24. Karabo Mathang-Tshabuse
Vital Stats:
- Business: P Management
- Established: 2007
Up-and-coming fact:
At 21 years old, Mathang-Tshabuse noticed that there were very few soccer agents and saw the gap as an opportunity to start her own business.
Mathang-Tshabuse is the first African female FIFA-accredited soccer agent, but it took her two attempts at the Fifa exam in order to obtain her accreditation. P Management represents about 40 players, and has played a role in the success of players including Orlando Pirates’ Mbongeni Gumede and Banyana Banyana’s Amanda Dlamini. She is currently studying full-time towards a postgraduate LLB degree with the goal of growing her company into the country’s biggest sports law agency.