ANDILE KHUMALO: We in SA have great business minds with stories to tell
SA has made great progress in building great entrepreneurs, and black economic empowerment has played a key role
Once again this year I judged the EY World Entrepreneur Awards Southern Africa and it gave me an opportunity to appreciate that even amid all the challenges we face as a country and region, we have made great progress in building great entrepreneurs, and black economic empowerment has played a key role. These awards started 20 years ago, with Adrian Gore being the first winner to enter the EY Southern Africa hall of fame. Since then there have been a number of amazing entrepreneurs - to name a few, Patrice Motsepe (African Rainbow Minerals), Stephen Saad (Aspen Pharmacare) and Ndaba Ntsele (Pamodzi Investment Holdings) - and this year continued to add to this illustrious list. Even though the backstories of each finalist were available to us prior to judging, to hear how they started out with dreams, ideas and passion to make a difference became alive. It is then that I realised the importance of hearing such stories, even if only to appreciate just how much the South African landsc...
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