Kitso Masi

Botswana

Young, gifted and dynamic, Kitso Masi received a nomination by the Junior Chamber International - a international youth organisation - as one of the “2009 Junior Chamber International Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World” for the work he has done in empowering young people.

A strong leader in the movement for an HIV and AIDS - free generation in Botswana, Kitso was a contestant in season two, and an I-Reporter in the third season of the pan-African reality television series, Imagine Afrika. As a motivational speaker, facilitator and peer educator Kitso has presented at a number of international workshops and seminars.

As an artist, Kitso has performed in stage productions including Serlan and Merriam, The Facilitator in a Rehearsal and Athol Fugard’s Nongogo. He was also instrumental in the launch of Mama Theatre. In 2004 in Botswana, Kitso was chosen as a facilitator for Project Phakama run by the Arts Council of England and the Baring Foundation.

Kitso has a passionate belief in the use of sport as a tool to help motivate behavioural change among young people, a cause that he supports in the public arena.

He is currently the executive director of the South East District Youth Empowerment League (SEDYEL), a youth-led sports and community development programme in Botswana.

Kitso is interested in researching how theatre can be linked to sport as a development concept to attain social change.