Episode 4: fintech entrepreneur, on financial literacy for success

Munozovepi Gwata is the founder of Kukura Capital, and an entrepreneur passionate about teaching Africans about financial literacy. She completed her LLB at the University of Pretoria before moving to Webber Wentzel, and is currently a Principal Consultant at IQbusiness. She has been involved in the World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper Entrepreneurship Programme, delivered a TEDxTalk, and has written for a variety of financial media outlets.

On this episode, she chats to us about:

• What drives her passion for financial literacy.
• How she taught herself to invest in shares when she was a teenager.
• Growing as a content creator through teaching others about finances. 
• Balancing the worlds of entrepreneurship and her corporate career.
• The basics of becoming financially free.

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