Barbara Mallinson is the founder and chief executive of Obami, a social learning platform being used by hundreds of schools across Africa, Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n She saw a gap in the SA market \u2013 schools were creating real-life networks, but they weren\u2019t making use of online tools to take that further.<\/p>\n Obami was recognised as one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Technologies in the World in 2011 by Netexplo, Unesco and partners.<\/p>\n It was also identified as one of the Top 20 Start-ups in Africa by Forbes a year later, and Mallinson was featured on the Forbes 10 Female Tech Founders to Watch in Africa list.<\/p>\n Karen Nadasen, the CEO of PayU South Africa, is a self-motivated professional with extensive experience working in both Europe and Africa for the likes of Microsoft and BP.<\/p>\n Nadasen joined PayU in June 2012 as a Product Manager; she advanced to Head of Product and \u00a0Delivery Manager for MEA, before being appointed as CEO in June 2016.<\/p>\n She is passionate about direct, on-the-ground leadership and execution, fostering environments that promote visibility, hard work and dedication, that inspire and deliver results.<\/p>\n PayU is South Africa\u2019s largest online payment gateway<\/strong><\/a> and part of the Naspers group. PayU has a 40% market share in the South African online payments market and currently services more than 1 500 of SA\u2019s top merchants.<\/p>\n Globally, PayU has a presence across 16 high-growth markets, offering over 250 payment options to over 2.3 billion users.<\/p>\n Nisha Maharaj is the founder of Niche Integrated Solutions, an ICT solutions company that brings innovative solutions to Africa.<\/p>\n Niche Integrated Solutions provides software solutions, ICT managed services and training.<\/p>\n Maharaj has an accumulated service record of 20 years working experience within South Africa\u2019s major listed companies.<\/p>\n These range from the top four banking and financial services companies, to the telecommunications sector \u2013 where for more than 14 years she served at either executive management, general management or COO level.<\/p>\n She is of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneurial Winning Women Class of 2015.<\/p>\n![\"Barbara](\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Barbara-Mallinson-Obami-CEO.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n 2. Karen Nadasen, PayU South Africa CEO<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n 3. Nisha Maharaj, Niche Integrated Solutions executive<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n 4. Annette Muller, DotNxt founder<\/strong><\/h3>\n