Nthabiseng Moleko

Nthabiseng Moleko is a faculty member at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) where she teaches Economics and Statistics part time. She has also been appointed as a Commissioner for the Commission of Gender Equality (CGE) enabling her to advance the economic empowerment of women in society, with a focal point on rural and marginalised youth.

For Nthabiseng Moleko education is critical and is an important means for serving society, a vocation that saw her accept a 2014 Ministerial Council appointment at Ikhala TVET College where she served as Deputy Chairperson and member of EXCO. She has also served as a non-executive director of JoGEDA, interim chairperson of the Hamburg Artists’ Retreat and member of WSU Industry Advisory Board. Through her roles as a former CEO at the Joe Gqabi Economic Development Agency (JoGEDA) and as project manager and researcher at the Eastern Cape Socio-Economic Consultative Council (ECSECC), she has worked extensively in the economic development landscape. At ECSECC she worked with regulators, policy makers, national and regional government, contributing to the design of economic development policies. ECSECC’s transition from a policy research think tank to a development agency enabled her to be involved in several regional projects in South Africa.

Nthabiseng Moleko holds an Honours in Business Science (Economics) from the University of Cape Town and an MPhil in Development Finance from the University of Stellenbosch Business School. She is currently completing her PhD in Development Finance at USB. Her PhD research focuses on pension funds, savings, capital market development, the Public Investment Corporation and growth. She seeks to understand how financial development in Africa can be better used to aid economic development. She has presented conference papers locally and abroad in cities such as Accra, Zurich and Paris and her papers have been published by the Pensions Institute. She is an avid believer in the value of development finance for unlocking growth.