Olwam Mnqwazi is an author and the Managing Director of the Black Hat Group, an innovative research and leadership development agency based in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa. He is also the founder and chairperson of the Fruits of Democracy, an NPO critiquing the democratic dispensation, recognising youth excellence and organising public engagements in the Eastern Cape. Mnqwazi holds a BA degree majoring in Public Administration and Industrial & Organisational Psychology and BA Honours in Development Studies, both from Nelson Mandela University. Currently, he is busy with a Masters in Development Studies with the University of South Africa. Mnqwazi enjoys a wide range of accolades ranging from the 2019 Avance Media’s 100 Most Influential Young South Africans in Leadership & Civil Society to the 2015 Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans, to name a few.
