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PROFILEwill always be able to provide itsclients with cutting-edge solutions.Currently, Boffin & Fundi providesservices to various water boards andmunicipalities, including City ofTshwane, Magalies Water, Ekurhuleniand Odi Water Services.The company’s primary areasof expertise include revenuemanagement, consulting, engineeringand technology. Boffin & Fundi isproficient in meter installations,readings and audits, billing, creditcontrol and revenue management,indigent management, operations andmaintenance reticulation, and fieldsurveys and data cleansing. Theycan assist with business solutionsvarying from process and changemanagement to customer relationshipmanagement, process and innovation,and strategy and performance. Interms of engineering and technology,many companies trust Boffin &Fundi to assist with water demandmanagement, civil constructionand the installation, operation andmaintenance of infrastructure andbulk infrastructure. Boffin & Fundialso provides assistance with systemintegration, business intelligence aswell as technology and infrastructureconsulting and research.The company is 100% blackownedand managed, and boasts anEmpowerdex AAA rating, level 2. “Asa young woman leading this company,I have been privileged, but could nothave done it without mentorship,”says Tebogo. “I encourage all youngwomen in business to seek mentors.After all, the saying goes: ‘The wayof the road is asked from those whohave travelled it.’ Our country isunique and still requires a lot of workto be done. Let’s soldier on together,and make our country better forgenerations to come. Tough timesnever last, but tough women do!” ✥Boffin & Fundi managing director Tebogo NkosiTebogo was born in Soweto and attended Pretoria High School for Girls.She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Pretoria in2003, finishing with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. She didn’t feel hertime was up for tertiary education, however, and pursued her postgraduatestudies at the University of South Africa (UNISA) School of Business. Here,she completed the Management Development Programme, subsequentlyobtaining a Master in Business Leadership (MBL) qualification.Tebogo’s passion for business was inspired by the family-owned business,Nydes Marketing, where she held a position as marketing manager. Shespent two years in this position, working her way up to a promotion tojoint managing director of the business. Ever an agent of change, Tebogospearheaded the company into new areas of growth, had them tacklepreviously unexplored markets and embrace new opportunities. So great washer success, that Tebogo was asked to serve as group managing director ofthe company in 2007. She held this position for a year, though still remainingactive as a joint managing member.In 2008, Tebogo made the difficult decision to pursue other avenues ofbusiness, and established Boffin & Fundi. Today, the company employs justshy of 100 staff members and has offices in three provinces. Tebogo continuesto direct the company into new spaces, always on the lookout for exciting newpossibilities.40 I S S U E 1