South Africa

Arif brings over 15 years of extensive natural resources experience across Southern Africa, in addition to his earlier years of experience in the technical areas of mining engineering in South Africa. Currently, the Manager of Strategy and Strategic Projects in the Anglo American South Africa Executive Office, where his focus spans across the thematic areas… read more »

Dr Catherine Lephoto (PhD) is a Molecular Biologist turned blockchain tech entrepreneur with a passion for sales and business development. Her education has straddled prestigious institutions across the USA, the UK and South Africa. Catherine’s academic career includes many awards for academic excellence and publications in peer-reviewed and other scientific journals. She received her doctoral… read more »

Wayne K. Li is the James L. Oliver Professor, which is a joint position between the Colleges of Design and Engineering. Through classes and the Innovation and Design Collaboration (IDC), he leads joint teaching initiatives and advances interdisciplinary collaboration between mechanical engineering and industrial design. Endowed by School of Industrial Design alumnus James L. Oliver,… read more »

Born and bred in Soweto, Prof Tinyiko Maluleke is the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Tshwane University of Technology.  For two decades, he served in the following executive management roles in the South African higher education sector:  Deputy Executive Dean, Dean, Executive Director (Research) and Deputy Registrar at UNISA;  Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Internationalisation, Student Affairs and… read more »

Josef Gochermann (born 1960) is an associate professor for Marketing & Technology Management at the Osnabrueck University of Applied Sciences, Germany, and an extraordinary professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering at Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa. He studied Physics and Astronomy at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, and has nearly 20 years’ experiences in high-technology and… read more »

Ms. Khoza is the CEO of Swissport South Africa Pty Ltd. appointed as of June 2021where she isresponsible for the operations and growth of Swissport South Africa.She is also the former Economic Advisor to the Swiss Ambassador in South Africa. At the Embassy of Switzerland, she oversaw foreign direct investment promotion, economic reportingand providedstrategic policy… read more »

About the speaker James is the founder and CEO of Kortext. Prior to Kortext, James was the founder and CEO of Coutts Information Services, which became the leadingglobal supplier of content and services to university libraries across the world,and now a part of the Proquest / Clarivate organisation. While at Coutts James launched a sophisticated… read more »

Minister Minister of Employment and Labour

Phindile C. Masangane (PhD Chemistry, MBA, BSc.(Maths & Chemistry))  Phindile was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the South African upstream oil and gas regulatory authority, the Petroleum Agency South Africa (“PASA”), in May 2020. Before joining the Agency, Phindile was an executive at the South African state-owned energy company, CEF SOC Ltd, where… read more »

Ngonidzashe Dondo widely celebrated as King98 is a young and talented Zimbabwean born versatile artist and philanthropist whose music has been embraced mainly in the Southern and Eastern parts of Africa. His new age sound which is cemented by his ability to be versatile makes it easier for him to easily switch from Hip hop… read more »

Colin Coleman is a South African businessman, academic and public figure.   Colin served as a Senior Fellow and Lecturer at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs where, in 2020, he taught a course “Doing business in Africa, the last Frontier of Global growth”.   A former partner of Goldman Sachs, he was Chief… read more »

Caroline Nelson as H&M’s South Africa’s Country Manager is responsible for the overall Strategy, Sales, People, Operations, Sustainability & Expansion of H&M Southern Africa. Since joining the company fifteen years ago, she has held various positions in different locations within the H&M Group including, Head of Talent Strategy (US), and Regional Sales Manager (US), and… read more »

Yolanda Palezweni is a Political Reporter at The Herald/ Weekend Post in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. Her key objective is to change people’s perceptions of journalism and be the voice of the voiceless. Talented and immensely creative individual with a commitment to high-quality research and writing. Proven industry achievement history with more than five years of… read more »

Yavi Madurai is a Digital Transformation Strategist, Media Analyst, an advocacy activist for economic gender empowerment & technology equality.   To call it a multifaceted career is an understatement, as she now adds AfCFTA Specialist to her list of areas of specialisation, while being the Founder MD of Black Box Theory – a Digital &… read more »

Vuyelwa Nyakaza is a Strategist, Speaker and a seasoned Branding Expert who is passionate about Transformative Economic Development in Africa.  She is the founder and Managing Director of Sukume Consulting which is involved in Strategy, Trade & Investment and Branding. She positions African economies, businesses and brands for global competitiveness and socio-economic transformation.   Prior to founding Sukume, Vuyelwa was the Global Brand Strategist for the MTN Group working across 22 countries in Africa and the… read more »