45. Linda Mabhena-Olagunju
Vital Stats:
- Business: DLO Energy Resources Group
- Established: 2011
Up-and-coming fact:
Mabhena-Olagunju’s 100% black woman-owned energy company has developed and successfully bid on three projects under Government’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme.
The LLM graduate is also the founder of the Renewables and Energy Forum in South Africa. In 2015 she was selected by ESI as one of the 50 Most Influential People in African Power and the 2015 Forbes Woman Africa Best Emerging Entrepreneur Award. In Mabhena-Olagunju received the 2016 All Africa Business Leadership Award (Young Business Leader of the Year – Southern Africa). She has also served as the special advisor to the Minister of Energy in South Africa.
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