BBT14 was started by Kilson Joaquim Kalanda, a a successful business leader and entrepreneur, who since 2009 have supplied a major oil company in the Angolan Oil and Gas Sector with both its off-shore and on-shore requirements for various spare parts and equipment
Kilson, a naturalized South African of Angolan origin, has lived in South Africa since 1996. He is Managing Director of EMACOP Consulting and co-founder and a Director of Kbonga BEE Verification and Certification Agency in Cape Town. His commitment, enthusiasm and passion for both doing business in Angola and also the BBBEE process is very much evident, as is his entrepreneurship. On the BEE side, Kilson has been invited to be a keynote speaker at a number of BBBEE conferences including the BEE Conference held in Durban and the BEE Conference held by the DTI and the Chambers of Commerce in Cape Town during 2006 and 2007. On the Angolan business side, Kilson was a keynote speaker at the 2nd Annual SA-Angola Trade and Investment Forum held in Johannesburg in July 2007.
Kilson obtained a national diploma in Business Management as well as a national diploma in Retail Management, both through UNISA, and is currently studying towards a diploma in Advanced Marketing also through UNISA. Through perseverance and will power, he created possibilities out of what might seemed like impossibilities for many, so that at the age of 24, Kilson was one of the youngest store managers for a major national clothing retail company, where he won accolades for his enthusiasm, positive results oriented approach to business.
Kilson has recently been appointed as Managing Director of Angola South Africa Chamber of Commerce and Industry NPC (CACIAAS). CACIAAS’ mandate is to foster and facilitate greater trade opportunities between Angolan and South African businessess. Given his energy and passion Kilson has been able to access a number of opportunities across different business sectors including Agriculture, Health, Power, and Rail Infrastructure to Banking Sectors that will substantially impact trade relations between these two countries.