Sipho Makhubela
CEO
Sipho is a seasoned business leader with proven experience across the African continent. Throughout his private equity career, Sipho has invested in and grown businesses across the continent in major economic cities such as Lagos (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana), Nairobi (Kenya), Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), amongst others. He joined Harith in 2007 as head of the $630 million Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF 1). He later transitioned to the role of MD of Investments before his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer in September 2020. Sipho previously worked for Investec Bank, Coronation Capital and African Merchant Bank in South Africa, with a focus on aircraft and plant and equipment financing, and various acquisition finance transactions
Qualifications: CA (SA), MBA, AMP (Harvard)
Board Memberships:
Lanseria International Airport, second largest privately owned International Airport in South Africa
Kelvin Power Station – supplying power to Africa’s largest economic hub, Johannesburg, South Africa
Anergi – Pan African power group supplying energy to 26 million Africans with a presence in Kenya, Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria
MainOne – a West African communications services company providing open access wholesale, international connectivity and broadband capacity