About

Oabona Kgengwenyane is a self-made entrepreneur with five (5) companies under his belt and operating regionally in Southern Africa. He exited the corporate world in 1999 when joining the entrepreneurial world driven by passion to impact lives through insights and ideas. He worked as a manager at the Debswana Mining Company (a leading diamond mining company co-owned by Botswana Government and De Beers Group) after graduating from university in the UK. He has been a member of the Toronto-based entrepreneurial coaching program called Strategic Coach, founded by one of the world's leading entrepreneurial coach in Mr Dan Sullivan. Oabona's objective being to acquire additional capabilities and tools to build self-managed companies and also create networks in North America. Through the programme, Oabona has been exposed to global thought leaders such as Peter Diamandis (author of best sellers Bold and Abundance), Salim Ismail of OpenExo and Karry Oberbrunner of Ignite Souls

Oabona has grown Innolead to be the largest and leading consulting firm in Botswana (staff of 60) that is home-grown with presence in other African countries like Zambia, Uganda and Rwanda. The company has supported blue-chip organizations with world-class solutions in digital transformation, project management, corporate strategy and organizational transformation, for over 20 years. The company also provides Futuristic Planning services and Exponential Organization (Exo) support to companies in the region. The client base includes mining (Debswana, Lucara, Diamond Trading Company), Banking (Barclays, Access, First National Bank, Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank), Botswana Government, technology (MTN, Botswana Telecommunications Ltd, Botswana Innovation Hub).

Oabona has also led assignments assisting Botswana Government with national transformation plans. Manenzo farming is a farming enterprise focused on breeding cattle and small stock (goats and sheep). The farm covers over 13, 000 hectares of land with over 1, 000 cattle supplying quality beef to Europe and other countries through the local Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) that does the processing and marketing of Botswana Beef. The farm has a registered stud Limousine Cattle breed that comprises one of the leading genetic bloodlines in the region. Other two key breeds on the farm are the Charolais and the Simmentaller types.

  • Founder & Group Managing Director of Four companies in Management Consulting, Agribusiness, Technology and Energy. Innolead Consulting, Manenzo Farming, DigitalGae Technologies and Bot Energy respectively

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