Palesa Motaung

As the answer to an ageing farming population and rising food scarcity, Palesa Motaung launched DesertGreen create new, young farmers, develop current existing small-scale farmers and repurpose under-utilized land in rural Africa for food production. Her long term vision for the company is to not only educate South African students on how to plant sustainably, but launch the DesertGreen App, a location based mobile app platform that offers real-time support during production cycles. In essence, her vision is to feed the future.