# Rachel Jafta

> Rachel Jafta is a startup investor at Prosus & Naspers (Cape Town). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Prosus & Naspers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prosus)
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-jafta-336b3b15
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rccj
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachel.jafta

Rachel Jafta is a startup investor at Prosus & Naspers in Cape Town. Rachel Jafta holds the degrees MEcon and PhD, and is a professor of economics at Stellenbosch University. She joined Naspers as a director in 2003 and was appointed a director of Media24 in 2007.She is a member of the South African Economic Society, director of Econex, chair of the Cape Town Carnival Trust and a member of the managementcommittee of the Bureau for Economic Research at Stellenbosch University.She is a member of the human resources and remuneration committee of Media24 and chair of the nomination committee of Media24. She was appointed chair of the Media24 board in April 2013 and on 9 June 2015 she was appointed to Naspers's audit and risk committees. In 2015 she was appointed to the international advisory board of Fondação Dom Cabral Business School, Brazil.

## About Prosus & Naspers

VC Fund · Vescovato, Italy

ProSus is an agricultural company of pigs that produces and distributes fresh meats and packaged meat products.

5 contacts available at Prosus & Naspers.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Don Eriksson | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-eriksson |
| Nolo Letele | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nolo-letele |
| Rachel Jafta | Non Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rachel-jafta |
| Russell Dreisenstock | Head of International Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/russell-dreisenstock |
| Aileen O'Toole | Group Human Resources Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aileen-o-toole |

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