Precious Moloi-Motsepe

Precious Moloi-Motsepe
Moloi-Motsepe in 2019
Chancellor of the University of Cape Town
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2020
Vice-ChancellorMamokgethi Phakeng
Preceded byGraca Machel
Personal details
Born
Precious Moloi

2 August 1962 (1962-08-02) (age 62)
Soweto, South Africa
Spouse
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(m. 1989)​
Children3
EducationWits University (MBBCh; 1987)
OccupationBusinesswoman, philanthropist and medical doctor
Known forFounder of the African Fashion International
Websitehttps://motsepefoundation.org

Precious Moloi-Motsepe (born 2 August 1962)[1] is a South African philanthropist and fashion entrepreneur. One of the richest women in South Africa,[2] she started her career as a medical practitioner, specializing in children and women's health. In September 2019 she was elected Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, succeeding Graça Machel, and beginning her ten-year term on 1 January.[3]

In 2007, she established African Fashion International,[4] an events, fashion and lifestyle company to promote pan-African designers to international audiences, and endorse the African fashion industry as a pathway to economic development for young people and women. In 2013, she joined the Giving Pledge with her husband, committing to give half of their family wealth to charitable causes.[5] In the same year she was on the inaugural cover of Forbes Women Africa[6] and has since been listed as of the 50 most powerful women on the continent by Forbes Magazine Africa.[7]

She is a regular delegate to the World Economic Forum held in Davos,[8] as well as a member of the Harvard Kennedy School Women's Leadership Board.[9] She is a member of the Advisory Board for the Milken Institute's Center for Strategic Philanthropy[10] and the Harvard University Global Advisory Council.[11]

  1. ^ "AFI Official FB-page wishes founder Dr Precious Motsepe a Happy Birthday". m.facebook.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "'Anchoring entrepreneurship in Africa' | DW | 03.05.2017". DW.COM. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Chancellor's Installation and Inaugural Address". www.news.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. ^ Pato, Thando. "'I'm just Precious'". Truelove. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Patrice and Precious Motsepe - The Giving Pledge". Giving Pledge. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  6. ^ @forbesafrica (1 October 2013). "Register" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 April 2022 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Africa's 50 Most Powerful Women - Forbes Africa". 6 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  8. ^ Yanofsky, David (21 January 2020). "The confidential list of everyone attending the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos". Quartz. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Membership Directory". wappp.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Center for Strategic Philanthropy Advisory Board". milkeninstitute.org. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  11. ^ "UCT chancellor joins Harvard University Global Advisory Council". www.news.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 29 March 2023.