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born 1963
Robert Gumede (born 9 August 1963) is a South African businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of the IT firm Gijima Technologies and its holding company Gijima Group.
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We are still expanding and investing into new businesses in Africa and beyond.
Most golfers were business people, professionals such as medical doctors and the like, and were always surrounded by the successful people. I learned a lot.
One of the most beautiful parts of South Africa.
Don’t forget, these were tough times; it was apartheid at its worst.
As we were a relatively new business, I had to learn effective networking and marketing to win clients.
I chose to go the business route as political freedom needed economic freedom to blossom.
In 1988, I started Gijima Electronic And Security Systems (Pty) Ltd, which is the flagship company of Guma Group.
That have benefited me to gain business or a position in a company.
In 1992, I moved to Johannesburg the City of Gold’ to build the business from there. I opened a small office Guma Group’s first office, in a basement located within an industrial park.
I took on the white-owned I.T. enterprise AST and through entrepreneurial flare in doing so, I saved over 2,000 white jobs; instead of BEE
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