Roxsanne Dyssell

Roxsanne is a board member of the UCT Fund.  She is the Managing Partner at Afamba International LLC, which specialises in the regulatory, financial, and technical management for prominent satellite companies such as SpaceX, Amazon, Apple, Globalstar and EutelSat across Africa.  Roxsanne is responsible for strategic direction, client relations, and fostering innovation within the team bringing together diverse teams composed of engineers, legal practitioners, financial experts, and more and ensure that they have the systems and tools they need to push the company in the right direction. 

Roxsanne, who completed a Bachelor of Science in Environmental & Geographical Science, was the first and only person to get a university degree from her mother’s side of the family.  On her father’s side – they were UCT all the way: a grandmother who was in Fuller, aunts, uncles, siblings and cousins were all at UCT and a cousin lectured at UCT.

“I'm passionate about supporting educational opportunities and would be honored to contribute my expertise to the USA UCT Fund Board, helping deserving South African students achieve their academic goals”.

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