Dimension Data to announce its new BEE deal
Convergence Partners, Dimension Data employees and other black-led community groups have bought a 25% stake
Dimension Data will announce its new broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) deal in October, following the end of its 13-year partnership with Convergence Partners. Convergence Partners, led by businessman Andile Ngcaba, Dimension Data employees and other black-led community groups bought a 25% stake in the company in 2005 for R380m. Convergence Partners CEO Brandon Doyle said that the company had sold its shares to Dimension Data owners Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. Ngcaba stepped down as chairman of Dimension Data Middle East and Africa to focus on the other investments of Convergence Partners. Dimension Data said that although Convergence Partners had exited its investments in the group, it remained co-investors in several Dimension Data businesses across SA and elsewhere in Africa. Doyle would not reveal shareholding structures. Dimension Data said that it remained a Level 2 BBBEE contributor and was also "well advanced with respect to its new BBBEE scheme". The compan...
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