Business . Leadership
Based: Johannesburg
Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa is a South African CEO, Group Executive Director, humanitarian, and philanthropist. She is the SA CEO of Naspers & Prosus and serves as an Executive Director on the Naspers & Prosus Boards. She leads on the group’s EU government relations. She is also an independent director of Vodacom Group and a board member of the United Nations Global Compact Network South Africa. Before joining Naspers in 2019, she co-founded and led Sigma Capital as Executive Chairperson. She was previously the CEO of Shanduka Group and held leadership roles at the Development Bank of Southern Africa and Fieldstone in New York and Johannesburg, specialising in project finance and infrastructure investments. Phuthi has been consistently recognised for her leadership and impact. She ranked on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women International list and was inducted into Rutgers University’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni. Her awards include CNBC Africa’s All Africa Business Leaders “Woman of the Year”, Forbes Woman Africa’s “Businesswoman of the Year”, and the World Economic Forum’s Global Young Leader recognition, among many others. She holds a BA in Economics from Rutgers University, an MBA from De Montfort University, and executive education from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
