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🌍 Advocating for people-centered, sustainable development in Africa. | 📍 Johannesburg 🇿🇦
👷🏾‍♀️ Founded by @sihlejakes
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Sihle Jakavula is a Civil and Structural Engineer registered with ECSA who is building a career at the intersection of infrastructure, equity, and sustainability. With a growing portfolio in structural projects, her long-term focus is to become one of the leading bridge engineers on the continent, designing and delivering infrastructure that connects people, cities, and futures.

She is the founder of Built For Impact, an independent research and media platform dedicated to reshaping how infrastructure is imagined and implemented in Africa. Through data, storytelling, and advocacy, Built For Impact highlights youth and gender equity in infrastructure narratives, advancing systems that are structurally sound and socially accountable.

Sihle is a published writer in SAICE’s Civil Engineering Magazine, a 2025 Black Women in Science Fellow, and a member of the SAICE Future Leaders Panel. She continues to be an active voice in rethinking engineering as a space for justice, leadership, and transformation. #alphafemalethepodcast #AlphaFemaleMindset #AlphaFemaleSA #Alphababeoftheweek

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