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Pearl
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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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.
bio
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.