is spending time with family and friends, doing outdoor activities, writing opinion articles, and following current affairs.
Mr Fortune Tebogo Maswanganyi
Co-founder
DIRECTOR OF EVENT OPERATIONS
Fortune Maswanganyi heads the event logistics and customer service teams. He is responsible for event production under the Renewable Energy Indaba and its other subsidiary events. Prior to co-founding the Indaba he worked for the Department of Water Affairs and as a trainee Technician responsible for water quality assurance; he then joined a Petrochemical Industry giant SASOL as a Process Controller.
Fortune then left SASOL and 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 has vast experience in radio broadcasting since he worked as a radio presenter at the first and only commercial radio station in Limpopo province, Capricorn FM. He’s a well-known club DJ going by the brand DJ Cappuccino.
Fortune Maswanganyi is currently a lecturer at Central University of Technology; he obtained a B.Tech Degree in Chemical Engineering, BA Degree in Media Studies, Master of Business Administration (MBA), and he is studying towards Master of Philosophy in Media Studies.
Mr Maswanganyi publishes scholarly articles on media subjects including new media, growth challenges of media firms and the role of media.