For southern Africa’s food producers, industry and macro-economic conditions are beginning to bite. The war in Ukraine, crippling power cuts, adverse weather conditions, challenging currency pricing conditions, and increasing regulatory...
Manufacturing & Technology
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...
PAY@: Simplifying Life for Bill Issuers and Bill Payers
In September 2021, despite rough economic conditions brought about by the Covid pandemic, Pay@ was experiencing a strong period. This South African payment aggregator and partner of bill issuers around the continent was realising revenue growth and...
OMNICOM MEDIA GROUP SA: Omnicom Displays Dominance and Innovation in Africa
The Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc across the advertising industry in its early days. As various restrictions came into play around the world, and society’s patterns realised holistic change, the way advertisers allocated their budgets shifted. At...
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...
BÜHLER GROUP: After 50 Years, Bühler Remains Innovator of Choice in SA
“The market of South Africa including the neighbouring countries will double its inhabitants to 400 million people by 2050,” says Stefan Scheiber, Bühler Group CEO, speaking of the mass potential in the region. Bühler is a global powerhouse in the...
CALLFORCE: Global BPO Services Drive Exceptional Customer Experiences
The CallForce story began 22 years ago, then a flexible staffing company providing HR and recruitment services to the South African Contact Centre sector. After 15 years of building the business, a shift in strategy came to allow a global brand to...
DRS: Services and Technology to Protect Prized Assets
The Covid-19 pandemic was almost universally negative in its sweeping, crushing impact on businesses, but it was those in the tech sector that were among the only ones left booming. Information and Communications Technology (ICT), financial...
CSIR: Changing Lives Through Leading Innovation
Established through an Act of Parliament in 1945, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) plays a key role in supporting public and private sectors through directed research, all aligned with the country’s priorities, the...
ICE TECH: Digital Transformations Bridge Gaps Across the Continent
As quickly as the private sector has raised the bar on the customer experience, as have increased pressure and demands on the government to keep pace. As a result, digitisation of public services has become an imperative, helping governments meet...
NATIONAL FLAG BRANDING AND EVENT SOLUTIONS: Rebrand and Refocus Rejuvenates Branding Heavyweight
In November 2015, South Africa’s National Flag was buoyant following a successful period of unabated growth. Established in 1982, the company had forged an amazing story of success and accomplishment, providing branding materials and related...
ARCELORMITTAL SOUTH AFRICA: Repositioning, Restructuring and Revitalising Amid Steel Resurgence
Approaching its century at the helm of the South African steel trade, founded in 1928 ArcelorMittal South Africa is today the largest steel producer on the continent, with a typical production capacity of seven million tonnes of liquid steel each...
ROBERTSON AND CAINE: Set Sail with SA’s World-Beating Boat Builders
Established by John Robertson and the late Jerry Caine in 1991, Robertson and Caine has become known for its sailing and power catamarans, produced for some of the most discerning boat enthusiasts in the world. “Robertson and Caine catamarans set...
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...
BONISWA CORPORATE SOLUTIONS: Clear Vision of Success Unites Boniswa
What started as an amazing entrepreneurial journey for the determined and driven Lynette Magasa is growing to become a vital and strategic asset for South Africa as Boniswa Corporate Solutions – a turnkey telecoms services group – continues to...
TERACO DATA ENVIRONMENTS: African Data Centres Located at the Digital Edge
Teraco is Africa’s most interconnected data centre hub, providing carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centres with over 20,000 cross-connects. “As the first provider of highly resilient, vendor-neutral data environments in sub-Saharan Africa,...
KELVION THERMAL: Kelvion Thermal Is Hot Property
When Otto Happel senior opened the doors of Gesellschaft für Entstaubungs-Anlagen (GEA) in Bochum in 1920, surely even he would have struggled to imagine the extent of the success story that would result from the foundations he had laid. “Kelvion...
BSI STEEL: Overcoming Challenge and Uncertainty to Forge a Steel Icon
South Africa is one of the largest steel producers on the African continent and its steel-consuming industries contribute some R600 billion to the country's GDP. No sector has escaped the challenges of recent times but, in spite of everything, the...