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...
Profiles
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...
MRC GROUP: Building Envelope Contractor Fixed for Global Expansion
In building and construction, the often-misunderstood concept of the building envelope has been overlooked in South Africa for too long. Typically, a construction firm will work with an architect, quantity surveyor, and engineer to create spaces...
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....
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...
METRO EXPRESS: Metro Express Construction Proceeds at Lightning Speed
Metro Express CEO Dr Das Mootanah dials in to Enterprise Africa from the Ebene suburb of Quatre Bornes, Mauritius, which he likens to Canary Wharf in the UK: just five kilometres south of the capital, Port Louis, its own construction began in...
BLOK: Harnessing Urban Energy in Unique City Spaces
At the close of 2020, as South Africa finally began to settle into lockdown level 1, the property sector, and particularly the residential side, was feeling strangely buoyant. Yes, a renewed sense of optimism was beginning to pervade the air, with...
INOSPACE: Inospace and Fortress Combine to Form Last-Mile Logistics Leader
Logistics and warehousing real-estate has emerged as a high growth sector across the African continent with investor appetite for industrial stock across, attracted to the sector’s strong income profile and positive market fundamentals such as...
ARRIE NEL: Family-First Pharmacies Committed to Community-Centric Care
There are now 104 Arrie Nel pharmacies populating the South African pharmaceutical landscape, and this number is constantly increasing, employing just under 4000 people. Now approaching its 25th anniversary as the Arrie Nel Pharmacy group, formed...
ALPHA PHARM: Safeguarding A Healthier South Africa Across Generations
Set in prime positions in Silverton, Bloemfontein, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town are Alpha Pharm’s sextuplet of distribution centres, strategically located to facilitate the wholesale and fine distribution of a nearly...
GRAAFF FRUIT: Ever-Growing Ceres Fruit Farm Planning for Long Term
A short drive from Cape Town, northeast through Paarl, across the agricultural heartland of South Africa, you enter the Ceres Valley. A beautiful, lush, rich landscape - boasting mountain ranges for shelter and deep healthy soil – you will not find...
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...