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