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2017 KZN EXPORTER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
AGRO-PROCESSING CATEGORY
COMPANIES THAT CAME OUT VICTORIOUS IN THEIR CATEGORIES
S cenicel (Pty) Ltd trading as
Avolands were the winners
in the agriculture and
agro-processing category.
Avolands is a group of
companies that is made up of
avocado growers, avocado
packers, avocado ripening
L - R: Cedric Mnguni, Provincial Manager SEDA; Mike Jonker, Avolands; David Blanks,
Avolands; and Musa Makhunga
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businesses and a unique avocado
processing business.
Avolands is currently expanding
its market and exploring dierent
export opportunities for its
guacamole pastes and cold pressed
vegetable fruit juices. All of which
are preservative free.
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES CATEGORY
A frica!Ignite has sector. e Awards are armation allow us to market our products
again been
to the export market as well as
that our enterprise can stand on
recognised in 2017
formal industry sectors. e
build relationships,” says Margaret
for its success in growing the same platform alongside the local market where we can
market access for rural Awards are signicant in that Gribble, Africa!Ignite Cra
cra entrepreneurs in the they provide us exposure and programmes manager.
Creative Industries
category.
Africa!Ignite was
the 2011 winner of the
Transnet / Durban
Chamber of Commerce
Emerging Exporter of the
Year award, in 2012 they
were the runner-up in the
Small Exporter of the Year
category and in 2016 they
were the winner in the
Creative Industries
category.
“It is great for
Africa!Ignite to be
recognised in the creative MIDDLE L - R: Africa!Ignite representatives Andrea Dove and Antoinette van Niekerk