In recognition of the company's contribution to transformation in South Africa, contact centre solutions provider, Ocular Technologies, was named a finalist in the Top Empowered SMME sector and its CEO, Pommie Lutchman, was chosen as a finalist in the Top Black Male Entrepreneur category at the 2011 Metropolitan Oliver Empowerment Awards.
The Olivers are hosted every year by Impumelelo, a pioneering publication dedicated to black business success, and organised by Topco Media in partnership with headline sponsor Metropolitan, a leading life assurer and investment solutions provider.
The 10th anniversary of the awards was attended by an elite audience of political and business leaders as well as media personalities and celebrated business success in style, bringing glamour and sophistication to a segment of the economy normally associated with hard work and unstinting effort.
Says Lutchman: “This accolade further strengthens our position with regards to the broader South African empowerment initiative. An important factor is the way in which we approach our empowerment strategy, and the honour of being chosen as a finalist in the 2011 Oliver awards pays testament to the fact that we are on the right track. Ocular is and always will be committed to skills development and the upliftment of the workforce, and hopes to see other companies follow suit.”
The big winner on a big night for empowerment was Netcare Limited, which took the overall title as Top Empowerment Business of the Year.
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Ocular
Ocular Technologies offers professional consulting and implementation resources to support clients' service delivery programmes. Drawing on 30 years of collective experience in the ICT/contact centre industry, Ocular has made its mark at the forefront of the industry. The company remains the ideal outsourced professional services partner for large-scale corporates, SMMEs and government affiliates. Ocular Technologies is 100% black owned and complies with the South African Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) guidelines as a Level 1 Contributor with a procurement recognition level of 135%.
For more information, please visit http://www.ocular.co.za.
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