Nokwanele Qonde

Founder and Managing Director, Wasaa

Nokwanele Qonde is Founder and Managing Director of Wasaa.

Wasaa is a Black woman-owned petrochemicals and LPG company co-founded by Qonde and Thando Sibisi. In December 2025 it signed a 25-year Terminal Operator Agreement with Transnet National Ports Authority to build and run the LOT 100 LPG terminal at Island View in Durban.

In the job

  1. Wasaa signed a 25-year Terminal Operator Agreement with Transnet National Ports Authority to construct and operate the LOT 100 LPG terminal in Island View, Durban. Source

Career before

  1. Various positions, PetroSA
  2. 1994Materials management placement, Motoren Werke, Mannheim, then SAP, Western Cape

Education

BCom (Hons), University of Natal

Sources

  1. bizcommunity.com
  2. wasaa.co.za
  3. wasaa.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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