The assumption that most people make is that he is a doctor.
Going though Dr Iqbal Surve biography will create a better picture of who he really is.
Dr Surve is a renown entrepreneur, business leader and a doctor.
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He is also a philanthropist.
He is famous for being the Chairman of the Sekunjalo Group.
Who is Iqbal Surve?
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Dr Iqbal Surve is a social entrepreneur, medical doctor, a global business leader, and a philanthropist.
He was born in 1963.
He was brought up in a family background that was not so well off.
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He served in the African National Congress (ANC).
By then, the country was still struggling with the effects of apartheid.
He was also a ‘struggle doctor’ because he used to offer medical assistance to the victims of apartheid.
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Fair enough, he had interacted with several political leaders, the likes of Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela appointed him as his medical doctor.
He also landed the opportunity of becoming the doctor of the national soccer team.
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By the mid-’90s, Surve and his colleagues were frustrated by the way the country’s economy was.
According to them, the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) was of benefit to specific people.
That ideology led to the formation of Sekunjalo Group.
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The organization also aimed at raising the lives of the South Africans who were disadvantaged.
Dr Mohamed Iqbal became the first CEO of the organisation.
He served as CEO until 2007.
His net worth is greatly influenced by the investment company.
He has been accorded several awards for his contribution to the continent’s business and entrepreneurship sector.
His company was nominated as one of the “New Champions” during the WFE in 2007.
Apart from being a committed entrepreneur, he is also the head of Independent media.
Dr Iqbal Surve family
The successful businessman has kept details of his family private.
He, however, has a daughter whom he speaks so fondly of.
The name of his daughter is Saarah.
The results were released in May.
There was nothing untoward in the suggestion that Mr Hardy relocate or that his relocation expenses be covered".
He also says that he was among the doctors that provided medical assistance during the apartheid regime.
He also says that he was the personal doctors of Nelson Mandela.
She graduated from Meru University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering in 2019.
In 2023, Priscillah finished the AFP course on Digital Investigation Techniques.
She has been writing articles on Briefly.co.za since 2019.
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