2019 Women Leaders of the World. Dr. Puleng is the CEO of the Alchemy Inspiration. She has a passion for creativity, design thinking and innovation. She has twenty years of experience working in the private sector, government and in higher educational institutions. She is a mother of two children, and wife of one and a sister of three. Her academic background entails a BSc in Computer Science and Statistics, an MBA and a PhD in Business Management from the University of Cape Town.

Her international peers have recognised Makhoalibe as a global leader in creativity and innovation. In 2013, she received an award recognising her contribution to the international community of innovators and creatives. In 2016, she received an Africa Social Innovation Leardership Award. In 2019, she was selected as one of the twenty women leaders of the world (WLW) has now joined the WLW council. She is a speaker, panelist, facilitator, consultant locally and internationally and a published author.