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  • Fintech leader Thembi Shilenge wins top global CEO award

    Fintech leader Thembi Shilenge wins top global CEO award

    Thembi Portia Shilenge, a leading African figure in digital finance, has been named Best CEO in the Crypto Industry at the 2025 She Millionaire Awards.

    The international award recognizes female executives driving significant transformation in business and technology.

    The award acknowledges Shilenge’s strategic leadership of Crypto Dimensions, a global educational initiative aimed at enhancing blockchain literacy. The organization focuses on equipping young Africans, women, and emerging entrepreneurs with the knowledge to participate in the digital economy.

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    This recognition highlights a clear trend of growing African influence in the global financial-technology sector. Shilenge’s win follows a previous honor at Africa’s Under 40 CEOs Awards, cementing her status as a key leader in continental entrepreneurship and technology.

    Her role as an industry leader was further demonstrated at the recent Crypto Content Creator Campus in Dubai, where she joined other global blockchain strategists and Web3 brands. Her participation there solidified her position as a primary African voice in the international conversation on digital finance.

    Shilenge’s work exemplifies a new standard of leadership, focusing on democratizing blockchain access and expanding financial literacy to foster broader participation in digital wealth creation.

  • How I founded Fems through philanthropy – Thembi Shilenge

    How I founded Fems through philanthropy – Thembi Shilenge

    Cryptocurrency guru, Shilenge Thembi Portia, has revealed why she established Fems in Tech, a vision-driven movement conceived to drive the revolution of women in tech to deepen inclusive financial products leveraging technology. She also spoke on how philanthropy has been driving the optics in the firm.

    Thembi Shilenge, the CEO of Crypto Dimensions, is passionate about creating wealth and promoting alternative financial payment solutions in Africa. The South African is a popular crypto coach and trader. The businesswoman ventured into bitcoin trading, mining, and staking in 2016, when global acceptability of the trade was scarce and vague.

    However, Thembi Shilenge rather improved her knowledge, so much so that she added value to herself in Ripple, Ethereum, Monero, and Dashcoin and Poloniex Exchange—all other cryptocurrencies. Like they say, the rest is history. The trailblazer has become a recognised international cryptocurrency figure.

    Thembi Shilenge’s mentoring programme aimed at raising future giants in the business, has produced hundreds of young traders across the continent, creating wealth and stamping her profile as a role model and showcasing her impact and expertise in the field.

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    Thembi Shilenge’s growing influence as a financial technologist on the continent inspired Fems In Tech, which celebrates female excellence in fintech, business, and finance. The initiative is not only fostering innovation but also promoting women’s significant strides in the financial technology sector.

    “Whether it’s creating inclusive financial products, leveraging technology for financial inclusion, or advocating for diversity in the industry, women in fintech are making a difference. Their contributions are not only driving economic growth but also paving the way for a more equitable and diverse future in finance,” she added.

    Thembi Shilenge is undoubtedly an all-round philanthropist. In a recent outreach programe, Fems In Tech, led by Thembi Shilenge, organized a visit to a clinic and school for disabled children in the Mmakaunyane (MMK) Community in South Africa, on the occasion of the 2024 Children’s Day.

    Under Thembi Shilenge’s leadership, Fem in Tech provided meals to the children, before taking their medication after long travels to the clinic.