Ulwazi Mgwadleka
Ulwazi Mgwadleka is a Junior Account Executive at Quo Vadis. He studied Journalism at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in East London. Consequently, he acquired experience in the field by working as an Editorial Assistant intern at ITWeb’s iWeek magazine, mainly writing technology and corporate social investment stories. During this time, he gained experience in conducting interviews with key role players, from executives of blue chip companies to representatives from community based organisations.
Ulwazi also gained experience working as a Writer for Trialogue by writing case studies for corporate social investment handbooks produced by this organisation, indicative of the roles played by assorted CSI programmes in the development industry. He was also responsible for providing content for the company blog.
In his spare time, Ulwazi gives vent to an even more creative side of his cheerful. personality by giving social commentary on personal and current issues on his blog.
As part of his extra-curricular activities at University, Ulwazi was involved in radio broadcasting for six months. In addition, he worked with WSU's Student News Agency where he submitted stories that were distributed and published in Eastern Cape community newspapers. Originally, Ulwazi comes from Mthatha.