Dr Iqbal Survé, the executive chairman of the Sekunjalo Group, and technology entrepreneur Marcel Boekhoorn, owner of Ramphastos Investments, on Tuesday announced a joint investment in a South African gold reclamation project.
The investment will see significant amounts of gold being reclaimed from mining dumps using state-of-the-art technology, resulting in job creation and foreign currency earnings for the South African economy.
Boekhoorn’s holding in Ramphastos Investments comprises a wide array of business interests ranging from cutting edge technology, including voice; biometrics; digital antennas; decompostable coffee cups and aviation glass to private equity and real estate.
His most prized real estate asset is the hi-tech Campus Eindhoven, often dubbed the most intelligent square mile in the Netherlands.
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Boekhoorn has a long track record of exceptional returns, making him one of the wealthiest people in the Netherlands.
“Partnering with Dr Iqbal Survé, a well-respected and highly reputable industrialist, enables us to bring novel technology to the country, while capitalising on Dr Survé’s knowledge and network,” said Boekhoorn.
Dr Iqbal Survé is a South African billionaire philanthropist and technology investor, Executive Chairman of Sekunjalo Group and Executive Chairman of Independent Media.
Dr Survé emphasised that he expects to report more joint investments with Mr Boekhoorn in the months to come. He concluded that Mr Boekhoorn’s focus on sustainable, impact projects is aligned with some of the objectives of the R500m Sekunjalo Impact Fund, which was launched on 9 February 2017.
Two key areas of the Impact Fund are sustainability as well as technologies.
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What is truly unique about the gold project is the fact that the two businessmen invested without ever having seen each other, both merely relying on the ground staff’s recommendations.
Both entrepreneurs are committed towards a long- term partnership with joint teams already vetting follow- on transactions.
