Salimo Abdula dreamed of being a basketball player. At 17, he directed the Zambézia Basketball Association, his homeland. He played for the African Association and the Benfica de Quelimane. In this modality he realized that union makes strength.
To support himself and pay for his studies, he served tables at the bar of the old Eagle Cinema. In 1980, he continued his studies at the Commercial School of the City of Beira while working at the Enlightenment company, the origin of his "accidental" business life.
To continue his studies, with no money to pay for a trip to Maputo, he got on an Antnov plane and board, he was lucky not to pay.
In Maputo, after several attempts, Salimo Abdula was "fitted" in the Computer Course, taught jointly by the Maputo Commercial Institute and the Mathematics Faculty of Eduardo Mondlane University. The Illuminant, the company where he worked at Beira, was in debt, late wages, about to be taken to public auction. The owners abandoned leaving three powers, one for Salimo.
The former colleagues did not take over the company, but Salimo innocently did so without knowing the extent of the problem, presented a proposal of 400 meticals to the state, brought together the workers and re-erected the Enlightenment in 2 years.
He bet on the production of electric cables, sold shares in the Enlightenment and created Electro Sul (1990). In 1996 he participated in Fadil E.E's public privatisation tender, paid and took over the company, born Aberdare Intelec, and later Intelec Lites.
Today, the leading group (Intelec Holdings, SA) owns several companies and participates in renowned companies such as Vodacom and the Single Bank.
