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...
Profiles
AFRIMAT: Diversification Cements Afrimat as Mining and Materials Leader
With more than half a century of experience driving it, Afrimat has built up a vast geographical footprint already covering swathes of urban and rural southern Africa, and growing quickly. An integrated product offering is today distributed across...
NESTLÉ: A Healthier, Tastier, More Sustainable Future Is Brewing
Present in 191 countries around the world and with more than 2000 brands ranging from global icons like Nescafé or Nespresso to local favourites such as Ricoffy to its name, Nestlé is steadfast in its drive to enhance quality of life and contribute...
INTAPROP: Oxford Parks Perfectly Located to Connect Rosebank and Illovo
Holistic property development is so much more than constructing a building, cutting a ribbon, and moving on to the next project. A mix of skills and expertise required, and the physical construction is just one ingredient in a larger and much more...
PROBE IMT: Technology, People and Processes Transform Mining Landscape
Part of the wider Probe Group Holdings, the Probe Mining Group was established in 1963 through a process of consolidating Probe’s mining-orientated businesses. Since 1969 Probe Integrated Mining Technologies (PIMT) has been the arm tasked with...
CADCON STEEL CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING: Strong CADCON Builds on Quality Reputation
For 35 years, CADCON Steel Construction and Engineering has been building, creating, innovating and engineering unique and imaginative steelwork solutions for quality-conscious clients in South Africa. As a brand, CADCON has developed significantly...
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...
CRUSADER LOGISTICS: Crusader Hits Top Gear on the Journey to Leadership Status
Vast South Africa has 60 million people spread across 1.2 million km2, with growing population density around major metro hubs: Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. While the trade arteries of the country are often described as woefully inadequate,...
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...
DAYBREAK FARMS: Leading Contributors to the Feather in SA’s Agricultural Cap
Approximately 3,500 employees staff the array of Daybreak Farms operations, which span Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and KwaZulu-Natal and enable it to produce a full gamut of poultry products. Daybreak Farms began life in 2001 as AFGRI Poultry,...
SUPERBALIST: SA’s Foremost Online Style Destination
Following the two-plus years of severe restrictions necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, South African consumers have, like so many others, been forced to navigate uncharted territory in coming to terms with the pandemic and the subsequent...
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...
HOLLARD MOZAMBIQUE: Hollard Seguros Celebrates 20 Years of Success in Mozambique
Mozambique remains one of southern Africa’s most important economies – a conduit to global markets for its landlocked neighbours. Internally, a population of more than 31 million enjoy arable land, rich mineral resources, and burgeoning natural gas...
IMAS FINANCE: Financial Wellness Reimagined and Rebranded
The iMasFinance offering entails its entering into agreements with supportive, progressive companies - “those wanting to invest in their greatest assets, their employees,” the business asserts - by providing financial wellness solutions:...
VISA: Innovation, Reliability and Security Drives Financial Inclusion
Since the dawn of Visa’s history in 1958, the year that Bank of America launched the first consumer credit card programme for middle-class consumers and SMEs in the U.S, innovation and growth have been two operative words that have defined its...
OMIGNAM: Meaningful Economic Contribution Through Multifaceted Approach
OMIGNAM is the largest asset manager in Namibia, where a specialist team is responsible for delivering sustainable, long-term investment returns to institutional, corporate and retail clients. A variety of solutions are on offer, ranging from core...
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...