According to the World Economic Forum, the international steel industry accounts for around 8% of total global CO2 emissions. With most countries and companies around the world looking for opportunities to decarbonise and drastically reduce...
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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...
STORM MOUNTAIN DIAMONDS: Precious Pinks from Kingdom in the Sky
High in the Maloti Mountain Range – home to some of the highest peaks in southern Africa and some of the most remote communities on the continent – economic activity thrives in amongst the lush and peaceful crests. This is diamond country, a...
CASLAD: Building Bigger and Better
As 2020’s brutal lockdowns came into force, many entrepreneurs feared the worst. Consumers stuck at home, businesses closed, site activity ceased, investment crashed, and every penny being covered away for a brighter time. Negative sentiment was...
TRENCON CONSTRUCTION: Building for the Long Term
South Africa’s construction industry, like its economy, is unpredictable and challenging. To make it here, you have to truly understand the market and appreciate the local conditions in the country which presents significant opportunity alongside...
ABLAND: Inspirational, Connected, the Rubik is a new Flagship Address for Cape Town
In December 2021, leading property development business – Abland – was busy with the bold and ambitious Rubik development in Cape Town’s CBD. The city bowl has been neglected for decades. Just a few multi storey buildings stand in the centre, and...
HEIMDALL MAURITIUS: Security, Reliability, and Certainty. Trust Mauritius
South Africans are faced with growing challenges as political instability, economic uncertainty, and national issues around power supply, unemployment, and inflation continue to blight those who work hard and follow ambitions for a stronger future....
STARBUCKS SA: Fresh Connections Fill Starbucks with New Confidence in SA
South Africa is home to two of the greatest Starbucks baristas in the world. Cape Town’s Phuti Mmotla was crowned the EMEA champion for 2022 in the company’s standout coffee challenge, held in Milan. In 2019, Durban’s Teddy Nzama scooped the same...
SA METAL GROUP: The First Step to a Circular Economy Starts with SA Metal
South Africa is relatively strong in the industrial recycling space. As of 2022, 46% of plastic, 70% of paper, 72% of cans and beverage metals, and 42% of glass was recycled. South Africans generate 122 million tonnes of waste each year and...
STADIO HOLDINGS: STADIO Invests in Future of the Nation
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” is how the famous Mandela quote goes. Ramaphosa agrees, saying: “It is through education that we can realise the goal of a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic...
MIRO: Distributor MiRO Successfully Navigates Turbulent Environment
For 20 years, MiRO - southern Africa’s leading distributor of Wireless, Networking, VoIP, and IP Video products – has been solving problems for clients and bringing world-class IP convergence solutions that ensure the country can connect,...
SAPPI – LUFIL PACKAGING: Partnerships Drive Promising Paper Innovation
In 2020, as the full impact of the Covid pandemic became obvious, there was despair and worry, but also invention. People were locked in their homes, prevented from visiting stores or interacting with each other. This was a troubling time for most...
GAIA GROUP: New Gaia Funds Accelerate Ethical Opportunities
Changing public attitude, increased demand from investors, and a firm realisation of growth opportunities have seen Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues climb the priority list for asset managers. There is an expectation from PwC that...
EDUPOWER SKILLS ACADEMY: EduPower Bets on BPO to Close Skills Gap
In South Africa, the official unemployment rate for the second quarter of 2022 sat at 37%. The situation was worse for women where stats suggest 47% of women are economically inactive – almost half of all women of working age in the country. For...
DOGON GROUP PROPERTIES: The Fynbos Takes Root in Cape Town
In December 21, Alex Horne, Managing Director at Dogon Group Properties, told Enterprise Africa that the company was thrilled to be involved in Africa’s first ever biophilic building. As the lead agent, the company would sell modern, beautiful...
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO: 120 Years at the Top of the Tobacco Tree
Founded in 1902, the BAT Group today is a truly global company employing more than 53,000 people worldwide, with operations in over 180 markets and factories in more than 40 countries. “We’ve been around a long time, and have evolved into one of...
BATA South Africa: A Confident Step Forward for Bata South Africa
Just a few months ago, leading South African footwear manufacturer, Bata South Africa –well-known for creating much-loved products for consumers around Africa as part of the international Bata Group – was consolidating and searching for...
ACKERMANS: Vision of Value at Ackermans’ Heart
Family comes first, and always will: this is the central doctrine shared by South Africa’s value retailer, and that which originally inspired founder Gus Ackerman to cut the ribbon on his historic first store in Wynberg; immediately, he succeeded...