Top 10 Women Leaders from Cape Town - 2025

Cape Town is one of the most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities in South Africa and is a focal point of economic and cultural importance. The city has a variety of sectors, including finance, tourism, tech, and manufacturing, that have cultivated a mindset that celebrates innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Particularly, one of Cape Town's strengths, the business sector, is using and championing women's leadership, leveraging women's leadership to disrupt the status quo across a wide spectrum of industries.

Women business leaders are an essential part of Cape Town and drive the city's economy. Their participation in Cape Town's economy is steadily expanding, with an increasing number of women in executive roles, board members and entrepreneurs. The women's leadership component of the Cape Town economy is an ever-growing market and is making a significant contribution to employment creation, investments, and sustainable opportunities in Cape Town and beyond. The impact of women's leadership has been especially visible in financial services, the creative industries and emerging technology startups.

"Women leaders in Cape Town are reshaping industries with courage, creativity, and compassion proving that leadership knows no gender"

Women leaders are spearheading innovative solutions and advocating for digital inclusion. Their leadership not only closes the technology access gap but also creates an innovation ecosystem to support diverse talent. Many women executives who are located in Cape Town not only lead established companies, but also support the development of start-up businesses that are set on the AI, fintech, and health tech landscape, which helps to establish Cape Town as a destination for future-focused business solutions. Their increasing presence in Cape Town’s market reflects a greater social movement towards inclusivity and resiliency, with women leaders being among many who catalyze change, create opportunities and continue to build towards a business environment grounded in a global context that meets local needs.

 In this issue, Global Woman Leader magazine brings a list of ‘Top 10 Women Leaders from Cape Town - 2025’, who are domineers of change in the corporate realm of the country. This list of ten leading and inspiring women is crafted by a team of CEOs, VCs, and the editorial board, delivering inspiring stories of their journey and the contributions & roles played by them in the creation and empowerment of an economically powerful nation.