Lukanyo Mnyanda (1993)

Lukanyo Mnyanda succeeded Tim Cohen as Editor of Business Day on 1 May. Mnyanda joined Business Day from Bloomberg in Edinburgh. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhodes University, and an MSc in international development from the University of Bath.

Gugulethu Mhlungu (2006)

Caxton Magazines has announced the appointment of Gugulethu Mhlungu as the new deputy editor of Bona magazine. Mhlungu is the current Nightalk host on Radio 702. My media career began at the age of 17 when the radio bug bit in Grahamstown at Rhodes University’s campus radio.

UW’s Skinner Becomes Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Member

Longtime University of Wyoming faculty member Donal Skinner, the first dean of UW’s new Honors College, has been inducted as an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society. It’s only the eighth time in the past 40 years that UW’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter has awarded an honorary membership. Former UW President Tom Buchanan received the honor last year.

Jo-Ann Pohl

Jo-Ann Pohl was appointed Group CFO of Bowmans in November 2017. Jo previously worked as Finance Executive for Standard Chartered Bank Africa and insurance group Telesure. She is also the chairperson for Africa at Hansal International. She is a CA (SA) having complete her articles with KPMG. She has worked in various positions at Barclays Africa and Middle East before taking up a CFO appointment at UBank

Naufiku Hamunime becomes Standard Bank Namibia's Economist

Naufiku Hamunime, became Standard Bank Namiba’s Economist, after starting off her career at the Bank through its graduate programme two years ago. She is part of the young people who joined the bank through various developmental programmes, such as the Standard Bank Graduate programme, through which the Bank employs young graduates who rotate through the Bank’s various departments learning new skills.

Mark Shanahan (1988)

AUB Group Limited (ASX:AUB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Shanahan as Chief Financial Officer, effective 12th April 2018. Commencing his career at KPMG, Mr Shanahan has over 25 years' experience in Chief Financial Officer and senior operational roles across Australia, Asia and Europe.

Michael Denenga (1995)

Webber Wentzel re-appoints Michael Denenga, one of South Africa’s leading experts in finance and investment funds. Denenga joins as equity partner in the firm’s funds practice from April 2018. Recognised by a number of international ratings agencies, including Chambers Global, Best Lawyers and IFLR1000, Denenga joins Webber Wentzel from Dentons where he served as chairman of their Africa banking group and head of their South Africa banking practice.

Rachel Sibande (2015)

Malawi’s Rachel Sibande’s “Light from Maize” won in the climate category for her idea of using maize cobs to generate electricity. Dr. Conrad Tankou won in the personalized health field for invention of a digital microscope that connects a smartphone to scan for cervical and breast cancer remotely, uploading the data on to the cloud for doctors kilometres away for analysis. Professor Abdoulaye Banire Diallo’s precision genome analysis project won in the deeptech category.

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