Mmabatho Motsamai

Founder The Afrolutionist. Member of ITU Generation Connect Visionaries Board

Mmabatho Motsamai is a development practitioner who believes in inclusive governance. Motsamai 's work encompasses project coordination, research and advocacy.

Motsamai is the founder of The Afrolutionist, a digital institution that enhances critical discussions and projects on inclusive development in Africa in line with Sustainable Development Goal 17 (SDG17). Motsamai has also engaged on various global projects including research co-coordination with UNU International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) and co-facilitated the first policy hackathon in Botswana.

Motsamai is the co-founder of the Botswana Youth Jobs Fair, an annual fair that stimulates real time job readiness training and employment activity through multi-stakeholder engagement. Motsamai previously served as a key correspondent for the Positive Vibes KPREACH program and A FRIDA (Young Feminist Fund) Climate Justice Story Collector, and the national coordinator of the Breaking Bounds Consortium.

A Bosch Alumni, Motsamai is also an Anzisha Media Finalist (2016), and a current Board member of the Botswana National Youth Council, Akina Mama Wa Afrika, ITU Generation Connect Youth Visionaries Board, an AFR100 Youth Ambassador and recognized in MIPAD 100 as the most influential person of African Descent (2020).