Nthanda
Manduwi

Nthanda Manduwi is a systems entrepreneur and creative economy leader shaping future-ready innovation across borders. She is the founder and CEO of Q2 Systems—a company building modularized cyber-physical infrastructure for emerging markets. Prior to that, she built Bien Corporation, as well as the non-profits Ntha Foundation and Kwathu Kollective: organizations which have reached and impacted millions of youth in Africa, the U.S., and beyond.

Patron of Creativity
and Innovation

With roots in economics and systems thinking, Nthanda’s work bridges business strategy, technology, and social impact—building systems that last. Over the past decade, she has built a career advancing digital technologies, development policy, creative entrepreneurship, and knowledge management across sectors.

Her professional experience includes serving as an Evaluation Analyst with the United Nations and as a Business Development Manager at Microsoft [Xbox], teaching at the College of Engineering [MSU], as well as leading and advising programs with the European Union and the World Bank, focused on systems innovation, digital entrepreneurship, and youth empowerment.

Her academic journey reflects that same interdisciplinary focus: an MBA specialising in Marketing Management and Business Analytics, a MSc in Entrepreneurship in Digital Transformation, and a dual Bachelor’s in Economics and Demography.

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