In the quest for a sustainable future, sources such as wind and solar energy have grown from mere alternatives to cornerstones of Africa’s prosperity, and prominent black-owned renewable energy entity Seriti Green stands right at the forefront of...
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HUBBLE ENERGY: Technology Trailblazers Expanding Globally
Energetic entrepreneur Marius Vincent founded Hubble Energy to help advance the challenging energy industry in South Africa. The company’s unique battery systems are original and imagined for local operations. He tells Enterprise Africa about...
KZN OILS: Mission-Driven KZN Oils Upholds Lasting Legacy
Leading fuels distribution and retail business, KZN Oils, is on an aggressive growth journey in the wake of losing its long-term CEO, Rajen Reddy, in 2021. New leader Esay Reddy has taken the reins and continues to build opportunity, create...
MCWADE PRODUCTIONS: Sparking a Local Manufacturing Revolution
Last year, in the wake of the pandemic, as all industries struggled against the backdrop of a weak South African economy, insight from Pan-African Investment and Research Services suggested that just a 10% increase in manufacturing investment in...
CLIMATE NEUTRAL GROUP: AgriCarbon to Grow Ambition in Genuine Climate Change Projects
There is both a problem and opportunity across the agricultural heartlands of the world, where our food is grown and our emissions can be absorbed. The problem – the soil is quickly becoming inept and unproductive, and the amount of carbon being...
MACKAY MARINE SA: Dynamic Mackay Positions for a Steady Course of Growth
In the global maritime industry, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) require vessels to meet certain standards to ensure safety and effectiveness. This is not only applicable in the construction of a vessel and its structure, but also...
PENBRO KELNICK: Tailormade Solutions to Optimise Performance
Renowned for tailor-made solutions assisting its doting customers with often niche, specialised requirements, Penbro Kelnick has a long operational history dating back to its foundation in 1951 and is now a fully autonomous, leading, and...
METSO OUTOTEC: Planet Positive Approach Accelerates Sustainable Development
Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Metso Outotec - provider of technologies and services to improve customers’ energy and raw material efficiency, water resources management and safety- employs over 15,000 people in more than 50 countries and...
SHELL SOUTH AFRICA: Building for the Next 120 Years of Ambition, Collaboration and Advancement
Shell has served South Africans since 1902, one of the largest international energy companies in the country with an enormous national footprint of service stations catering for a full suite of customer profiles. Still occupying a core position as...
OX DELIVERS: Driving the Path Less Taken
Just 43% of Africa’s roads are paved. 30% of all of the paved roads on the continent are in South Africa. Africa is home to the lowest automobile penetration rate in the world, with an estimated 44 vehicles for every 1000 people. In smaller, less...
MAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS: Engineering Energy Transition Across Southern Africa
In one of South Africa’s industrial heartlands, Vanderbijlpark, a significant global player has expanded its provision for the sub-Saharan African market. MAN Energy Solutions SA – the local arm of the global powerhouse owned by VW – is a world...
LESCO MANUFACTURING: Third-Generation LESCO Powered by Switch to Local, Inclusive Manufacturing
Founded in 1999 by David Shapiro, LESCO possesses the capacity to produce over half a million innovative electrical products and accessories per month, which it delivers to the entire South African domestic market including all major retailers and...
BLENDCOR: Smooth Strategy for Cost Competitiveness
In Durban, southern Africa’s import/export hub, a Shell/BP joint venture remains vital for the local economy while contributing heavily to wider South African society. Blendcor is the lubricants, oils, and grease business of the two international...
SIEMENS: Transformation Occurs When Real and Digital Worlds Collide
Focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare, Siemens is a technology company which exists to create technology with purpose, which in turn adds real value for customers spanning the fields of IT, industry, finance, and energy....
DBSA: Igniting Sustainable Development and Transformative Change
“Our purpose,” explains the DBSA, “is to build Africa’s prosperity by driving inclusive growth and securing innovative solutions that drive socio-economic development in emerging economies in sub-Saharan Africa.” The company fulfils this ambitious...
NISSAN AFRICA: Capitalising on the ‘Last Automotive Frontier’
For most, the potential of Africa as an economic case is undoubted. 54 countries with much untapped potential, both in terms of market opportunities as well as human capital and innovation. Home to a major part of the world’s population, but...
FORD SOUTH AFRICA: Global Auto Business Eyes SA Opportunities
South Africa’s government has promised to deliver massive foreign direct investment to drive employment opportunities, commercial activity, and ultimately GDP growth in a promising economy which has waned for almost a decade. President Ramaphosa...
BITCO TELECOMS: BitCo Delivers Consistent Growth in Challenging Times
Strong, stable, reliable, and affordable connectivity continues to be a problem in South Africa where reports suggest that the majority of the country falls short of global average download speeds of 9.10Mbps. Wireless connectivity is more popular...