daniel chigunweHippo Valley Estates is an agriculture and agro-processing business, focusing on sugarcane farming, milling, sugar packing and distribution and cattle ranching operations.
The business is based in the South Eastern Lowveld of Zimbabwe.
Hippo Valley Estates Ltd is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and is a subsidiary of Tongaat Hulett Ltd, which is listed on the JSE.
Tendai Masawi is the new Chief Executive Officer of the Company efective from 1 April 2024
He holds an MSc. Chemical Engineering (Sugar Technology) degree and is a seasoned sugar technologist with 35 years of regional industrial and corporate management experience.
He has held various roles within the Sugar value chain and his depth and breadth of sugar experience will no doubt be a significant asset to lead the implementation of a strategy for the future of organisation.
Masawi is no stranger to the Zimbabwean operations, which he joined after fulfilling various roles at ZSR Corporation Limited, (ZSR), where he started his career in the Sugar Industry in 1988 as a Chemist at Harare Refinery.
He later served as Operations Manager and General Manager at ZSR Bulawayo and Harare Refineries and later as Chief Operations Officer and Executive Director for Star Africa Corporation until July 2012.
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