WikiMzansi is South Africa's free online information resource profiling the continent's prominent leaders. 
WikiMzansi is South Africa's free online information resource profiling the continent's prominent leaders.
View professional biographies of prominent African celebrities, politicians, corporate and business leaders.
Tilda currently works as part of the Development Consultancy and Research team based in Dubai focusing on covering property market research across the African continent. Tilda is tasked with coordinating research among the Knight Frank offices in Africa, covering a range of property market sectors including the commercial, residential, hospitality and specialist sectors such as… read more »
Patrick Katabua is Account Director and SADC Hub Lead in the Occupier Services Division. The role entails ensuring that client’s business strategy is met / enhanced through optimization of real estate. This could be in the form of Consultancy, Strategic Advisory, Market Research, Transaction Management (acquisitions, disposals, consolidations, re-gears, etc…) Patrick Katabua is French and… read more »
Shamin A. Sookia is MD of Perigeum Capital Ltd. Shamin A. Sookia was the Head of Listing for the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) and was actively involved in the strategic shift to internationalize its platform and move up the value chain of listed/traded products. Shamin has been involved in setting up the listing regulatory… read more »
Jaco Van Zyl holds a BCom degree from the North West University, a BCompt (Honours) degree from the University of South Africa and he is a qualified Chartered Accountant. After completing his articles, he moved to Federal Airlines as Financial Manager and ultimately assumed responsibility of the full finance function of the South African and… read more »
Paulo Cruz has joined WestPark Enterprises as its President this month to lead the operations and growth of BlackIvy’s 405-acre industrial & business park in Takoradi. Paulo brings over 20 years of commercial real estate experience to the WestPark (ghana). He most recently led NAI Global’s Sub-Saharan Africa office as their CEO and, prior to… read more »
Pumi Lukhele joined Gateway Delta Development Holdings (GDDH) in May 2018 and is currently responsible for conducting due diligence research on potential real estate projects and the procurement of professional services as required. Pumi Lukhele’s property knowledge and experience in both stakeholder engagement and project management positions her well for interactions with land and property… read more »
James Mugerwa was appointed Managing Director of Pearl Marina Estates in August 2017. James Mugerwa is responsible for the delivery of the vision for Pearl Marina as a leading resort destination in Uganda and East Africa. Pearl Marina will be a city in its own right with about 20.000 inhabitants enjoying a range of unique services… read more »
Thapelo Tsheole is a seasoned Financial Markets expert with a cumulative experience of 17 years having worked for the Central Bank Bank of Botswana and Botswana Stock Exchange Limited (BSEL). Mr Tsheole holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Single Major Economics) from the University of Botswana and a Master of Commerce (MComm) in Financial Markets… read more »
James Lewis is a Proprietary Partner and Managing Director of Knight Frank Middle East and Africa overseeing operations in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe which together employ over 800 people. Knight Frank provide; Property Asset Management, Valuation, Development Consultancy and Research, Occupier Services and Commercial Agency, Capital Markets, Healthcare… read more »
Richard Hough is the CEO of Africa Logistics Properties (ALP). ALP is a Kenya based company that specialises in developing modern distribution centres and industrial warehouses with flexible designs and specifications to cater for the ever-changing needs of today’s logistics, distribution and light manufacturing operations. Richard has over 14 years’ experience in developing warehouse facilities…. read more »
Ilaria Benucci joined the CDC Group in 2013 as Investment Director: Industrial Businesses. She has also led CDC Investments in two East-African commercial banks. Ilaria joined CDC from AIG Private Equity where Ilaria Benucci was responsible for investments in emerging Europe and Turkey. Her background is in private equity and financial institutions investing across Europe… read more »
Cheick Sanankoua is Managing Partner at HC Capital Properties. Prior to HCCP, Cheick was an investment professional at Helios Investment Partners. Cheick started his career in investment banking in New York and London with Merrill Lynch, where Cheick Sanankoua worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) group. Cheick holds a Master of Business Administration (Africa)… read more »
Adeniyi Falade is a CA and an investment Banker. He started his professional career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Lagos. Previously, he served as Managing Director of Lead Capital and Head of Investment Banking Group of Ecobank Nigeria & Lead Bank. He had also at various times served as Head of Internal Control/ Chief Inspector and Head of… read more »
Nawfal Bendefa is the founder of REIM Partners, a real estate asset manager with more than €300 million AUM in commercial real estate Morocco. Nawfal has over twenty years of experience in development, asset management, fund management and fundraising. His career in real estate began in lodging in the US and UK in various roles…. read more »
Marcene D. Mitchell has over 25 years of international finance experience with leadership positions in Project and Corporate Finance, Business Development, Strategic Planning and Client and Government Relations. Marcene D. Mitchell is currently Senior Manager of Strategy and Business Development in Climate Business Department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of… read more »