South Africa
Chris Campbell, Co-founder of the South African Business Angel Networks (SABAN), has been appointed as High Commissioner for South Africa. High Commissioner Campbell represents South Africa in the Global Startup Committee of the Grand Assembly of the World Business Angels Investment Forum.
Chris.Campbell@wbaforum.org
Christopher Campbell is leading efforts in South Africa and Africa to grow the angel investor ecosystem. As a co-founder of the South African – and African – business angel networks, he actively promotes a future on the continent where angels are numerous, well equipped, and networked. He is the Managing Director and Founder of Socius, a UK and South African management consulting and digital communication business. He is the youngest person to have served on the University of Cape Town’s Alumni Board and is a former winner of the All Africa Human Rights Moot Court Competition (Lagos, 2009).
South Africa
Swati Dlamini Mandela, The Granddaughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, has been appointed as High Commissioner at the Grand Assembly of the World Business Angels Investment Forum. High Commissioner Mandela will represent South Africa in the Global Woman Leaders Committee of the Grand Assembly.
Swati Dlamini .Mandela@wbaforum.org
Swati Dlamini Mandela is the granddaughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela. She is the daughter of Zenani Mandela, Ambassador to Mauritius. Swati co-authored the autobiography 491 Days with the Nelson Mandela Foundation about her grandmother published by McMillan Publishing Company. Swati is co-producing, with Mandy Jacobson, an authorized documentary about the life of Winnie Mandela for release in 2019 with the Ichikowitz Family Foundation’s African Oral History Archive. She recently participated in the publishing of The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela in which she wrote the forward. Swati is the Founding Partner and Shareholder of Qunu Workforce, South Africa’s leading consultancy creating equality in the workforce for those living with disabilities. She served as a spokesperson for 21 Icons - a visual celebration of South Africa’s most iconic people capturing human achievement through photography, film and narratives. She is a co founder of the Long Walk to Freedom Brand, a non-profit that delivers container libraries to disadvantaged communities in South Africa. A business developer, public speaker, she launched her luxury fashion range, Swati by Roi Kaskara, in 2017.
South Africa
Seipati Mokhuoa, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at HD Afrika, CEO at Southern African Women in Leadership, South Africa.
Seipati .Mokhuoa@wbaforum.org
Seipati is a consummate professional with more than 15 years working experience, a decade of which was in various leadership roles in the Financial Services Sector. A "born" strategist with a demonstrated history of working in the Banking Sector, Personal Finance and Wealth Management, Business and People Development.
Equality and people development being the underlying passion that drives and informs her leadership style and entrepreneurial spirit - she is the founder and Chief Executive of Southern African Women In Leadership.
Passionate about developing Africa, she is the strategist and innovator behind HD Afrika, a digital marketplace and platform set to connect the continent and ultimately provide solutions for socio-economic challenges exacerbated by #COVID-19 and beyond.
Her role as Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer is to effectively create and implement innovative and impact driven strategies aimed at building an eco-system that will leapfrog HD Africa and position it as a key global player in technology and innovation. Through her broad understanding of the local, continental and global business framework - she leads efforts to meaningfully engage and work alongside diverse stakeholder groups to systematically address the digital divide across the African continent.
Part of the role is to proactively pursue and cultivate continental development opportunities and partnerships that are consistent with HD Afrika’s mission, while being innovative and entrepreneurial.
She is responsible for the development and persuasion of successful proposals. Builds support and partnerships to promote programs and projects that advance impact priorities in a scalable and sustainable manner. She also engages in the general operations and financial aspects of the organization to effectively lead, manage, and align resources for top performance, including but not limited to financial statements and budgets. Over and above the key responsibilities mentioned above, she assists with negotiating appropriate roles, responsibilities, and compensation for snr staff and partners supported by contracts, fee for services agreements, and grants; identifies and secures diversified funding streams and business model(s)..
South Africa
Hannah Subayi Kamuanga, Principal of the South Suez Capital, South Africa
Hannah.Subayi Kamuanga@wbaforum.org
I have been a portfolio manager at South Suez Capital, the largest African fund of private equity funds for the past 7 years ($1bn AUM and close to 200 portfolio companies in the portfolio): https://www.southsuez.com/
At South Suez Capital, I have been investing in the past 7 years in Africa only, gaining exposure to funds, secondaries and direct investments in various sectors. On the back of my performance, track record and profile, I have been promoted to Principal in Q1 2020.
In this context, I have a deep understanding and knowledge of the African private equity market and the dynamics of managers and the environment.
From an investors' perspective, I have also dealt with pension funds and other types of investors (including family offices, DFIs and endowments) not only in Africa but also in Europe, US and Asia.
In addition, I have built my experience as an angel investor since 2019, as a director of Dazzle Angels, the first SA female angel fund (http://www.dazzleangels.com/#overview), only investing in women-led tech businesses, acting as an IC member and also responsible for origination and monitoring.
This ensures my ability to source, assess, price, structure and monitor early stage investments in South Africa.
As a guest lecturer in entrepreneurship at the African Leadership Academy (https://www.africanleadershipacademy.org/), I also have access to numerous African entrepreneurs (mainly West and East Africa). I am working on a more regular basis with some of them, through advisory and coaching sessions (covering financial, operational, strategic, fundraising and legal topics).
This has and continues to provide me with additional insight and knowledge regarding trends and dynamics in the early stage space in Africa.
I am currently based in Cape Town and travel extensively on the Continent (including West Francophone Africa and North Africa). I have also made numerous trips to Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo – my home country.
I have also been appointed as a member of PE WIN Africa (https://pewin.org/who-we-are/) and the Boardroom Africa (https://theboardroomafrica.com/) – through these platforms, I have been sharing my insights as a LP to African managers on a regular basis and continue to build my network in both the private equity industry but also the corporate and VC spaces.
Within the Boardroom Africa, I have been selected as one out of 10 recipients of the Wendy Luhabe 1-year mentorship programme.
Finally, I have been active in the CT start-ups scene in the past 3 years, with regular interactions with Seedstars, Akro Capital, Silicon Cape, Startup Grind among others. I have also been invited to AESIS summit for the past 2 years, focusing on building and expanding my angels investors network in both the Anglophone and the Francophone African worlds.
I am also passionate about educating the market and act as a host, panellist, moderator, speaker and judge at various industry events including AFSIC (Speaker 2020 - was invited for 2019 in London too: https://www.afsic.net/speaker/hannah-subayi-kamuanga/#.Xe9vSugzYdU);
Moderator at Ahub in October 2019 (https://tmt.knect365.com/africacom/speakers/hannah-subayi);
Mentor at the EY GBV Hackathon (November 2019 in Cape Town: http://www.leadershiponline.co.za/articles/fight-against-gender-based-violence-30006.html) and also judge at the Vfest at the African Leadership Academy in Joburg in 2017.
I am a philanthropist through Wadymaniac - a philanthropic organisation seeking to impact the DRC healthcare space.
South Africa
Hwalani Mabaso, Provincial General Manager ABSA, South Africa
Hwalani.Mabaso@wbaforum.org
Hwalani believes in the power of collaboration and co-creation for the greater good through impact entrepreneurship, innovation and designs this opportunity through all her work. She is a General Manager of Absa Insurance and Financial Advisors (AIFA), a division of the ABSA Group Relationship Bank. AIFA works in collaboration with business clients, Financial Sector Conduct Authority, public sector, business owners, insurance companies, and broader clients of the bank to mitigate loss, financial stability and promote trade and commercial activities that results in economic growth and development.
Hwalani is also a Board Member of Women in Tech® an international organization with a double mission: to close the gender gap and to help women embrace technology. The organization focuses on 4 primary areas that are a call for action: Education, Entrepreneurialism, Social Inclusion, and Science & Innovation. The aim is to educate, equip and empower women and girls with the necessary skills and confidence to succeed in STEM career fields.
Hwalani also co-founded Shift inspiring sustainable design, an Eco Design programme that focused on developing the youth in South Africa in partnership with organisations such as Universities, SABS, Proudly South African, South African Governments Departments and countries such as Sweden and Denmark. She is a recognized speaker with regular media features and has 17 years of experience working in the financial industry, Marketing and Communication fields as well as Social Entrepreneurship. She has served in various positions from Development Manager, Area Manager and Regional Manager at some of the largest corporates in South Africa including The CSIR, Old Mutual South Africa and Nedbank.
She became a finalist in the Standard Bank under 40 young achievers Business Category and in 2019 was selected onto the list of the Mail & Guardian Women Changing South Africa. Hwalani is an advocate for the future of business and integrates personal finance, innovation and design thinking, sustainability and entrepreneurship. She has a Master’s Degree with specialisation in Business management and is currently pursuing Doctoral Studies at the University of Pretoria with a focus on Turnaround Strategy, Business Rescue and Entrepreneurship.
South Africa
KJ Mahoney, Founder Endow Capital, South Africa
KJ.Mahoney@wbaforum.org
A central theme for KJ Mahoney, whether in the profit or nonprofit sector, has been to find innovative ways to add value for entrepreneurs and investors. His experiences span from venture capital, corporate finance advisory and business development in Africa and Europe, to developing fundraising strategies for NGOs in Central America and South-East Asia. These coalesce in Endow Capital where he connects the most innovative businesses with global investors who like him, want their capital and investments to have sustainable impacts and returns beyond just the immediate bottom line.
South Africa
Neville Matjie, South Africa
Neville.Matjie@wbaforum.org
Mr Neville Matjie is the Chief Executive Officer for Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal, an agency responsible for the attraction of Foreign and Local Direct Investment as well as Export Trade for the Province of KwaZulu-Natal. Over and above the responsibility as the accounting officer, he is responsible for leading the implementation of the organisation’s strategy and was the lead Executive for the implementation and establishment of the KwaZulu-Natal One Stop Shop investment centre launched by the former SA President. Neville, having worked for TIKZN for more than 15 years, has held several senior and executive management positions heading core functions of Trade and Investment. Neville was previously employed by the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry within the International Trade and Research Division for over five years, where he was responsible for the establishment of the KwaZulu-Natal Chambers of Commerce and Industry. He holds BA Com (UniWest), Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (UKZN), Master of Science in Investment Promotion and Local Economic Development, Edinburgh Napier University (Scotland), Export Documentation and Processes (School of Shipping), and several other qualifications. He is also a member of the Institute of Directors and Chairperson to the KwaZulu-Natal Project Brokering Unit.