Christoffel Wiese

“I believe businesses don't grow or develop in terms of a blueprint. There is a huge element of opportunism involved.”

“I cannot imagine being happy anywhere else in the world but in Cape Town - South Africa in general, but Cape Town in particular.”

“Any business either grows or dies. You've just got to keep growing.”

“The agricultural potential of Africa is unlimited.”

“Africa is awakening. It's a huge market of almost a billion people with huge resources and a young population. People spend when they're young.”

“I'm extremely positive about investment in Africa. Africa has a wonderful climate, wonderful people, and amazing possibilities. Africa has been called dark and hopeless, but today it is neither of these. Africa is awakening. It's a huge market of almost a billion people with huge resources and a young population. It's the best place to invest.”

“Money is always the least of the problems. It is finding the right business or growing the right business. You can't do that without the right people.”

“I still enjoy what I'm doing, which is building businesses. I don't play golf. I don't have any particular passion apart from my business and my family, and that gives me all the pleasure that I want.”