The All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA™) in partnership with CNBC Africa honour remarkable leadership and salute game changers of business on the continent for their continuing commitment to excellence, developing best practices and innovative strategies.

CNBC Africa is proud to continue the tradition established by the awards that define and celebrate vision, the spirit of achievement and excellence in business leadership in Africa. The AABLA™ distinguish and honour leaders who have contributed and shaped the African economy, and are visionaries behind today’s outstanding businesses.

Winners of the Awards exemplify the best in African leadership. They epitomize the core values of a successful leader, strength, innovation, ingenuity, knowledge and foresight – values that are imperative to carving out powerful business in a Pan-African and global economy.

In a process that takes months, with regional finals in West, East and Southern Africa, the pioneering and innovative business leaders of Africa in their respective fields will be whittled down to just five game-changing individuals.

SOUTHERN AFRICA WINNERS - 2016

• Young Business Leader of the Year  Linda Olagunju
• Founder of DLO Energy Resources
• Entrepreneur of the Year   Stephen Saad  
• Group CEO of Aspen Pharmacare
• Business Woman of the Year  Lindani Dhlamini
• CEO of Sekela Xabiso
• Innovator of the Year    Ryan Harrison and  Stacey Brewer
• Co - Founders of Spark Schools 
• Industrialist of the Year    Mathys Wehmeyer
• Founder and CEO of Hazleton Pumps
• Company of the Year    Discovery
• Business Leader of the Year   Adrian Gore  
• Founder and CEO of Discovery
• Lifetime Achievement Award   Brian Joffe
• Founder of Bid Corporation

Group photo of the AABLA Winners 2016 – Southern Africa section

Mathys Wehmeyer, CEO and Founder HAZLETON PUMPS, receives the award for
INDUSTRIALIST OF THE YEAR – Southern Africa

Thys Wehmeyer is the CEO and Founder of Hazleton Pumps, a family owned enterprise located in Centurion, Gauteng (South Africa), won the Industrialist of the Year for the Southern African region. The approach followed by this company is to build long-term committed sustainable customer relationships.  Specific, specialised pumps are designed, developed and manufactured in collaboration with customers in order to meet their individual and customized requirements.

The 2016 winners of the 6th annual All Africa Business Leaders Awards in partnership with CNBC Africa (AABLA) will be announced at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, on 11 November 2016.