About The Innovation Club

The Innovation Club is a non-profit company established by a group of young professionals that hail from the forgotten village of Mabeskraal. The Innovation Clubs goal is to better the lives and assist the youth in achieving their dreams.

The Innovation Club is a company that is in direct response to the growing number of young people that are either falling through the cracks at school and or have lost hope in the future. The aim is to focus in helping them come out of the disadvantaged environment and still be successful.

The innovation club is a non-profit organization that is focusing on improving lives in general within our operating area. The club was solely inspired by the lack of skills development in the community and a high rate of illiteracy in the village. The club aims to improve the lives of the youth through various programmes including mentorship, sports development and information hub. Most matriculants dont have the knowledge of the wide range of opportunities that are available to them and thus end up staying at home after they finish their matric. We aim to inform the youth at large of the opportunities that are available and assist in bettering the state of their lives and improving the community in the process.

Meet Our Team

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Wilfred Keabetswe Moatlhodi is the Chairman and founding member of The Innovation Club. He is a Financial Accountant by profession and is a member of The South African Institute of Professional Accountants. his passion and love for community development led him to encourage a few of his friends to join in on this worthy cause and that is how The innovation Club was created.He is also a member of Arise and Shine Youth Development Organization.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR : HR & FINANCE

Mabule Obakeng is a Procurement Officer at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority formerly known as The Financial Services Board. He is works in Supply Chain Management Unit under the Finance Division.He obtained his B.Com Accounting from the University of Johannesburg in 2016 and now studying Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences with Unisa in pursuit of his dream of one day qualifying as a CA(SA).Obakeng is also registered with SACE (South African Council for Educators) until 2020 as he was a teacher before he opted for the corporate world.He joined the Innovation Club in 2012 at its inception and was a Public and Stakeholder Relations Manager. He is also a tutor and mentor at the Innovation Club.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR : EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT

Ofentse William Marutle Who joined the Innovation Club in 2012 as an Operation officer has held other leadership positions over 3 years. He started working at North West University (NWU) in 2014 as a Student Assistant. Furthermore, in 2016 Mr Marutle worked as a contractor under the company of Human Science Research Council (HSRC) in collaboration with North West University. Mr Marutle is Currently Working for Department of Health under finance department. He held Bachelor of Commerce in Economics (Bcom), Honours of commerce in Economics (Hons com) and Masters of Commerce in Economics (Mcom). He has published in one of the recognised international Journals.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR : SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

Itumeleng Mabule is the Secretary and a key member of The innovation Club. Itumeleng Mabule is a peoples person, highly skilled in marketing and a great team player overall. He is actively involved in the sports programme.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR : OPERATIONS

Baatseba Dintoe is the newly appointed Assistant Director:Operations. she previously served as the assistant director: marketing for the innovation club. she is very passionate about youth development and has dedicated herself to making the innovation club a force to be reckoned with. Her favourite quote is "By crawling, a child learns to stand"

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR : MARKETING

Basimane Mmatladi is the head of marketing and member of the innovation club, a male who grew up in the rural village of mabeskraal in Rustenburg. Basimane is is passionate about youth development and joined the movement in 2019 as the assistant marketing officer. He also works for multichoice Africa as a credit control for their sales department.

SPORTS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Lesang Nkotsoe joined the organisation in 2019, her bubbly personality brought life into the team, she was appointed as the organisation's accountant and later moved to sports development department as assistant sports officer, she holds a national diploma in financial accountancy and currently studying towards Bachelor of Accounting science in financial accountancy. she's a go-gether, she loves challenges and handles them with ease. she's definitely going places.