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Hustlenomics: How Nhlanhla Ndlovu Provides Sustainable Housing in South African Townships

ThomasMarch 10, 2021AfricaX Changemaker Interviews

Meet Nhlanhla Ndlovu the founder of Hustlenomics, a for-profit impact driven social enterprise that’s dedicated to replacing informal backyard shacks in the South African townships with formal durable houses for low-income households. So Nhlanhla himself grew up in a township having to share a living space with 12 other siblings and relatives. When he built his own shack…

Youness Ouazri – How to start a sustainable construction company in Morocco

ThomasFebruary 14, 2020AfricaX Changemaker Interviews

Meet Youness Ouazri, the founder of Ecodome Maroc. Based in Casablanca, Morocco, his vision is to revive the earthen construction patrimony in Morocco and to give people who don’t have adequate economic resources access to infrastructure. In 2015, Youness Ouazri graduated with a civil engineering degree and an honorable mention. Before long, he had secured a…