A Business Development Manager with Microsoft (Xbox), Nthanda is formerly a UN staff member, and the founder of the Ntha Foundation, Kwathu Kollective, and Bien Corporation - companies which specialise in digital and media innovation in Africa and beyond. She has 12+ years of entrepreneurial (business development and managerial) experience in the field of digital media and communications, with academic/research experience in information management systems, as well as gender & women’s empowerment. Nthanda holds a Master of Science degree in Entrepreneurship, and she is presently pursuing an MBA, with a concentration in Marketing Management. She also has technical expertise in knowledge management; programme & project planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring & evaluation; and tax (revenue) collection, filing, & enforcement.