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Tebogo Anna Mashego is a South African
entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...
and
industrialist A business magnate, also known as a tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur or investor who controls, through perso ...
who is co-founder and
chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of Projects Proprietary Limited, a metal fabrication design and manufacturing company.


Early life

Mashego was born in South Africa in 1982. She attended Sekete IV High School in
Rustenburg Rustenburg (; , Afrikaans and Dutch: ''City of Rest'') is a city at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. Rustenburg is the most populous city in North West province, South Africa (549,575 in 2011 and 626,522 in the 2016 census). In 2017 ...
,
North West Province North West is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mahikeng. The province is located to the west of the major population centre of Gauteng and south of Botswana. History North West was incorporated after the end of Apartheid in 1994, an ...
, graduating in 1998. She later married and began working as a human resources officer at a municipality.


Career

In 2004, Tebogo and her husband established Diep K Steel & Aluminum Proprietary Limited. Tebogo managed the business part-time, while still working as a human resources officer for a local government entity. In 2008, she resigned from her job at the municipality to manage her business full-time. The same year, her husband divested from the company. In 2014, the company re-branded to Ditsogo Projects Proprietary Limited and relocated to the industrial area of Rustenburg. The company is wholly owned and managed by women. Additional personnel and an upgraded business model was credited with a 20% reduction in operational costs. Mashego promotes inclusive and sustainable industrialization, building resilient infrastructure and fostering innovation ( United Nations Millennium Development Goal 9), with sustainable production and consumption patterns (
Sustainable Development Goal 12 Sustainable Development Goal 12 (SDG 12 or Global Goal 1), titled "responsible consumption and production", is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2015. The official wording of SDG 12 is "Ensure sus ...
). In 2014, Tebogo Mashego was named among "The 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa 2014" by ''
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''.


See also

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Nokwanda Mngeni Nokwanda Mngeni is a South African accountant and business executive. She was CEO of Eskom Uganda Limited (EUL), an electricity utility company that manages two government-owned hydroelectric power stations, for a 20-year concession under a U ...


References


External links


Website of Ditsogo Projects Pty LimitedRDA Aluminium Doors & Windows
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mashego, Tebogo Living people 1982 births South African chief executives 21st-century South African businesswomen 21st-century South African businesspeople South African women business executives Women chief executives South African women company founders People from North West (South African province) South African company founders