Phakamile (Phaka) Hlazo is the founder of Zulu Nomad, a social enterprise leveraging digital and emerging technologies to enable African tourism capacity and enterprise development at scale. In 2019, Zulu Nomad launched the Africa Travel Hackathon, a movement poised to be a catalyst for the rise of travel startups in South Africa and on the continent. The recipient of various awards and scholarships, Phaka was in April 2020 named one of the 100 Inspiring Women Founders in Travel by Travel Massive. In 2019 she was named one of the 200 Young South African’s in the Entrepreneurship category by the Mail and Guardian.