Percy Morapedi Koji

Percy is a 31-year old South African from the small town of Taung in the North West Province who is passionate about his country, its people and its future. He was awarded a scholarship by the European Union to complete a diploma in Intercultural Communications, Gender & Globalization at Fulda University in Germany where he graduated in 2012. Percy is passionate about serving the community and tackling South Africa’s terrible education crisis. He values giving back those within his community so he has set out to build a community library in Taung. As the Head of Youth Development at Afrika Leadership Development Institute, Percy uses technology to address democracy, provide Training & Leadership programmes among youth and Professionals on various topics. He is currently the Chairperson of the Youth Council in Johannesburg and ward Committee Member with the City of Johannesburg. Percy is also a Mandela Washington Fellow.