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Sir Donald Gordon (24 June 1930 – 21 November 2019) was a South African – British businessman and philanthropist. He founded Liberty Life Association of Africa in 1957 and Liberty International. Educated at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg, and then enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg where he obtained a BCom degree… read more »

Appointed CEO in July 2009, Peter is responsible for the Group’s strategic trajectory and the alignment of more than 14 900 people across 21 countries. With an enviable track record for navigating demanding and complex environments, his unwavering focus is on the delivery of superior shareholder value, and on the ongoing creation of sustainable competitive… read more »

Nomkhita Nqweni is on the board of Vodacom Group Ltd., South African Mint Co., South African Bank Note Co. (Pty) Ltd. and Old Mutual Ltd. Ms. Nqweni previously held the position of CEO-Wealth & Investment Management at Absa Group Ltd. Chief Executive of Wealth & Investment Management at Absa Capital Pty Ltd. (Investment Management) and… read more »

James grew up on a farm outside of Cape Town, learning firsthand the challenges faced by his family and community of growers. Years later, at university, he met Benji and together they decided to see how they could use their combined skills in aeronautics and machine learning to find ways to solve the challenges faced… read more »

Alloysius Attah is the Co-Founder and CEO of Farmerline, which works with thousands of small-scale farmers in Ghana to increase access to agricultural information, productivity and income. In 2013, Alloysius launched Farmerline with Emmanuel Owusu Addai to support small-scale farmers to increase their yield and income. Farmerline builds mobile voice services that provide timely and… read more »

Dr Sam Motsuenyane is the Patron of the Dr Sam Motsuenyane Rural Development Foundation. He is one of the founders of the largest and best-known African business organisation, The National African Federated Chamber of Commerce (“NAFCOC”) in 1964. Dr Sam Motsuenyane played a significant role in the development of Black business in the country. He… read more »

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 »