Rapelang Rabana

Rapelang Rabana is just 26 years old, but has made great strides in the business world, and she's doing things her own way, too. She has some invaluable advice for any woman interested in starting her own business. When she was only 23, Rapelang started her own business, and she has been named as one of "200 Young South Africans You Must Take To Lunch" by the Mail & Guardian. This year the Research and Development arm of Swiss headquartered TelFree Communications, under its Global Head of R&D, Rapelang Rabana, launched the world’s first unified telecommunications hub which is now available on the Apple iPhone and the Apple iPod Touch. Rapelang is Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Yeigo Communications, which specializes in the development, implementation and marketing of software-based communications solutions that take full advantage of convergence trends within the mobile arena. The company’s core business strategy is focused on partnering with internet and telecoms service providers with the intention of offering mobile communication solutions as an integrated part of their own service offering.