Category: Vision
Location: Pretoria North, Gauteng
Oratile Malao, 28, is a civil engineerencouraging young girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineeringand math (STEM). Oratile works for the engineering and consultancy firm WSPAfrica.
Throughout her career, she has worked withorganisations such as Engineers Without ithout Bordersorders and WomEng to helpdevelop a diverse and inclusive engineering workforce in South Africa.
Oratile is invested in uplifting young girlswho want further their studies in STEM-related careers. She believes in theimportance of having young black female civil engineers visible in her field.Having worked on various infrastructure projects, her vision is to see theyouth of this country playing an instrumental role in shaping infrastructurepolicy to unlock opportunities and spur economic growth.
Recently, the Wits honours graduate completedthe Business of Consulting Engineering Management Development programme hostedby Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA). She continues investing in hercareer growth, to help achieve her vision of sustainable infrastructure inSouth Africa, especially clean drinking water, and a well-developed transportsystem.
