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CEO WINS ALL AFRICA ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD
CEO WINS ALL AFRICA ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 7466S Zambeef Products PLC 12 November 2013 \n \n\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 November 2013\n\nZambeef Products Plc \n(\"Zambeef\" or the \"Company\")\nZAMBEEF CEO WINS ALL AFRICA ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD\n \nZambeef, the fully integrated agri-business with operations in Zambia, Nigeria and Ghana, is pleased to announce that Francis Grogan, CEO of the Company, was awarded the prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 accolade at the All Africa Business Leaders Awards (\"AABLAs\") ceremony in Durban on Friday 8 November 2013.\nThe AABLAs are the premier business awards on the continent. The vision for the AABLAs is to identify and honour those leaders who are making a significant difference to the companies, industries and communities they serve.\n \"Zambeef is the epitome of a successful African enterprise. Francis Grogan and his team have built the company from scratch over the last 20 years into a flourishing business that continues to grow and innovate,\" said CNBC Africa Business Development Manager for Zambia, Debbie Baillie. \"We are proud that the company has now brought the AABLAs to Zambia and put the country squarely on the map as an investment destination.\"\nMr. Grogan attributed Zambeef's success to Zambia's macro-economic stability, pointing to the strong GDP growth resulting in rising consumer demand, single-digit inflation, stable exchange rates and reducing interest rates.\n He emphasised that managing a company such as Zambeef was about teamwork and he praised the company's 5,500 staff and managers for their professionalism, adding that Zambeef is a local company established in Zambia 20 years ago that grew from humble beginnings into a household name.\nZambeef has its origins in 1994 when Mr. Grogan and Zambian partner Carl Irwin began building the company from a small butchery business with 60 employees into a K1.6 billion food processing and agribusiness conglomerate that is now listed on the London and Lusaka stock exchanges.\...