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SAB Boosts Youth Entrepreneurs Finalist 11| Excserpro | Gabisile Octavia Mashilwana | #eBizEntrepreneurs

SAB Boosts Youth Entrepreneurs Finalist 11| Excserpro | Gabisile Octavia Mashilwana | #eBizEntrepreneurs

Evander, Mpumalanga
Contact: (017) 632 1444 / 082 207 1723
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.excserpro.co.za

Gabisile Mashilwana established Excserpro in 2015, an auto electrical solutions business that also provides remanufacturing services.

The business offers a wide range of services that includes: repairs to stators and alternators, vehicle and machine wiring, winding of stators, rotors and armatures, vehicle diagnosis and the supply of auto electrical parts/spares.
Setting the business apart from others in the industry, Excserpro remanufactures parts instead of just replacing them. In addition, it is a ‘one-stop-shop- that supplies spare parts to save customers time of having to go elsewhere to buy them.

Excserpro has a Level 1 B-BBEE status and is a 60% woman-owned business. Gabisile currently employs three people and plans to employ up to nine by 2023. To help develop the business, Gabisile has set a series of goals which include:
Short term, she would like to employ a qualified auto-electrician, which follows into her next goal of introducing female auto-electricians into the business.
Long term, Gabisile would like to be recognised as a leading auto electrical solutions company in her region as well as to open three departments – repairs, spares and remanufacturing – and employ four people per department.

As a SAB KickStart Boost finalist, Gabisile wants to take what she has learnt from the programme and gear her business up to be a supplier and market ready. She would like market access into bigger corporates and assistance in obtaining compliance within the motor industry.

Gabisile Octavia Mashilwana in conversation with eBizRadio’s Nic von Stein

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Inspiration: Hilton Mukwiri, an electrical engineer who started his own business, which he is running successfully. I saw from him, that it is possible.
What drives you and motivates you as an entrepreneur? I love my business and I love what I do – I also I love that I am a woman in a male dominated industry. This coupled with the love for my children, means my drive comes naturally.
Advice to fellow entrepreneurs: Never give up and in business, you need to be patient. It is not easy – if it was, everyone would be doing it.
Something from your entrepreneur journey: In 2015, I was unemployed and battling to find work so I became an entrepreneur and essentially, employed myself. I started my business in a male dominated industry, which could have been intimidating but it actually isn’t – if anything, it motivates me more to succeed.

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