Founder
David Zhong
Founder · 19 years based in South Africa
Former Africa GM at TBEA New Energy and a Huawei gold-team veteran; China-affairs representative of South Africa's Blue Crane Group; Executive Vice-Chairman of the SA Shenzhen Chamber of Commerce. He has accompanied President Ramaphosa and numerous South African ministers on visits to China, bridging government and business across both sides.
Track record
- 1999–2005BSc & MSc, Computer Science, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- 2005–2015Huawei — based in South Africa from 2007; company-level gold team & gold individual honors
- 2015–2017Africa General Manager, TBEA New Energy
- 2019Established strategic partnerships with enterprises including BAIC, Sinosteel, CIC and CCB Investment
- 2024Accompanied President Ramaphosa's state visit to China & FOCAC as special guest
- 2025Helped South Africa's dtic land its first overseas centre at Shenzhen Nanshan