The retail innovator has grown Comme des Garçons into global multi-brand fashion business with revenues of over $320 million.

Having met at fashion school in Cape Town, the designer duo emphasises traditional East African craftsmanship and textiles.

The South African businesswoman opened a concept store stocking ethically-produced African design, art and fashion, as well as her own handbag line.

The veteran retailer leads South Africa's largest department store and oversaw its acquisition of Australia's David Jones chain.

The former South African banker founded the world’s third-largest luxury goods group which owns Alaïa, Chloé and Dunhill.

After her departure from Luminance, the multi-brand luxury boutique she co-founded, the South African media mogul acquired the publishing rights for the South African edition of Elle magazine.

The first black editor of a major menswear magazine in South Africa is pushing the boundaries of men's style across the African continent and enriching the region's increasingly diverse media landscape.