As the Panarottis franchise business, part of Spur Corporation, approaches the milestone of 100 outlets, Enterprise Africa talks to COO Tyrone Herdman-Grant about what makes this much-loved Italian eatery so special....
Profiles
A Mark of Distinction
Having traded for more than 15 decades, the Birch’s name has been stitched into almost every distinguished South African fraternity in the last century, providing everything from academic robes, to clerical, municipal and legal attire....
Driving Business Forward
2017 looks set to be a bumper year for Pretoria-based Afrirent. With an ambitious expansion plan under way, this 100% black-owned fleet management specialist is hoping to finish the year as one of the leading names in vehicle rental and management...
KANSAI PLASCON – Creating a Pan-African Paint and Coatings Business
After being acquired by Japanese company Kansai Paint in 2011, South Africa’s Plascon paint brand is now aiming for market leadership across the entire African continent. Kansai Plascon Africa CEO, Farid Masood, tells Enterprise Africa that the...
Drinks And Mortar
With radical new laws set to hamper South Africa’s drinks industry, Peter Coutsourides, Managing Director of leading wholesaler Big Daddy’s Liquor Stores, sets out the urgency for developing the entrepreneur mindset in a country of high...
SA’s Trusted Mining Systems Supplier
Becker Mining South Africa CEO, Ken Quick tells Enterprise Africa that the company is experiencing growth despite challenging conditions in the local industry and local economy. Developing new products, and offering a portfolio of tried and tested,...
Breakthrough For SA’s ‘Hounded’ Doctors’ At Risk
With rocketing medical liability cover premiums driving obstetricians and other specialists from their professions, Randburg-headquartered Constantia Insurance has launched South Africa’s first home-grown medical indemnity insurance product. “We...
Flowing Into Africa
As one of the most effective franchise businesses in SA, Oasis Water is setting ambitious goals for the future; hoping to expand across sub-Saharan Africa and achieve double digit growth. Managing Director, Mynhardt Oosthuizen tells Enterprise...
Eastern Cape Pressed Metal Specialist Geared For Expansion
For more than 30 years, Stateline Pressed Metals has been supplying into South Africa’s automotive manufacturing industry. Today, the company is structuring itself for a growth drive. CEO, Mark Gilbert tells Enterprise Africa more…...
Project Managers Growing Despite Tough Times
Completing major projects - all over Africa - on time, on budget and to top quality specs, GHC Africa is a project management firm with a glowing reputation. Director Mike Woodruff tells us more about how the company will be growing outside of SA,...
Lack of Foreign Currency Slows African Growth
Technology Based Performance Materials Company Ferro SA saw 2016 export targets remain flat due to key African markets which were hard hit by massive dollar shortages. But this innovative and progressive business looks to 2017 with optimism. “We...
Exxaro Leads Way On Structural Change
Although only 10 years old, Exxaro is one of the largest and foremost black-owned, South African-based diversified resources companies with business interests in South Africa, Europe and the USA, currently undergoing an important restructuring of...
Record Highs Forge Strong Results
Steel is the most widely used of all metals, employed in the construction of buildings and bridges, the manufacturing of vehicles and numerous household appliances. Kumba is Africa’s leading producer of iron ore and the fifth largest supplier of...
Expert Logistics from Beginning to End
Over its 30-year lifetime, Industrial Logistics Systems has become known as the expert in the field of Supply Chain logistics, and provides strategic consulting, infrastructure development and operations consulting services from initial strategies...
The Show Must Go On
When it comes to event planning in South Africa, the name on many people’s lips is Gearhouse South Africa. Gearhouse is a leading business in the events industry, supplying lighting, audio, electrical, stage, sets and much more, to large and small...
All-New Discovery… And A Jaguar For Africa
For decades icon brands in South Africa, Jaguar Land Rover are poised to launch head-turning new entrants into the region’s showrooms. “The Jaguar and Land Rover product line-ups are the most desirable they’ve ever been,” says Jaguar Land Rover...
Waiting To Accelerate
While the economy continues to create a tough environment for South Africa’s auto sales sector, exceptional client service and adroit management is seeing Imperial Select extending its market reach. And as Managing Director Ross Barlow reveals, its...
Strong Connections
The ubiquity of mobile telephones and computing devices is both inescapable and indispensable in the digital age. These hubs of technological convergence have become vital conduits through which information can be disseminated, knowledge cultivated...