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Mar 2025
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Business Daily meets: The women of heavy...

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We speak to three businesswomen working in traditionally male-dominated sectors.

Anna Mareschi Danieli from the Italian-based global steel company Danieli group. Caroll Masevhe, founder of a women-only construction business - Kapcor construction, in Johannesburg; and Patty Eid from Petrofac, a leader in the Middle East’s oil and gas industry.

Producer/presenter: Sam Fenwick

(Image: L-R, Caroll Masevhe Patty Eid, Anna Mareschi Danieli)

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