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60<br />
Speaker biographies<br />
Mrs Theresa Mazoyo<br />
Zimbabwe Country Chapter<br />
President, Women in Agribusiness<br />
in Sub-Sahara Africa<br />
Alliance (WASAA), and Board<br />
Chair at Farm Plenty Plus.<br />
Past Chief Executive Officer at<br />
Four Seasons Finance, past<br />
Executive Director - Treasury<br />
& Corporate Banking at Agricultural Development<br />
Bank of Zimbabwe, past Group Finance Executive<br />
& Corporate Secretary; past General Manager -<br />
Corp. Banking at Genesis Investment Bank.<br />
Mr Colet Ncube<br />
Owner and Managing Consultant,<br />
Sand Sledge Business<br />
Services, Gaborone, Botswana<br />
Dr Chris Nhlapo<br />
Deputy-Vice Chancellor of Research,<br />
Technology Innovation<br />
and Partnerships, CPUT. Previously<br />
Research Manager at the<br />
National Research Foundation<br />
(NRF), he identified strategic<br />
partnerships both locally and<br />
internationally in order to design<br />
appropriate interventions to address research<br />
capacity challenges. He actively participates in<br />
international and national discourse with regard to<br />
South Africa’s national economic competitiveness<br />
in science, technology and innovation in comparison<br />
with other OECD countries. Another interest of<br />
Dr Nhlapo is Intellectual Property management and<br />
commercialisation.<br />
Mr Temba A. Nolutshungu<br />
Mr Nolutshungu joined the training<br />
division of the Free Market<br />
Foundation in 1989 and was<br />
appointed Director in 1990. He<br />
played a prominent role in the<br />
Black Consciousness Movement<br />
in his youth and was detained on<br />
two occasions. He was a Director<br />
of the V&A Waterfront.<br />
Mr Carver Pop<br />
Director: Cooperative Education<br />
at Polytechnic of Namibia; past<br />
Group Manager: Human Resources<br />
Business Connexion;<br />
past Manager: Cresco Skills<br />
Development<br />
Mr Pop is currently a member of<br />
a team developing Namibia’s<br />
new national strategy and policy<br />
on internships. His interest in research on student<br />
soft skills as well as employability skills required by<br />
industry ensures that a targeted effort is made to<br />
address the gap between Higher Education and the<br />
real world of work. He also contributes to leadership<br />
and Human Resource Development capacity<br />
building through roles he plays in national and<br />
international forums.<br />
Ms Rapelang Rabana<br />
Co-founder/CEO of Yeigo, a<br />
Cape Town based start-up that<br />
developed some of the earliest<br />
and most innovative mobile VoIP<br />
applications in the world. In<br />
2008, Yeigo partnered with the<br />
Telfree Group of Companies, a<br />
pioneering next-generation telecoms<br />
operator, enabling it to provide the full range<br />
of telecommunications services. Rapelang epitomises<br />
the new global generation of ingenious business<br />
intellectuals who are able to influence how the<br />
future world works and who seek to bring inspiring<br />
change through technology.<br />
Rapelang’s achievements in business are considerable<br />
and recognised by numerous leading international<br />
organisations. Shewas selected as a Global<br />
Shaper by the World Economic Forum; she is an<br />
Ambassador and Juror for the United Nations’<br />
World Youth Summit Awards; she was named an<br />
Old Mutual Top 30 ‘Do Great Things’ Entrepreneur<br />
and an Endeavor ‘high-impact’ Entrepreneur and<br />
has been featured in several business magazines<br />
and international TV <strong>programme</strong>s.<br />
Dr Beate Schlageter<br />
Corporate Technologies, Siemens<br />
AG, Munich, Germany.<br />
Dr Schlageter is an international<br />
business and technology consultant,<br />
with cross-sectional<br />
business units/divisions experiences<br />
especially in strategic<br />
marketing, international new<br />
business development, technology evaluation and<br />
R&D-portfolio-management.<br />
In Siemens AG, Dr Schlageter leads strategy and<br />
innovation projects to enhance and build-up product,<br />
business and R&D portfolios for the Siemens<br />
Operative Divisions and Corporate Technology, to<br />
understand and address future market, business<br />
needs and technology requirements.<br />
Her current focus is in the area of smart sustainable<br />
cities in general and related city infrastructure<br />
issues e.g. energy, water, lighting, buildings for<br />
different regions. She developed a comprehensive