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| Meet Africa's Industrialist of the Year |
| 2018-12-17 |
| [IOL Business Report] JOHANNESBURG - An award-winning businessman has embraced the much-touted Fourth Industrial Revolution as a vehicle to help grow his already expanding global automation company. The entrepreneur Quinton Uren, 53, from Nelson Mandela Bay, is founder and managing director of Jendamark Automation. He was named Africa’s Industrialist of the Year during the All Africa Business Leaders Awards in Johannesburg in December. He beat the likes of Nampak chief executive André de Ruyter, Likoebe Innovation Consultants founder Nneile Nkholise, and Thata uBeke Manufacturing chief executive Nana Sebelo, to claim the top spot. The Port Elizabeth-based Jendamark Automation, which was established in 1992, exports manufacturing assembly solutions to 18 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America. The company’s exports account for more than 90 percent of the group’s business. Jendamark link |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 One aspect I neglected to mention, Affirmative Action (Black Economic Empowerment or BEE in South Africa) certainly applies. Big firms can afford to sprinkle 'notional' minority executives into high-paid/high-visibility positions. Oftentimes Black entry is 'mandated' by the gov't. Sound familiar ? Farmers don't generally have those types of positions or flexibility. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-17 17:26 |
| #3 “As someone who was classified as ‘coloured’, I forget the nuances of SA's racial categories, but that should provide at least a bit of protection when the hyenas come calling. As long as the cash flows... |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-12-17 14:43 |
| #2 Firms like Jendamark, Denel, the Protea Hotel Chain, the mines, and game farms lay golden cash eggs for the government. The farmers, not so much. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-17 14:16 |
| #1 If South Africa really strips white farmers of their property next year, how long will Mr. Uren be allowed to keep his award-winning company? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-17 14:05 |