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

Action Auto : Customers for Life

Action Auto is on a mission to achieve lasting relationships with its customers, utilising its history of success and innovation to develop a unique team.

Positivo : Versatility that Surprises

Positivo BGH has built a trusted reputation in Africa after only four years of operations on the continent, surpassing expectations at every turn and providing exceptional service to its customers.

Marcopolo South Africa : The Marcopolo Way

Marcopolo South Africa (Pty) Ltd (MASA) is replicating its renowned Brazilian successes on a continent strongly benefitting from the Company’s lean approach to bus building.

NAMCOR : Exploring and Fuelling Namibia

Having been named as the Best Company to Work for in a 2017 Deloitte survey, NAMCOR can look back with pride at its nationally-enriching evolution.

Glory Oil : Our Business, Our Pride

Glory Oil is recognisable within Ghana for the care that it places in improving its customers’ lives, working to create innovative solutions to cement its market-leading position.

Burundi Backbone Systems : A National Network

Burundi Backbone Systems is applying its technological capabilities to enrich all walks of Burundian life.

Seaflower Group : Where Freshness Lives

The Seaflower Group has taken its proud history and developed an innovative approach for a new wave of fishing.

Kenya Horticultural Exporters 1977 : Greener, Fresher, Safer

Kenya Horticultural Exporters (1977) Ltd has experienced tremendous growth within the industry and is now a market leader in exports to the UK and further afield.

Labh Singh Harnam Singh Ltd : In the Driving Seat

Labh Singh Harnam Singh Ltd aims to be the first choice for buses and coaches in Africa thanks to a three-pronged dedication to safety, quality and innovation.

East African Packaging Industries : Better by Design

East African Packaging Industries is providing premiere packaging solutions across the region, keeping up to-date with the ever-changing market both locally and globally.

Electro Inductive Industries : Balanced, Sustainable Growth

Electro Inductive Industries has demonstrated a commitment to supplying its customers with quality products, while striving to continuously improve its processes thanks to a wealth of experience in the industry.

Scania East Africa : Partners to the Future

The ‘customer first’ philosophy of Scania East Africa is facilitating a seamless expansion across the region as it looks to replicate its global reputation for quality transport manufacturing.

Athena Properties : Redefining Lifestyles

Athena Properties has enjoyed extensive growth over the past two years, matching the success of its renowned mixed-use developments with its own strategic development in East Africa.

Shayona Cement Corporation : Cementing the Future

For the best part of 25 years, Shayona Cement Corporation has stayed true to its vision of realising the development potential of its native Malawi.

Hooper and Louw Construction : Hands-on Project Management

Hooper and Louw Construction is recognised for its fearlessness in the rebuilding of Mozambique’s construction industry over the past 28 years.