Grace Matlhape
The Idea
Home-based preschool businesses in South Africa.
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Organization
SmartStart
70% of kids from the poorest households in South Africa don't get quality early childhood education. Most kids end up in unstructured settings, watched by overburdened grandparents, older siblings, or sometimes no one at all.
About Grace
Grace has deep experience in social impact. Before SmartStart she was the CEO of LoveLife - an organization that worked on the high rate of HIV infections among young people in South Africa, and she has also worked in mental health and psycho-social support too. She is a qualified social worker and holds a Masters in Business Management from the University of Johannesburg.
