Tshepo Moche

Tshepo is the founder and director of BAV Creative Studio, a development-led animation and live-action company shaping culturally rooted African IP that travels beyond borders, genres and expectations. A writer, director, story doula, mother and activist, Tshepo has worked across Supa Team 4 (Netflix), Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes (FranceTV/Disney Channel) and Kizazi Moto (Disney+). She has also worked as a showrunner on Azania Rises and Development Exec for Triggerfish studios. Tshepo facilitates story, pitching, creative business and mentorship programmes across the continent, and is a founder and CEO of W.A.T.A., a Pan-African advocacy collective supporting African female-identifying and non-binary creatives in animation and gaming. Her work centres story and skills development, youth education, African narratives and socially engaged, gender-conscious storytelling.