Episode 30 - Lehlohonolo Makaja, Founder, Africa Trading Network - a podcast by Mass Participation World

We end this week on The Aid Station in a rural village about 50km from Gaborone, Botswana, where we meet Lehlohonolo Makaja.



He shares how, like many in our industry, his journey started out as a  volunteer - working on the Diacore Gaborone Marathon. At the age of 27  this one still has a long way to run but has already seen him found  Africa Trading Network. It includes promoting Sport and Tourism in his  small nation of 2million people.



Lehlohonolo believes the  Government has managed the current situation "very well with  transparency, good communication and support for businesses." They have  just come out of a strict 28 day lock-down.



He talks of the  importance of patience "for the first few years we got no sign-ups for  our overseas running tours but we kept learning and in 2018 it changed".  Patience was part of The Aid Station interview process which stretched  over two days with internet challenges.



Sport is in its infancy  he continues "we have only ever had one Olympic medalist so we have  started this program to identify young talent and give them the  opportunity to train outside Botswana".



Watch the inspiring story of Lehlohonolo here https://youtu.be/Lvft_HOtsiU

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