Buhle Goslar

Chair, Lula & Board Director, Aceli Africa

Technology, inclusive finance and leadership are the pillars of Buhle Goslar’s work to advance societal thriving.

She is Chair of Lula, South Africa’s first dedicated SME neobank; Board Director at Aceli Africa, mobilizing catalytic capital for agricultural finance in East Africa; and a strategic advisor to several leading tech start-ups in Africa and Europe.

Buhle is the former CEO of JUMO (Africa & Pakistan), which was Africa’s largest Lending‑as‑a‑Service platform during her tenure. She has 20+ years of experience driving commercial strategy, business development, customer intelligence, product innovation, and digital marketing at top‑tier financial institutions, including Barclays, Investec, and Woolworths Financial Services.

She holds an Executive MBA (UCT GSB), a Certified International Retail Banker (CIRB) qualification, and advanced certifications from Harvard Business School, Oxford Saïd, and The Fletcher School. Buhle has been recognized as one of South Africa’s Inspiring Fifty Women in Technology (2019) and was a recipient of the Accion Claugus Award for Advancing Financial Inclusion (2021).

By Buhle Goslar

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The Microfinance Debate Is Missing the Point

For too long, policymakers, economists, and investors have focused on whether microfinance actually helps people, reducing a complex issue to a meaningless yes-or-no verdict. The most important questions concern how loans are designed, delivered, and regulated, who receives them, and what they are used for.
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Teller to Techie: Empowering All Employees to Act on Customer Insights

Sometimes the employees who don’t interact with customers have the greatest impact on the customer experience. Making it easier for all employees to act on customer insights can help companies grow while advancing financial inclusion.