21. Samke Mhlongo
Vital Stats:
- Business: The Next Chapter Wealth Partners
- Established: 2017
Up-and-coming fact:
Mhlongo’s experience as a global specialist bank and asset manager for seven years at a leading private bank led her to being an independent wealth coach, corporate speaker, media commentator, writer, and financial inclusion advocate.
Described by CNBC Africa as a personal finance goddess, she has also established a Pan-African following after hosting a She Leads Africa webinar titled Managing your money and Investments (one of their most viewed webinars to-date); hosting a booked-out event in Nairobi titled Redefining the narrative around Women & Wealth Creation, and going on a successful media tour to Nigeria where she was featured on a number of TV, radio and magazine platforms. She currently serves as the youngest board member of state-owned mineral research technology agency MINTEK, and sits on its Audit & Risk Committee.