Mignon Hardie
Executive Director and Trustee, FunDza Literacy Trust, South Africa
Mignon Hardie is the executive director of the FunDza Literacy Trust, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to growing a culture of reading and writing among South Africa’s youth. She has been involved in the organisation since inception and has been instrumental in ensuring FunDza’s growth and success in getting young people reading for pleasure. The organisation is hailed for its innovative use of mobile technology to disseminate locally-generated, exciting content and for developing a new generation of writers. The organisation has received various accolades for its work, including being a finalist for the WISE Awards 2014 and for The Tech Awards in both 2014 and 2015. In addition to her work with FunDza, Mignon is a director of Cover2Cover Books, an innovative for-profit publishing house. Previously she has been involved in the start-up and management of a number of small and medium enterprises. Mignon has a BA (English and Economics) from UCT and an MBA from Stellenbosch University.