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Veda Dean is the Founder and COO at Panda & Wolf Holding - a startup founded in 2017 that has now evolved to a Holding and acclaimed as the Top 500 Most Innovative Startups in Africa by the Bank of Africa and BMCE in 2018.

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She started Higher Education with Medical Science before transitioning to Advertising & Design Communication, Applied Arts, at the University of Arts, London - Central St Martins, alongside Leadership and Organizational Behaviour, Business Administration and Corporate Communications.

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Embracing the core values of female leadership, innovation and growth, Veda is also the recipient of several international awards:

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1. ‘Female role model of the Year 2019’ at the Southern Africa Startup Awards, an international competition that celebrates key actors of the Startup Industry across the globe;
2. ‘Best Sustainable IT Innovation’ for ‘Eco-Warriors’ (Women in Tech Africa);
3. ‘Digital Women Award’ for ‘SheThePeople’, ‘Google India’ and ‘Colors TV’.

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