Pearl Maphumulo is an African Entrepreneur with a passion for business development & an eye for branding. She's an alumna of the Raymond Ackerman Academy for Entrepreneurial Development under the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a business speaker, business TV show host & the 2015/16 Curator of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers (Soweto Hub) as well as a Nominee of the 2015 African Achievers Awards.
She founded a media company called Prolific Designz in 2011 (t/a Prolific Interactive Designz – www.prolific.co.za ) that started out as only a web design company & has since expanded & now focuses on corporate branding; the company has since assisted many SME's in developing a winning brand & countless start-up entrepreneurs with brand consultation.
Pearl is also the founder and Managing Director of a private company called 'The Business Development Agency', which in June 2015 begun the first phase of a project for the South African Women's Entrepreneur Network (SAWEN); a former subsidiary of the South African Department of Trade & Industry now under the South African Ministry of Small Business Development, with this project the company was training female entrepreneurs from 3 provinces in Marketing Capacity. The company basically assists SME’s within an assortment of industries & sectors with business development solutions.
Furthermore, she was recently chosen as part of the Africa80, which is the 80 young Global Shapers from 40 African countries to attend & participate at the World Economic Forum on Africa Summit 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa and is the South African Ambassador for Dutch initiative, Building Bridges.