Ms Mahanyele-Dabengwa joined Naspers as South Africa CEO, in July 2019. Before joining Naspers, she was the co-founder of Sigma Capital, an investment holding company formed in 2015. Prior to that, she held the position of CEO at the Shanduka Group.

Ms Mahanyele-Dabengwa has been awarded several accolades such as CNBC Africa’s All Africa Business Leaders “Woman of the Year Award” in 2019, and the Forbes Woman Africa “Businesswoman of the Year” Award in 2014. In 2013, she was awarded a “Distinguished Achievement” Award by The Douglass Society, and the Africa Investors recognised her as a “Leading Africa Woman in Business of the Year” in 2012. In 2011, Rutgers University conferred on her the “Rutgers Vision of Excellence Award”. In 2009, she was awarded the “Most Influential Woman in Government and Business” by Financial Services. The Wall Street Journal counted her among the “Top 50 women in the world to watch”. Ms Mahanyele-Dabengwa was also selected as a Global Young Leader in 2007 by the World Economic Forum. She was awarded “Top in Project Finance, 2003” by the Association of Black Securities & Investment Professionals.

Ms Mahanyele-Dabengwa is an independent director of Vodacom Group. She serves on the advisory board of Stellenbosch University’s business school, is on the board of the United Nation’s Global Compact Network SA and is a council member of the BRICS Business Council in South Africa.