13/10/2025
Recently I had the privilege of participating in a trip of a lifetime with some amazing people, to visit Johannesburg in South Africa and Vilankulos in Mozambique at the invitation of Graca Machel and her organisations Graça Machel Trust and . Before I get too far however, I need to give a special thanks to Igniting Change , particularly Lydia Garrett, Radek Sali, Steve Kloss and even though she wasn’t there, Jane Tewson for making this all possible. A special thanks also to the GMT and FDC teams on the ground in Africa for holding us all with so much love and respect. This experience was an immersion of entrepreneurial and cultural exchange intersectional across race, gender and political landscapes that highlighted similarities as well as vast differences between Australia and Southern Africa. I’ve been sitting and contemplating since returning, hoping to find the words to articulate as close as possible to the feeling and impact this experience has had on me.
What I witnessed a learned resonated deeply with the work we do here at Kings Narrative, but also more broadly with this resistant movement of economic justice that is Blak business in our country, especially the NT.
A connection has formed and it cannot be unformed. To the people in South Africa and Mozambique, sanibonani, we will return again with more Blak business owners and leaders to build on this connection.
Kele mwerre 🙏🏾
