Zimbabwean entrepreneur Divine Simbi-Ndhlukula won the Forbes Africa Business Woman of the Year award at the Leading Woman Summit in Durban, South Africa on March 8.
Simbi-Ndhlukula founded Securico Security Services in 1998 with four employees the company is now Zimbabwe’s largest security group with 3 400 employees, 900 of them women, and revenue exceeding $13 million.
Securico Security Services was the first security company in Zimbabwe to achieve an ISO (International Organization for Standardisation) certification.
The Forbes Leading Woman Summit was held under the theme “New Wealth Creators” keynote speakers included supermodel Naomi Campbell, former Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters and South African Minister of Planning Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
Divine Simbi-Ndhlukula short biography
- Diploma in Accounting
- Former Accounting officer at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation
- Worked at ZBC, Old Mutual and Intermarket Insurance
- Executive MBA (Midlands State University)
- Full time farmer since 1992
- Went back to Intermarket Insurance (ZB Insurance) in 1995 after farming business collapsed because of drought
- Entrepreneurial Development Programme at Empretec (1995)
- Started Securio Services in December 1998 with 4 employees (working from home)
- Acquired Multi-Link in 2008 and started offering electronic security solutions
- Established Canine Dog Services in 2005
- Won the 2011 Legatum Africa Awards for entrepreneurship.
