Saray Khumalo

Saray Khumalo (born 1972) is a Zambian-born, South African explorer and mountaineer. In May 2019, she became the first black African woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Personal life With a Rwandan bloodline but now resident in South Africa, Khumalo was born in Zambia. She works as an e-commerce business executive. which involves climbing the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. It includes Mount Everest (Asia), Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa), Denali (North America), Aconcagua (South America), Vinson Massif (Antartica), Mount Elbrus (Europe), and Mount Kosciuszko (Australia) or Carstensz Pyramid (Australasia).

Asia: Mount Ever

Mountaineering summit Aconcagua (Argentina) in 2015 Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) in 2012

In 2020, she set a Guinness World Record for the most money raised during an eight-hour stationary cycling fundraiser to build digital libraries for children whose education had been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.