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96%

of businesses in the agricultural

sphere are family-owned
businesses

87%

of commercial farms globally are
family owned

80% André Diederichs

André is a renowned business expert, public
speaker, author, and media personality. With
of business in South eight published books and his ninth book
published in October 2020, over 2 000 published
Africa are family- ar�cles, and a regular voice on radio and TV talk

owned businesses shows, it is no surprise that he is our personality
of the month.

André holds a Master’s in Strategic Marke�ng
from the Tshwane University of Technology. He
completed a Marke�ng Strategy Programme
through the University of Cape Town, and he is
Family Business Consul�ng Accredited by Nelson
Mandela Metropolitan University.

He says that he is blessed to do what he truly
loves: business and family, and his work enables
him to combine them into one. He is grateful
that he can serve people and enable them to
build a be�er future for themselves.

His life philosophy is that he is here to
serve and not to be served.

He is the father of two sons, Wiehan and Dieter,
following in their father’s footsteps and pursuing
the art of crea�ng and entrepreneurship.

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