How LFA Mining And Automotive Aims To Minimise The Gender Gap In The Engineering And Automotive Industry
How LFA Mining And Automotive Aims To Minimise The Gender Gap In The Engineering And Automotive Industry. LFA Mining and Automotive was created in 2020 with the purpose of minimizing the gender gap and prioritizing the exclusivity of women in the Engineering and Automotive industry.
The company understands how hard it is for rural women to be given opportunities let alone participate in male dominated fields hence its aim is to change the narrative of male domination within the engineering and automotive field by means of prioritizing the mentoring, skills development, creation of jobs and empowerment of women from underprivileged rural communities. LFA Mining is a level 1 BBBEE contributor (100% female youth-owned company ) specializing in manufacturing steel related structures, automotive repairs and artisan placements.
LFA Mining provides services to industries such as mining, construction, automotive, oil and gas sector. The company is a reliable, trusted and professional auto repair in Rusternburg. It is an award wining company: Forbes Africa under 30 CEO Global ‘s most influential women in Engineering; Mail and Gurdian top 200 South Afriacan Women ‘s Forum Rising talent (France); Fabulous Women Job Creation Award Finalist and Top 100 most influential South Africa.
The company was founded by Lesego Mokae, Mokae has gathered experience in management and development in banking and mining sector. Her strong management experience including a role as a Strategic and Operations manager at an Engineering firm saw her grow the company’s turnover to over 9million rands in its second year of operating. She is passionate about the advancement of rural women especially in STEM. She Co-founded A Non-Profit organization that holds various mentorships and aimed at empowering rural women & youth with Entrepreneurship and Engineering skills.
