Founder Of Brewsters Craft Introduces Students To The Science Of Beer Making Through Trainings, Meet Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela

Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela is a South African brewmaster

Apiwe is the first person from South Africa to earn a National Diploma in clear fermented beverages.

She is also the first black woman in South Africa to have founded a microbrewery company.

Brewsters Craft introduces students to the science of beer making through training and provides professional breweries.

She helped organize International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day events in South Africa

She first discovered that she could build a career around beer at a university open day.

Growing up in Butterworth in the Eastern Cape, she picked up the skill of brewing traditional Sorghum beer, uMqombothi. Though not a frequent drinker, Nxusani-Mawela was fascinated by the science behind it.

Quick to remind doubters that women have historically been entrusted with the art of brewing, she embarked on the journey to becoming a master of the craft.

Intent on building a solid foundation, she began with a BSc at Wits, later completing her Honours in Microbiology at the University of Pretoria. Nxusani-Mawela was fixated on impressing her own ideas upon the industry, but chose first to take a job with South African Breweries to gain experience.

There she earned the title of brewer after undergoing an 18-month apprenticeship.

Source:Female Founders Initiative

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