Western Cape Business 2017 edition

FOCUS
Celebrating export
excellence
The well-established Western Cape Exporter of the Year Competition, hosted by the Cape
Chamber and sponsored by the ECIC, highlights the diversity of export products
originating in the province.
Finalists and winners at the ECIC/Cape Chamber Western Cape Exporter of the Year Competition.
Abagold Ltd, the Hermanus company that breeds, grows
and exports abalone by the ton, was declared the big
winner at the ECIC/Cape Chamber Western Cape Exporter
of the Year Competition at the gala dinner held on 13
October 2016 at the prestigious Cape Sun.
The Cape Chamber, which has served as the host for the awards
for 26 years, serves, enables and leads business in the region. The
Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC) is the headline sponsor
of the competition and an underwriter of export credit loans and
investments.
The theme for the evening was
“out of this world”, and it was indeed
an intergalactic experience.
Incidentally, as the first African into
space, Mark Shuttlelworth’s company,
Thawte, was a previous competition
winner (and sold to VeriSign
shortly thereafter for R3.5-billion).
The 12 finalists for the 2016
awards included:
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