MTN South Africa CFO Dineo Molefe nominated for 2025 CFO Awards

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango 04 November 2025

CFO Dineo Molefe has joined the group of nominees for the 2025 CFO Awards.

Dineo's efforts as the CFO of MTN South Africa has put her in the running for the annual “Oscars of Finance”.

Dineo Molefe was appointed CFO of MTN South Africa in November 2020. Prior to this she served as the managing director of T-Systems South Africa from 2018 after being the CFO from 2016. Dineo was also the group financial director for Thebe Investment Corporation from 2010 to 2014 and finance executive for Vodacom South Africa from 2014 to 2015.

She also served as non-executive director for several years at various companies, including Clientele, Thebe Investment Corporation, Spur Group and most recently Boxer Retail. Dineo was the audit committee chairperson at Thebe and at Spur.

The 2025 CFO Awards, which recognises exceptional financial leadership and performance, will take place on 11 November at the prestigious Polo Room in Sandton.

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango

Sinenhlanhla Mncwango is the senior writer for CFO South Africa. She grew up in Vryheid, northern KZN; studied journalism at the University of Johannesburg and obtained her honours in 2020. Sinenhlanhla has experience in online and broadcast media. In her spare time she enjoys a good game of cricket, hockey and loves learning different languages.

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