Africa

General Thembinkosi Mthembu is the founder and the only director of Mthembu Tissue Converting. The number of years he has worked for the well-known and respected company in the converting business Nampak Tissue has allowed him to gain vast experience in every aspect of the business from being a machine operator to being part of… read more »

Ivan Saltzman Ivan Saltzman, is a South African business magnate and the CEO, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the corporate retail pharmacy group Dis-Chem. The pharmacy group is operational in Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana. It specializes in beauty, health food, sports supplements, and health and well-being. Dis-Chem started in 1978 when pharmacists Ivan and… read more »

Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe is a Nigerian banker and entrepreneur. He is currently CEO of Access Holdings Plc, traded as Access Corporation. Herbert was the Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank plc, one of Nigeria’s top five banking institutions, after succeeding his business partner, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede in January 2014 till April 2022.

James Steer is the Co-Founder of i-Drop Water. James has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Oxford University’s Said Business School and Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) degree from the University of Cape Town. He has over 16 years of experience in drinking water purification technologies, strategy consulting, renewable energy consulting and entrepreneurship. I-Drop… read more »

Oluwatoyin Sanni is the former CEO of United Capital PLC and currently serving as the founder and CEO of the Emerging Africa Group, a Financial Services Group comprising investments in Investment Banking, Financial Technology, Venture Capital and Microfinance Banking, Co-Founder of the Africa Investment Roundtable as well as Board Chair at Layer 3 Limited and… read more »

Former Director at Pepkor and Former Chairman of Shoprite Holdings, which started out as a chain of eight supermarkets in Cape Town that was purchased for 1 million rand and grew into a multibillion-dollar business due to various acquisitions and expansion strategies made in the first 30 years of operations. After playing a role in… read more »

Wendy Appelbaum is a South African entrepreneur who owns and is also the chairman of De Morgenzon Wine Estate in Stellenbosch. She served as the former Deputy-Chairman Wiphold, a women’s investment holding company listed on JSE. Besides, she also holds a strong position in other local and international organisations. Altogether, Wendy is largely recognized for… read more »

For the eleventh time in a row, Aliko Dangote (b. 1957) has been named the richest man in Africa in 2022, with an estimated net worth of around $13 billion. He is also the richest black man in the world. The business empire he began to build more than three decades ago, Dangote Group, is… read more »

Wendy Ackerman is a Non-Executive Director of Pick n Pay Holdings Limited. She joined her husband, Raymond, in Pick n Pay when he acquired the company. Whilst raising a family, Wendy has been totally involved in the Pick n Pay Group’s development of employee benefits and their welfare. She was appointed a Director in 1981… read more »

Began his career at an early age of 19′, has been managing the transport and camel oil divisions. Succesfully grew up the companies He then successfully established new segments into the group, cement concrete LPG wheat milling and car fright stations. Mr Nahdi started his business career in early 2006 when he was just 19… read more »

Louisa Mojela Louisa is a founder and Group CEO of WIPHOLD. Louisa has held positions at Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank and Development Bank of Southern Africa (during which time she was seconded to the World Bank in Washington DC), and the Lesotho National Development Corporation. Louisa graduated with Bachelor of Commerce from the National… read more »

Jason is the Regional Chief Creative Officer for VMLY&R North America and the Global Chief Creative Officer for WPP on Ford. Jason’s entrepreneurial ventures have spanned all areas of the media industry from film and television to advertising, music, and the Internet. He’s a pioneer of the South African communications industry, having made his mark… read more »

Currently, J. K. Olusegun Agbaje occupies the position of Group Chief Executive Officer & Director at Guaranty Trust Holding Co. Plc and Chairman for Guaranty Trust Bank (UK) Ltd. (a subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Holding Co. Plc). Mr. Agbaje is also on the board of 5 other companies. In the past J. K. Olusegun Agbaje… read more »

Tanzanian media mogul Reginald Mengi sits atop one of the largest media conglomerates in Africa. His IPP Media Group owns 11 newspapers, radio and television stations and internet properties. He also owns Bonite Bottlers, the sole bottler of Coca-Cola products in the northern region of Tanzania. His Kilimanjaro brand of bottled water is the biggest… read more »

Tabitha Karanja is founder and CEO of Keroche Breweries. She is one of Kenya’s leading entrepreneurs, a remarkable trailblazer and an example of a woman made good against all the odds. Tabitha chose to venture where none before her had dared. She took on an 87-year-old business monopoly and entered an industry with a deeply… read more »