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“Africa’s young entrepreneurs should seek not to amass wealth but to create wealth needed to build local economies.” This is according to Kenyan business leader Mugo Kibati. He said most African countries remain poor and underdeveloped because for the last 50 years many business people acquired wealth through the wrong …

Caleb Karuga Wendy Farms Kenya For more than a year TV journalist Caleb Karuga wanted to get fired. The Kenyan entrepreneur says that while he was good at his job, his true passion lay in farming, but he did not have the courage to quit his job.  “I would pray …

In an interview, the recently crowned 2013 Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce Businessman of the Year took time to demystify the myth surrounding the funeral business saying that there was nothing sacred about death as it was inevitable that we all die at one stage in our lives. A former …

Chartered accountant Victor Sekese’s story is an epic journey across the great divide that black chartered accountants have had to bridge in the world of finance, where both race and size signalled “Keep Out”. Sekese is CEO of SizweNtsalubaGobodo, the fifth-largest accounting firm in Southern Africa, and a board member …

Advocate Brenda Madumise South Africa Brenda Madumise is the Chairperson of the National Home Builders Registration Council appointed in May 2012. She is an admitted and non-practising advocate who holds a BProc; LLB and Post Graduate Diploma in International Trade Law (University of the Witwatersrand) and an MBA (Bond University). She …

Anatomy of fast money Vicki Robinson, Lloyd Gedye and Tumi Makgetla 11 Aug 2006 07:03 Black ownership is now concentrated in more than 20 significant empowerment groupings, including Mvelaphanda Holdings, Johnnic Holdings, Sekunjalo, Thebe Investments, Matodzi Resources, Worldwide African Investment Holdings, Safika and Shanduka. The names of six magnates recur: …

Retail magnate tells Adele Shevel how he worked his way up to become South Africa’s wealthiest man Share Article:     YOU wouldn’t expect to find the country’s richest man in an office in an ordinary building more brick than glass and wedged in next to a township in Cape …

Tope Lawani Helios From his London office, Tope Lawani (MBA 1995) is taking a lead role in developing financial services, telecom, media, consumer goods, and power generation in his homeland. Tope Lawani (MBA 1995) is a man on a mission—make that two missions, actually. The cofounder and managing partner of …

Karel Alois Strnad (1910 – 1956) Born in Vienna, Austria, of Czech parents. As was his wife, Marie Františka Trpáková. And here is the story, how they had met each other and later the phenomenon of Bata as well: 1920’s • The families of both moved to Prague, within a …

Babalwa Ngonyama, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Sinayo Securities (Pty) Limited. Ngonyama served as the Chief Financial Officer of Safika Holdings (pty) Ltd. Ngonyama served as the Chief Internal Auditor of Nedbank Group. She was an Audit Partner of Deloitte’s Financial Institutions Services Team (FIST) division, from June …