Zinhle Phakathi
InvestorCommunity Engagement Specialist at Founders Factory Africa
Johannesburg Metropolitan Area
About
Zinhle Phakathi is a Marketing Manager at Columbia Lake Partners who specializes in community engagement strategies connecting founders and investors. Her experience includes designing partnership initiatives, managing marketing and communications, curating events, and supporting startup acceleration programs across African ecosystems. She has worked with founders and investors to develop networking opportunities, branding initiatives, and storytelling platforms for ventures.
Experience
- Columbia Lake PartnersMarketing Managercurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Lucha LunakoHead of Marketing Business Developmentcurrent2025 — presentSouth Africa
- Founders Factory AfricaCommunity Engagement Specialist2023 — 2025City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Founders Factory AfricaCommunity and Ecosystem Engagement Specialist2023 — 2025Johannesburg Metropolitan Area
- Youth Development Collaboration Lab (YD Co-Lab)Community Manager2021 — 2023South Africa
- DAIInformation and Communications Manager at Trade Forward Southern Africa2020 — 2023Gauteng, South Africa
- Impact Hub JoburgCommunity Manager2017 — 2020Johannesburg Area, South Africa
- University of JohannesburgLIBRARY TUTOR2016 — 2017Gauteng, South Africa
- UWSAOperations Intern2015 — 2016gauteng, South Africa
Education
- University of JohannesburgMasters 2018, Sport Sociology and Management2015 — 2018
- University of JohannesburgHonours, Business Administration and Management2014
- University of JohannesburgSport Communication, Sport and Fitness Administration/Management2011 — 2013
Skills & more
Strategic PartnershipsInternal CommunicationsBusiness DevelopmentLeadership DevelopmentSourcingContent StrategyCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Brand StrategyDigital MarketingMedia StrategyCorporate CommunicationsSocial Media Advertising
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Product CommunicationCustomer ServiceResearchSocial MediaEvent PlanningEvent ManagementProject ManagementSocial Media MarketingMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPoint- Digital Marketing — Regenesys Education
- Product Management First Steps — LinkedIn
- Agile Foundations — LinkedIn
- Change Management: Roadmap to Execution — LinkedIn
- The Undercover Economist: The Economics behind Everyday Decisions (Blinkist Summary) — LinkedIn
- Supply Chain Basics For Everyone — LinkedIn
- Creating a Communications Strategy — LinkedIn
- How to Make Strategic Thinking a Habit — LinkedIn
From Zinhle's professional profile.
Colleagues at Founders Factory Africa
Adam Morris
Product Designer at Founders Factory Africa
Adam Wakefield
Managing Editor at Founders Factory Africa
Adelaide Njoki Muthang'i
Investment Associate at Founders Factory Africa
Alina Truhina
Board Member at Founders Factory Africa
Amara Muoneke
Venture Design Lead at Founders Factory Africa
Andile Masuku
Head of Community at Founders Factory Africa
Andrew Obuoforibo
Head of Product at Founders Factory Africa
Ayotunde Aladejana
Head of Partnerships at Founders Factory Africa
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Zinhle Phakathi work?
- Zinhle Phakathi is Community Engagement Specialist at Founders Factory Africa.
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Shared employers
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Frank WebsterHead of Corporate Development at Founders FactoryKonstantin BehrAdvisor at SatganaNzwisisa ChidemboCTO in Residence at Enza CapitalAdam MorrisProduct Designer at Founders Factory AfricaAdam WakefieldManaging Editor at Founders Factory AfricaAdelaide Njoki Muthang'iInvestment Associate at Founders Factory Africa
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