About me
Dr. Lelemba is an award-winning transformational leader who combines on-the-ground entrepreneurial experience, investment expertise and academic rigour. She brings over 20 years of experience scaling across 10+ African markets and has invested in over 30 women-led businesses.
As an entrepreneur, she has doubled company revenues, led teams of 100+, scaled businesses across markets and built inclusive growth strategies in diverse sectors including fintech, edtech, agri and climate.
As a gender lens investor, she has deployed over $11M into innovative women-led businesses and gender-diverse teams through various funds, proving that intentional inclusion drives both commercial success and social impact.
Holding a PhD in Gender, Race and Entrepreneurial Finance, she translates rigourous research into evidence-based frameworks that guide global investors, start-ups, corporates and policymakers.
Latest Media
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Dear Entrepreneur, Get an Online Presence
After a long day of assessing hundreds of #entrepreneur applications for #funding - my top piece of advice today to entrepreneurs is: ⚠️ "If ...
Calling on a global sisterhood
As we celebrate another Women’s Day, I wanted to share a little bit about what it means to me. For ...
Dear Entrepreneur, please learn how to pitch succinctly
Dear #entrepreneur,Please learn how to pitch succinctly. Remember that apart from being an investor, I am also a mum, wife, ...
The Empress Fund
Access to finance for women entrepreneurs on the continent is still a challenge with prohibitive terms and conditions that prevent ...
Let’s talk about racism – Episode 4: The future is multiracial, multicultural, multilingual
By Jabulile Sonya Ngwenya We are living in a tumultuous world that is undergoing volcanic changes. We are navigating unknown ...
Let’s talk about racism – Episode 3: The UK is far from innocent
By Angel Lulu-Briggs - 17yrs The UK is far from innocent; here's why... In my many years of living in ...