Joseph Makamba Busha is the founder and Managing Director of JM BUSHA Investment Group, which has subsidiary companies in Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. He is also the chief investment officer responsible for managing about R5.0 billion in retirement funds.Busha launched the JM Busha 54 Races National Peace Pledge Marathon with hope to capitalize on athletics’ mass appeal on the continent to promote peace and unity through sports. The JM Busha 54 Races is a non-profit organization involved in social investment programmes aimed at promoting the sport, education, peace, stability, harmony and unity among people and nations.Joseph has a total of twenty-three (23) years of experience in the insurance and financial services industry beginning in 1990- covering product research, design, and development; investment research and management; treasury operations and trading.Between 1994 and 2000, he worked for HSBC Securities (SA), Standard & Corporate Merchant Bank (SCMB) and NEDCOR as a Financial Engineer / Quantitative Analyst/Strategist specializing in the construction and trading of derivative strategies, arbitrage trading, equities and interest rate financial modeling, yield curve modeling, quantitative investment research, marketing, investment banking and implementation of market risk management systems. Joseph is a Director and Chairman of Education Committee of Association for Corporate Treasurers of Southern Africa (ACTSA), a member of Institute of Directors in Southern Africa (IoDSA) and former head of ABSIP Internship Program. He holds a BSc (Maths, UZ), BSc.Hons (App Maths, WITS), MSc (Derivatives, WITS), MPhil (Ind. Maths, Warwick) degrees. Joseph is a Fellow of the ninth class of the Africa Leadership Initiative-South Africa and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

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Tlale Mosimane is the Chief Transformer at Change Agility. A dynamic, enthusiastic, professional and responsible entrepreneur who is passionate about making a difference in people's lives through the adoption of organizational transformation initiatives.Founded in 2011, Change Agility is a young and vibrant change management consultancy offering valuable solutions and skilled expertise in the change management process. Our passion is people, from assisting them in finding their purpose within their organization and enabling them to handle change with ease, to developing their skill sets. Assisting organizations in becoming healthier working environments for both staff and stakeholders is Change Agility’s specialty. We offer change management services in South Africa, and in 2016 we opened a Change Agility office in Malawi to expand our reach across sub-Saharan Africa.She is results-oriented and is meticulous in all she does. Mosimane has been involved in various projects for over 15 years where she has gained valuable experience. She has been involved in SAP consulting as a Functional Consultant.She has experience in the following: Change management, Project Management, Business process improvement, Corporate Governance, and Business Analysis.Mosimane has been in business for over 10 years and aims to be a go-to partner in corporate South Africa and across the public and private sector for her excellence in driving sustainable organizational Change Management and overall Organisational behavioral transformation.

Themba Mabaso is an author and illustrator who started the self-publishing company, Njabulo Publishers, in 2003, with the aim to get more South African children to read. His stories and characters have a distinct local flavor and over the 14 years of its existence, his company has brought out more than almost 20 children’s novels.Njabulo Publishers introduces illustrated books with adventurous characters in African settings to encourage South African children to read.Improving South Africa’s literacy rate is paramount to the success of the country and its people. It starts with young children falling in love with the written word, learning through illustrated characters about themselves and the world around them.However, there are not that many children’s books that speak to the lived experiences of many young South Africans. The adventurous character Gimba, created by Thembinkosi (Themba) Mabaso, and Njabulo Publishers are boldly pioneering the children and youth literary market with entertaining, enduring and relevant books.The books are developed to educate as well as entertain the readers and they come in a number of languages that is English, Zulu, & SeSotho. There are currently at least 18 titles published by Njabulo Publishers.

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Vénicia Guinot is certainly one of the most inspiring Young Media Personalities from Africa who started their companies with next to nothing. Starting from scratch at the age of 23 with a single wish, to keep her late parents’ legacies alive (Mr. Marcel Bavouéza-Guinot, her Father and top Congolese Venture Capitalist of his generation; and Mrs. Julienne Mankassa, her Mother, UNESCO/UNICEF cadre and one of the Most Influential Philanthropist from Brazzaville). And she has, since 2009, worked hard to be recognized as a Multimedia Journalist holding the titles of Publisher, Media Entrepreneur, Executive Producer, Radio Host, and Business Influencer. Guinot is the founding partner of The TROPICS GROUP OF COMPANIES (Pty) Ltd. (“TGC”) and has since its inception, been serving as Executive Chairwoman. Under this new umbrella, she is responsible for the sourcing, planning, and execution of all impact investment mandates for TGC in sub-Saharan Africa. She is the sole founder of The TROPICS GROUP OF COMPANIES, a holding company for TROPICS MAGAZINE, the TROPICS BUSINESS SUMMIT and TROPICS HOLDINGS Ltd. She is the initiator of various movements and initiatives such as #AfricanDOers, TROPICS VOICES, TROPICS CHANGEMAKERS, TROPICS AWARDS, CONTINENT NOIR FOUNDATION, the TROPICS BUSINESS MIXER, the TROPICS STARTUP SESSION, and the upcoming TROPICS NETWORK and TROPICS FUND. She closely oversees the management of all these ventures and is the Publisher and Managing Editor at the almost 9-year old TROPICS MAGAZINE. This 5-time Media Entrepreneur awarded in London, France and South Africa curates, since October 2017, the TROPICS BUSINESS SUMMIT, the first-of-its-kind multi-platforms and multilingual business summit to ever be hosted in South Africa with the goal of helping Young Entrepreneurs with Startups scale their businesses and arming private investors with the best insights available to make better informed investment decisions by providing cutting edge insight into the African and the Caribbean's investment landscape. Guinot boasts a formidable 10-year career as a Business Leader which has earned her accolades, trophies and international recognition. Guinot began her career in publishing in 2009 as a South Africa based Correspondent for various publications such as AMINA MAGAZINE in France, VENTURES AFRICA in Nigeria, FOLK MAGAZINE in Norway, CUISINE NOIR in the U.S etc., and at the same time, working towards launching her own publication.

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Mabusela’s ‘Metric Production is a stage and film production company he founded in 2013, which produced the award-winning stage play ‘Connection to Home’ and garnered rave reviews and bagged an award at the 8th Goree International Arts Festival in Senegal, in 2016. The company has gone on to create content for Craft Beer Company; Stimela Brewing. Currently, Metric Productions is producing a science school road show. A show which travels to underprovided schools, giving science kits to schools without science Labs and teaching science through drama.Marcus’s focus is to bring solutions to African problems through storytelling and is collaborating with ‘The Independent State of Nandi’ Co-star Lebo Barole and Vanessa Perumal, Managing Director of JT Communication Solutions in producing a new digital comedy series.As Rubin ‘The Hurricane’ Carter once noted, ‘He who bemoans lack of opportunity forgets that often small doors lead to big rooms’. I'm looking forward to being an active change agent, using film and television towards telling our stories and instilling hope in the African child and am thankful for all opportunities that have and continue to come my way, ends Marcus Mabusela.

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Roche is a founder of LORA Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Roche started his career as an accountant, after completing his articles and worked for various consulting companies until he started his own entrepreneurship consultancy in 2006.By focusing on everything from effective entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership, to the spread of ideas and changing everything, Roche has been able to motivate and inspire countless people around the country.Roche holds a B.Com Accounting [Honours] degree, Diploma in Company Law, Higher Diploma in Taxation, MBA [Finance], Ph.D. [Entrepreneurship].Roche is executive chairman of Vuka Board of Advisors for Entrepreneurs. Roche is the author of an entrepreneurship book called: The Start-Up Revolution: Fit In or Stand Out.

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Walda Is A Petroleum Retail And Development Specialist. She Has 19 Years’ Experience In The Petroleum Industry. She Has Worked For One Of The Biggest PetroleumCompanies In South Africa And Has Managed More Than 500 Petroleum Retail Outlets Nationally. She Has Experience As A Petroleum Retail Property Developer As Well As Retail Operations Management. She Completed The Leadership In Oil And Energy Program Through WITS Business School In 2010. She Also Completed The SAPIA – Women In Leadership Program In 2013 Through DUKE. She Is Currently Leads The Ngovu Team Of Professional Consultants In Order To Achieve these Outstanding Results.

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Leveraging his natural flair for motivational speaking, Sibusiso has arisen from a bushy-tailed high school candy salesman to a magnetic sales savant.Sibusiso has a cumulative work experience of fifteen years, the majority of which was acquired in various positions and disciplines in the Information Technology sector. Through his company, The Msomi Institute he asses, advises trains and coaches on various sales disciplines from sales strategy to sales execution. His clientele varies from privately owned companies right through to Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed companies.His meteoric rise in the leadership is underpinned by an executive certificate in Management Advanced Programme (MAP) focused in Business Administration and Management obtained from the Wits Business School.He has sat on the board for Global Micro Solutions as well as co-founder of my dunamis a Church Management system that he created to fill the technology gap that exists in church organizations and NGO’s.

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Mantwa Chinoamadi has been at the helm of the T-Musicman since its initial forays into the world of live music promotion and production in 1989 when she was offered the role of Artist Liaison.Her clients included the likes of Queen, Jonas Gwangwa, Rebecca Malope, and Brenda Fassie. All of whom placed the marketing and promotional necessities of their careers in the hands of Mantwa and T.Musicman. Her first assignment in the role of Project Manager came in the form of the country's first democratic election processes in 1994 when T-Musicman was tasked with co-ordinating the Voter Education Rally campaign, for the education of the masses prior to the historical democratic elections in 1994. While she has submerged herself in various business courses to gain theoretical knowledge and leverage to succeed in her new position, Mantua's will to succeed in her role as Project Manager has taken her to the far corners of the globe to gain first-hand experience in delivering world-class events, concerts, and festivals.

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CEO of Redefine Human Capital, Irisha Luhanga knows how crucial it is to connect entrepreneurs’ businesses with talented individuals. She understands that the key to a company’s success lies in the satisfaction and growth of its employees. Luhanga has solidified her reputation in the human resource services field as the woman to get this done with world-class professionalism and integrity. The company is now expanding into the African continent and beyond, bringing her expertise to clients across a variety of business sectors.Luhanga gracefully and single-minded sails ahead of her competitors in the recruitment and organizational development industry, realizing the entrepreneur’s dream of operating a sizable business that brings in revenue, while maintaining its distinctive identity. In a field that is often criticized for lacking genuine personal attention in order to receive quick commissions by both candidates and clients alike, Irisha Luhanga gives her clients a refreshingly different experience. Redefine Human Capital provides flexible and scalable end-end services that are tailored to suit individual client needs. Luhanga’s experience and success in the corporate world, combined with her passion for empowering women and youth who come into contact with her, delivers consistent results. Her successes include blue-chip companies in the Engineering and Financial Services industries.Irish doesn’t limit her ambition and excellence to her business’ achievements. Ever aware of the needs of the disadvantaged in this unequal society, she is one of the founding members an NGO, Visions of Joy, which provides basic needs to underprivileged youth. She also uses this as a vehicle to facilitate infrastructure projects that aim to effect systemic change in under-serviced communities. A wife and mother of two’ Luhanga’s working life began at the age of only 11, in a single parent household. She went on to fund her school and university career. As a self-funded entrepreneur who used her own capital to start and build her company, she brings insight into the dynamics that inform successes and failures in business and life. “I handle hardships with the determination that I will not fail, and as a leader who has committed her life to the personal and professional development of others, I am equally committed to continually investing in my own development as I strive for nothing but the best in all that I do.”Redefine Human Capital, captained by the inimitable Irisha Luhanga, is poised to go beyond South Africa’s borders to an even more diverse global marketplace in the international talent search, startup, and organizational development industry.

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