WikiMzansi is South Africa's free online information resource profiling the continent's prominent leaders. 
WikiMzansi is South Africa's free online information resource profiling the continent's prominent leaders.
View professional biographies of prominent African celebrities, politicians, corporate and business leaders.
President Emeritus & Group Managing Director | Trade and Development Bank Mr. Tadesse is President Emeritus and Group Managing Director and serves as Chairman of the TDB Group Executive Management Board. Prior to this role, he served as CEO of TDB (2012-2022). He serves on the governing organs of several global and continental industry bodies,… read more »
Head of Relationship Management | Moody’s Investors Service Francesco leads MIS Relationship Management team for Southern Europe, responsible to drive Moody’s commercial strategy and MIS business in the region. Francesco has 20 years of experience in the financial markets building highperforming teams and developing commercial strategies to drive growth and help customers make better business… read more »
Chairman | Invest Africa Advisory Board Rt Hon Mark Simmonds was The Foreign & Commonwealth office Minister with responsibilities for Africa, the Caribbean, UK Overseas Territories, International Energy and Conflict Prevention and worked closely with UKEF. He served as a Member of the UK Parliament for 14 years. He was also a Senior Advisor to… read more »
Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer | Africa Finance Corporation Sameh Shenouda is the Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer. He leads origination, execution and portfolio management of transactions across a wide range of sectors and products. With over 27 years of experience in infrastructure investments, project development and fundraising in international capital markets, Mr…. read more »
Chief Executive Officer | Africa Speciality Risks Mikir Shah has over 25 years of experience in Africa. Prior to ASR, he was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AXA Africa Specialty Risks. A highly skilled practitioner with extensive financial experience, Mikir has also previously held the position of Head of Insurance (UK) and Head of… read more »
Chief Sustainable Impact Officer | Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) Marco provides leadership on driving sustainable development impact across PIDG companies. He oversees the early stage impact assessment of all PIDG investments, the process for monitoring and evaluating their impact and PIDG programmatic work to deepen sustainable development impact including on gender and climate. Marco… read more »
Head, Private Sector Engagement | COP28 UAE Hanan Bakr Sakr is the Head of Private Sector Engagement team for the UAE Climate Change Special Envoy office for COP28. She is a former Finance Head with the UNFCCC High-Level Climate Champions and MENAT head of Energy Sector and Sustainability Lead for HSBC with a diversified experience… read more »
Managing Director & CEO | Lagos Free Zone (Tolaram Group) Dinesh Rathi is a member of the leadership team at Tolaram, a Singapore-headquartered conglomerate with major interests in Africa. He is leading the infrastructure vertical in Nigeria which involves the development and operations of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) which is deeply integrated with Lekki… read more »
Vice President – Private Sector, Infrastructure & Industrialisation | African Development Bank omon Quaynor is the Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure & Industrialization at the African Development Bank (AfDB). He joined AfDB in May 2020. He has over 25 years’ experience in development finance and investment banking. From 2018-2020 after Mr. Quaynor left IFC… read more »
Foodie Mag, the leading South African food publication, is proud to showcase the rich tapestry of South African cuisine. With a team of talented writers, editors, photographers, and industry experts, Foodie Mag explores the diverse flavors, ingredients, and cooking techniques that make South African cuisine so unique and exciting. “Foodie Mag takes you on a… read more »
Obi Asika, Founder, Cabal Entertainment is acknowledged as one of the key African voices in the creative, media, entertainment, cultural and innovation industries, he is a policy expert, thought leader, executive producer for Film & TV, Music and Live events and has a 30 year track record of success in the sector, he is one… read more »
Dale is a best-selling author and former SA Businesswoman of the Year. Dale started through-the-line agency Chillibush from a suburban garage in 1998. The agency was ranked a top three small South African agency by Finweek and the Financial Mail. Dale sold Chillibush in 2014 at which time it was billing more than R100m per… read more »
Mteto Nyati invests in unlisted medium sized companies that operate in high growth areas. He is the published author of the best seller “Betting on a Darkie”. In 2021 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Johannesburg’s College of Business and Economics. Mteto is a former group CEO of Altron and CEO… read more »
Ricardo Oberlander was born in Brazil and has most recently served as President & CEO of Reynolds American after holding a range of senior marketing and regional leadership roles at British American Tobacco, which has operations in 180 countries. Throughout his career, which includes a B2B and telecom background, he has been a thought leader… read more »
Sharon is a seasoned marketer, with over 30 years of experience in B2C and B2B Marketing, and has held marketing leadership roles at Unilever, The Coca-Cola Company, Brandhouse, Standard Bank CIB and is currently Marketing Director for Heineken Beverages. She has worked in South Africa, across sub-Saharan Africa and has also worked in global roles… read more »