Yearly Archives
Founded and led by CEO Ridhwan Khan, Mobicel launched its first independently-designed mobile device in 2007. Having since then gone from strength to strength, Khan’s eyes are on a future in which Mobicel’s market share surpasses 20%. With products ranging…
What do you have to say about the negativity regarding South Africa’s economic outlook? The benefit of investing in Cape Town and the Western Cape are actually the institutional sophistication of South Africa and the infrastructure base of the country….
In the next five years, Cape Town wants to attract five million more visitors. What part will you play in that? It will be a collective and collaborative approach. We need to look at our repositioning as a country. We…
Discovery is a global pioneer in the health insurance industry, spawning many practices that seem commonplace today. What brought these ideas about? In the early 90s government was providing sophisticated healthcare for the white population and incredibly low quality for…
What are the unique competitive advantages of South Africa as a place of investment? South Africa is a real success story, there is a new middle class emerging, more people getting degrees. There are more people going into the work…
What are the challenges and opportunities in South Africa? There is a common passion at Mobile Data, taking what we learn in South Africa and delivering it to the rest of the continent, as well as to other developing countries….
What are the competitive advantages of the ICT sector in South Africa compared to the other countries in the continent? From a broadband infrastructure point of view, we have good coverage. We need to improve in spreading that to the…
What has been the key to your success in order to grow in such a short period of time? Curve has taken an approach to have 50% senior industry experienced leaders, ex vice-presidents, ex senior directors, and ex country managers,…
Why is Stellenbosch so great for this tech mind-set and entrepreneurship? In terms of Africa, the first satellite of this continent wasn’t built by a country—it was built by a university, and that’s Stellenbosch University. It’s part of the Washington…
Could you please introduce Argon Asset Management? Argon is an investment management business that started in April 2005. It was clear from the get-go what we were trying to build; a premier black-owned and managed investment firm dedicated to creating…
