MEET THE FOUNDERS
Kanchana Moodliar is a visionary entrepreneur and community leader who is passionate about driving innovation and empowering local founders in Africa who are solving African problems with new business models, fresh thinking, collaboration and tech. With over 2 decades of experience, Kanchana has built a reputation as a skilled global strategist and business humanizer.
She is the founder and CEO of Nova Ideation, a new African innovation hub, which serves as a platform for conscious entrepreneurs to access resources, mentorship, and investment from both local and international investor communities.
Kanchana is also a serial entrepreneur and is the co-founder of Beauty Revolution and Neohance, both groundbreaking businesses that are purpose driven, high growth potential, tech lead businesses.
Her leadership and vision earned her recognition as a Mail and Guardian Top 200 Young South African early on in her career and she continued to be widely respected for her contributions to business and civil society.
Kanchana is a certified yoga instructor, avid meditator and has a deep love for discussions on wellbeing, philosophy and the existential questions humans are pondering.
Kamille Marchant is a results-driven events director with over 16 years experience in planning and executing successful events in the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, The Netherlands, Singapore & France. With experience both agency and client-side she brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise having worked with some of the biggest and most creative brands such as Meta, TikTok, The Economist, MBC, Nakheel, GE, Snapchat, BMW.
Having been involved at all levels of the project management process from concept, to business development, to strategy and implementation, she is able to provide innovative solutions to disrupt the status-quo and create unforgettable experiences for her clients.
When not orchestrating events, Kamille enjoys exploring the latest event trends, attending industry conferences, and staying up-to-date with emerging technologies in event management.