Profiles

In August 2019, the environment for SAKHIWO Health Solutions was looking good. The Pretoria-based turnkey results provider for the healthcare industry was facing a pipeline in excess of R10 billion of hospital development projects, ranging from...

The microinsurance model is coming into play across Africa and causing major disruption in a market that has, until recently, struggled to penetrate beyond South Africa because of barriers to entry including cost, risk, data, economic stability,...

In October 2019, life on the Lourensford Wine Estate in the Western Cape – home of GraySwan Investments’ head office – was blissful. More than 3000 hours of sunshine each year helped bolster production in the vineyard. GraySwan Investments also...

Dr Hannes Malan, CEO of Chemical Process Technologies (CPT) – the Pretoria-based chemical synthesis company – is looking forward to turning the company’s ambition for producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) locally in South Africa into a...

The weak economic climate in South Africa – present since 2008 – combined with the hefty impact of the pandemic on the spending ability of much of the population has led the country’s property market into dim territory. Rental vacancies are up,...

Technology was a major disruptor of the workplace pre-Covid and has since displayed the ability to not only change the way we work but impact the way people live their lives. What seemed like second nature in an office environment in 2019 has...

At the end of 2018, Devmark Property Group was celebrating a glittering haul of trophies, being labelled as one of the country’s premier real estate developers, with an award-winning CEO, and with many projects in the pipeline which would bring...

In June 2018, Dr Hannes Malan – Managing Director of South Africa’s Chemical Process Technologies (CPT) – told Enterprise Africa that the company was formulating a plan to expand into the manufacture of medicines for human use. Founded in 2001,...

 Supported by:Truly African manufacturers will have welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan, and the sentiment he stitched into his announcement, claiming that the economy can be better than it was pre-Covid,...

 Supported by:The sour taste left by the Covid-19 pandemic, as President Ramaphosa describes the country moving from relief to recovery, has resulted in a lack of zest across major industries in the country. At the beginning of 2020, the economy...

 Supported by: Summer is here and as the weather changes, the sun shines harder and hotter, South Africans pick up the tongs and uncover the BBQ – it’s time to braai. Of course, many don’t stop cooking over flame all year round, but when the sun is...

In 2018, a new soft drinks company was formed after the merger of several strong local players. The Beverage Company was born after the combination of Little Green Beverages and Softbev – both industry leaders and powerful brand owners in South...

  Supported by:In the second quarter of 2020, the South African economy contracted by 51%. This represented one of the largest shrinkages ever recorded. The national lockdown put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus was the key driver,...

Supported By:The South African steel industry has been part of the backbone of the country for more than a century. The country’s rich iron ore resources have attracted the attention of multinational businesses, and for many years the sector...

For more than 30 years, the Carrol Boyes business has been creating uniquely South African products, expertly crafted in South Africa, that reflect the personality of its founder. Internationally acclaimed, Carrol began her career in 1989 after...

In March 2018, George Mienie – CEO at AutoTrader South Africa – told Enterprise Africa how the company had succeeded transitioning from a print publishing operation into an online, digital offering, pairing buyers with sellers efficiently and...