Mrs. Daphne Mashile-Nkosi

Mrs. Daphne Mashile-Nkosi

Mrs. Daphne Mashile-Nkosi

Founder of Kalagadi Manganese 

Mrs. Daphne Mashile-Nkosi is currently the founder and executive chairperson of Kalagadi Manganese, a South African mining company. Ms Mashile-Nkosi started her career with the Women’s Development Bank Micro Finance in 1990. Prior to that, she was an activist with a strong commitment and a long history in community development which led to her being nominated to study development economics in 1993, in Nagoya, Japan. She has a keen interest on gender issues, and encourages the business community to invest in improving the quality of life of poor communities and the nurturing of women entrepreneurs and business leaders. Among other things, she is a strong proponent of infrastructure investment with spill-over effects on communities and has continuously proposed new funding models for entrepreneurs.