Corporate Stories

Africa Outlook’s corporate stories highlight the innovation, history, goals, and mission of the companies featured. We provide a deep dive into the world of business and industry, showcasing the people and ideas that are driving progress and shaping the future.

Latest Corporate Stories

CMC Motors Group : Keeping Industry Moving

CMC Motors Group continues to distribute leading brands of trucks, tractors and pickups across East Africa, its new Ford showroom in Nairobi delivering an enhanced customer experience.

Alexander Forbes Botswana : Providing Financial Wellbeing

Alexander Forbes continues to impart financial and social benefit to the people of Botswana through a customer-centric approach, diversified products and extensive social responsibility initiatives.

Twiga Foods : Taking Food Further

Twiga Foods has become a critical part of Kenya’s economy, having helped to formalise the country’s informal agriculture sector by backing 17,000 smallholder farmers 

ATTA® : Coronavirus and the Impact on African Tourism

Nigel Vere Nicoll, President of the African Travel and Tourism Association, gives his opinion on how the coronavirus will affect Africa's tourism industry

WIRUlink : Winning with Wireless

Riaan Maree and his brother Jaco Maree founded WIRUlink with the vision to better connect South Africans. A decade on and that vision is well and truly realised.

Vharanani Properties : Building Happy Communities

Operating with a mission to restore people’s dignity through infrastructure development since 2001, Vharanani Properties continues to deliver high-end projects with collaboration and teamwork at heart.

Tilisi Developments : Infrastructure Inspired

Tilisi has a unique business model: building world class infrastructure, then providing fully serviced land parcels for investors to purchase and develop, enabling the transformation of a promising suburban Kenyan plot.

Simba Group : Fit for Nigeria

We talk to Simba Group about how a simple idea to adapt a bicycle for local needs has transformed into a multifaceted, empowerment-driven conglomerate reaching all corners of the country.

Pharos Architects : The Sustainable Pragmatist

For Andrew Gremley and Pharos Architects Ltd, sustainability must add practical and pragmatic value to a building, the firm pioneering a number of sustainable firsts in Kenya and South Sudan

Kenya Wine Agencies Limited : Improving with Age

Having passed the 50-year milestone, Kenya Wine Agencies Limited is investing in the future of the nation’s beverage industry, introducing new brands and empowering local communities.

GAPP Architects & Urban Designers : The Architecture of Collaboration

People lie front and centre to GAPP’s approach to architecture and urban planning, the South African firm working across borders having played a lead role in many of its home nation’s landmark buildings

Dangote Cement Ethiopia PLC : Building a Brighter Future

Dangote Cement and its flagship Mugher plant have transformed Ethiopia’s construction capacity in the past half-decade, delivering 2.5 million tonnes of high-quality building materials to the local market every year.

Daffonchio Architects : The Qualitative Architect

With a hands-on approach to all projects, Daffonchio Architects is looking to expand its reach abroad as it continues to deliver landmark designs in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

BHL Group : Logistics Uplifted 

Specialising in the transportation of commodities via value-added services, an extensive fleet and expansive footprint, BHL Group is helping the SADEC region to blossom both socially and economically

Bamburi Cement Ltd : The Infrastructure Enabler

With best-in-class products, intuitive investments and crucial employee and community empowerment practices, LafargeHolcim’s Bamburi Cement in Kenya is striking the perfect balance between quality and sustainability.