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

Habot Oil (Pty) Ltd : Keeping the Cogs Turning

With a staff complement of 22 and counting, the aim of Habot Oil is to make nationals and multinationals aware of its facility as a specialised blender of synthetic and biodegradable oils that they can utilise to gain a local presence.

Aon Kenya : Knowledge without Borders

As the world’s leading provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, the presence of Aon in Kenya and beyond in Africa has been inevitably successful.

Barclays Bank of Kenya : Kenya’s Go-To Bank

Barclays Bank of Kenya is on the verge of celebrating its 100th birthday, commemorating  the occasion with a host of new services and digital upgrades to bring prosperity to an ever-growing customer base.

Kenya Ports Authority : The Region’s Trading Hub

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has been responsible for the Port of Mombasa since 1978, overseeing the country’s transformation into the ‘hub of Africa’ that it is often considered as today.

Zimbabwe Insurance Brokers : Flexible Risk Solutions

Zimbabwe Insurance Brokers is looking forward to a series of technological advancements to usher in the latest phase of a 20-year evolution to the top of the country’s financial domain.

First Reinsurance Botswana : First-Class Reinsurers

As first-movers in Botswana, First Reinsurance Botswana is working hard to strengthen the market’s understanding of reinsurance products and the benefits they bring to insurers.

Danakali Ltd : Supporting Future Growth Markets

Danakali, in conjunction with its joint venture partner, the Eritrean National Mining Company, is laying the foundations for what promises to be one of country’s most significant mining operations to date.

Open Food : Keeping its Options Open

OPEN Food is exploring new horizons, new sectors and new territories as it stays true to an entrepreneurial ethos which continues to keep the catering specialist ahead of the industry curve and market competition year after year.

Sakata Seed Southern Africa : Quality, Reliability and Service

Sakata Seed Southern Africa has grown tremendously over the past few years in making the horticultural seed market its own in the region in recent years, as it leverages more than 100 years of global experience.

Sigma Supplies : Ruling the Roost

Sigma Supplies has ascended from humble beginnings to become one of the country’s largest fully integrated poultry companies, diversifying and expanding in line with the country’s most pressing industry trends.

Howden Africa : World-Class Manufacturing in Africa

Howden Africa has played a significant role in the engineering developments across the African continent over the past 65-plus years.

Dunlop Industrial Products (Pty) Ltd : Pursuing Operational Excellence

Following a series of mergers and acquisitions since the 1990s, Dunlop Industrial Products (Dunlop) has made concerted efforts to strengthen and expand its product portfolio and manufacturing operations in order to optimise future growth prospects.

Vodacom Congo : Connecting People and Changing Lives

Vodacom Congo has gradually and increasingly realised its promise of saturating the entire country with its market-leading telecoms services.

Airtel Niger : Innovation without Borders

It should be expected that a business the size of Airtel Niger would keep ahead of the industry curve and innovate across its core services.

Cable & Wireless Seychelles : Island Quad-Play Revolution

Commencing operations in the country 122 years ago, Cable & Wireless Seychelles (CWS) is intrinsic to the very history of the country having connected Seychelles to the outside world since 1893.