#### **1994** - Born in Harare, Zimbabwe. #### **2004, Age 10** - Moved to Brisbane, Australia. Disengaged at school but discovered entrepreneurship by selling Pokémon cards. #### **2011, Age 17** - Graduated high school and started a gardening business with my best friend. #### **2012, Age 18** - Began a Bachelor of Business Management at the University of Queensland. - Co-founded GetXperience, a platform connecting students with volunteer roles (ran for 6 months before closing). #### **2014, Age 20** - Became CEO and co-founder of an English pronunciation software company. - Raised seed funding from Telstra and spent the year in Beijing, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and Singapore building partnerships. - Named Australian National Champion at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards and represented Australia in Washington, DC. #### **2015, Age 21** - After a fallout with my co-founders, I returned to university to finish my studies and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree. - Founded **CYALA (Council for Young Africans Living Abroad)**, a social enterprise developing future African leaders. - Became a World Economic Forum Global Shaper. #### **2016, Age 22** - Began an Honours (research) degree and expanded CYALA to four cities, growing a 30+ person volunteer team. - Organised Australia’s first National African Youth Conference (120 delegates, $30,000 AUD raised). #### **2017, Age 23** - Graduated with first-class Honours and was named valedictorian of the business school (GPA 6.6/7). - Appointed to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Advisory Council. #### **2018, Age 24** - Accepted into a fully funded PhD at the University of Queensland. - Joined the board of a Brisbane healthcare non-profit and consulted for YLab on regional education projects. #### **2019, Age 25** - First academic paper won three international Best Paper Awards. - Appointed to the Queensland Government’s Multicultural Advisory Council and became Chair of Global Shapers Australia Charity. #### **2021, Age 27** - Published first academic journal article in the Journal of Business Venturing, a leading entrepreneurship journal. - Appointed as a Lecturer/Assistant Professor role at the University of Edinburgh. #### **2022, Age 28** - Graduated from PhD programme. - Expanded into blockchain and NFTs, co-developing DAOs and NFT projects generating $1m USD in sales. - Moved to Edinburgh and began as Lecturer/Assistant Professor. #### **2023, Age 29** - PhD dissertation won the Mollie Holman Medal (top dissertation at Monash Business Faculty and 1 of the top 10 university-wide). - Won a Teaching Excellence Award at the University of Edinburgh Business School. - Appointed to the board of the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS). #### **2024, Age 30** - Appointed by the Cabinet Secretary to the board of Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and became a member of the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee. - Won two Excellence in Teaching Awards at the University of Edinburgh Business School. #### **2025, Age 31** - Co-lead for the team awarded £41,499 from the Wellcome Trust’s InFrame Culture Catalyst Fund for Improving Policy Leadership (IPoL): a cross-college initiative at the University of Edinburgh aimed at developing research cultures that are more externally engaged and impactful.