Zolani Metu
WITS University, South Africa
Biography
Zolani Metu is the founding CEO of Decolonial Mental Health (Pty) Ltd, a start-up company that provides afro-centric solutions to complex mental health problems in South Africa. He is passionate about addressing health inequities and social determinants of health, with attention to mental health. The Mandela Rhodes Scholar holds a Master of Social Sciences (cum Laude, Mental health Research) from the prestigious University of Cape Town, and currently works as a Pre-PhD Intern at WITS University’s School of Public Health. Zolani has work experience from Washington DC, USA where he worked on an AIDS Free, USAID/PEPFAR project at a Public Health Consultancy known as John Snow Inc. He also worked in Burundi, East Africa, for an organization called Village Health Works; where he focused on Maternal Mental Health. Zolani also holds a strong passion for leadership and is an alumnus of the South African Washington International Program (SAWIP).