Emile Fourie

Emile, founding Member of Y-waste Solutions and Gezakapa, has over 10yrs experience as a social entrepreneur.  A Formal Qualification background in Finance and Marketing, he has used these assets into pioneering Social Entrepreneurship, developing Circular Economic Business Models within the Green Economy.

He is particularly interested in using this thinking, to creating tangible, effective and sustainable change, by focusing on models striving for balance between People, Planet and Profit. His primary focus is heading up the Genius of Space Project, where he is striving to prove the true sustainable powers of Circular Economics, pioneering Ywaste’s Business model in the Informal Economy of Langrug, Franschhoek.

Loves the outdoors, which is shown through his vibrant and charismatic personality… he implements these techniques daily within his organisations and consulting services.