Summary

• Founder and CEO of MzansiStore.com – a South African online marketplace.
• Developer of eCommerce businesses
• Passionate about creating market access for small business

My commitment to entrepreneurialism and innovation in technology:Deidre has 20 years of experience in IT technologies. She is the founder and CEO of MzansiStore.com, a marketplace with a difference. She believes that access transforms lives. MzansiStore as a marketplace connects local handmade designers to local and global customers. She provides e-commerce training programme, which progresses through the online sales cycle including how to sell your products online using the power of social media. MzansiStore business bridges the gap between technology and creativity in South Africa.

She also serves on the board of the Silicon Cape Initiative, whose mission it is to be a catalyst for the tech industry in Cape Town. Silicon Cape organises tech events, start-up programs, fills accelerators and incubators with bright young talent who will benefit from such programs.

She has a MSc in Responsible Tourism Management from Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

• Founder and CEO of MzansiStore.com
• an online marketplace.-Entrepreneur in residence
• PARISOMA San Francisco
• Silicon Cape Initiative Board