Monique D. Griffith

Moniqu D. Griffith

Monique D. Griffith is the Director of Sector Support, Growth & Sustainability at the Department of Economic Development, City of Johannesburg. She is responsible for developing sector interventions that stimulate economic growth.   She is currently on assignment at the Smart City Office to facilitate the municipality’s transition to digital services and incorporating technology and innovation into departments operations for faster service delivery. To name a few, her recent achievements include: revising the City’s Smart City Strategy, developing its first Innovation Framework and developing the Smart City Integrated Implementation Plan for a whole-city approach.  She has also directed the City’s Green Economy Strategy, the implementation of the Joburg Municipal Broadband Network and developed a Film Office for the City.

Her life purpose is to give people access to the support needed to empower their personal or economic development. The African Diaspora Metaverse Museum (ADMM) is a platform she intuits will empower youth of the African Diaspora with knowledge of the hidden impact Africans have had on world history. She sees ADMM as a way to inspire young people to envision the Diaspora’s possibilities to shape a global future of excellence.

Monique holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Gordon’s Institute of Business Science; a Juris Doctorate from the University of Maryland – Baltimore; a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia and is a licensed Attorney in the States of New York and New Jersey.  She has resided in Johannesburg over 20 years; enjoys spending time with her precocious 9 year old son and stays physically fit with yoga, nature hikes, jogging, cycling and dancing.