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Asgar Mahomed

Biography

Early life and education

Asgar Mahomed grew up in Laudium, an area west of Pretoria. Mahomed attended the Andrew Anthony Primary School in Laudium. As a young schoolboy, Asgar sold items as diverse as bracelets and toys to his classmates. After school hours, Asgar went house to house on his bicycle delivering newspapers and earning pocket money. Asgar then attended the Himalaya Secondary School and matriculated in 1986, and then studied at the Computer Academy of South Africa in Braamfontein in Johannesburg. During his school days, Asgar worked on other odd jobs, such as working in the evenings at a video shop and selling audio cassettes and floppy disks to his fellow students whilst in a Johannesburg computer college studying computer programming.

Career

After qualifying from the computer college, Asgar and his brother managed to save up R4 000, which became the starting capital as they began assembling computers on their parents dining room table. The dining room table journey began and in 1987, where Asgar and his brother started off their first company Micro Matrix, which then grew nationwide and the holding company Casey Investment Holdings was formed. Casey was then listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and after 2 years was then sold to a Black Empowerment Company, Blitec. IT being the brother’s blood and understanding the pains that young and upcoming businesses suffer in business, Asgar and his bother decided to set up a company, called Esquire in 1999 with the aim to support the SMME’s by offering extended terms and holding stock for the smaller businesses.

Serving Boards

The Minara Chamber of Commerce. Asgar serves as the Deputy Vice President for The Minara Chamber of Commerce. This organization which was established in 2000 provides guidance and support to a large number of their members to establish new business networks and opportunities by exposing its members to local and international trade delegations throughout South Africa.

Al-Najda Foundation, Asgar servces as a directors on the Al-Najda Foundation, an organisation that provides bursaries to students who have the skills, commitment and drive to progress their education, but who face financial hurdles.

Achievements

In 2019, Asgar was nominated to become a Global Goodwill Ambassador. Global Humanitarian’s mission is to solve real-life problems in the most disadvantaged parts of the world and to assist women, children, the hungry and the homeless. Asgar was nominated in the top 100 Difference in Change Makers S.A., One Billion Dreams Global Movement in September 2019. In January 2021, Asgar received a Doctorate in Humanitarian from the Global International Alliance for his contribution to the betterment of society. In February 2021, Asgar has been appointed as the Vice President for the International Youth Society for the South African Chapter. Asgar has always keen to pass on all his lessons learnt by acting as a mentor, nurturing good ideas and encouraging skills to the young and upcoming entrepreneurs.

Movie Producer

What started off as a hobby became a business. Asgar partnered with a number of film directors and produced a number local English and Afrikaans movies. Some movies included well know Leon Schuster and Alfred Ntombela