Dream Team

Sandra Tererai

Founder

Sandra is an energy leader and green transition advocate who is passionate about financial independence for women through powerful careers in the fields of STEM and entrepreneurship. She would like to widen the reality of girls and women through exposure to powerful narratives and experiences that would ordinarily not have been a part of their cumulative life journey. Recognising the role STEM plays in the development of African communities, Sandra is convinced that promoting entrepreneurial STEM activities for African high school girls and women from different geographies is a powerful way to realise this.

Email: sandra@taungana.org

Nomso Kana

Programme Director

Nomso is a nuclear scientist and a broadband infrastructure entrepreneur aiming to connect the unconnected. She currently serves as a Commissioner for the Presidential Commission on 4IR and as deputy chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Science Center, Uitenhage. Nomso is the governor for the Nuclear Energy Foundation Agency, a commercial African group that implores alternative energy sources in 43 African countries. A natural youth leadership champion, Nomso’s multiple prominent hats include South African Delegation leader for the World Sustainability Energy Forum, SADC Parliament Forum contributor on youth development strategy, and young women development advocate through the African Women Leadership Network. Nomso’s most recent international accolades include the Young Entrepreneur award by the African Women Innovation, Entrepreneurship forum (AWIEF).

Email: nomso@taungana.org

Phathutshedzo Mukona

House Mother

Universally known only as ‘House Mother’, Phathu is the Resident Shrink at Taungana. She is a registered social worker practicing in both the public and private space. A firm believer in the power of the girl child, Phathu is a dedicated mother to over 160 girls (and counting) and two very happy blessed boys. Legend has it Phathu was invited for an unspecified week-long get away in August 2014. Always the adventurer, she packed her bags and arrived at a famous Johannesburg hotel to find thirty bright young African minds waiting for House Mother. Phathu fell in love, and the rest is history.

Email: phathu@taungana.org

Once a Dream Teamer, always a Friend of Taungana:

Taungana career expo gave me the opportunity to be around amazing young girls curious to learn about the STEM world and building their future career and mindset. Those girls are our future!

From 2017 to 2018, I volunteered as a chaperone with Taungana, ensuring a safe, enriching experience for participants. This role fostered my professional growth and personal fulfilment in supporting STEM for girls.