Meet South African Thembinkosi Mthembu, Founder And CEO Of Mthembu Tissue

This South African entrepreneur started at the bottom as a packer and worked his way to the top to becoming CEO.

Meet Thembinkosi Mthembu, founder and CEO of Mthembu Tissue Converting the first Black tissue manufacturer in South Africa.

Thembinkosi Mthembu started his entrepreneurial journey when he was retrenched along with others when Nampak was recording losses.

Two weeks after being unemployed, Mthembu was approached by Nampak and offered the opportunity to buy the firm’s machinery that was no longer in use.

After months of research and consultation, he accepted the offer to buy Nampak’s machinery, and that was how Mthembu Tissue Converting was born and launched in 2005.

Source:Charles Ayitey|LinkedIn

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