March 2022

inqaba biotec had six staff members in 2002. After 20 years, 4 of them, namely Melvin, Vani, Margaret and  Oliver (from left to right on the picture) are still dynamically  involved with the company. Our executive director Dr Oliver Preisig is the longest serving employee and director as he started his work on 1st April 2002.

Starting with an idea conceived in 2000, the makings of inqaba biotec as a commercial entity slowly began to take shape around this time 20 years ago. The seed funding for inqaba biotec was secured at the end of 2001 from private investors mainly from Germany, South Africa, and Switzerland. However, the company would not …

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