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

Dickon Hall Foods : Passionate About Flavour

By aligning its service offering with wider Libstar Group’s core values, Dickon Hall Foods has strengthened its market position to become a one-stop shop provider for fast-moving consumer goods.

BJK Industries : Quality, Reliability, Nutrition

BJK Industries is celebrating its 20th birthday, representing two decades of life at the top of South Africa’s import, manufacturing and distributing sector for the pet nutrition, livestock, pharmaceutical and aqua feed ingredients industries.

Winelands Pork : Top Quality from Farm to Plate

As the first Pork 360 approved abattoir in South Africa, Winelands Pork has seemingly mastered its profession, refining its processes to ensure even more sustained long-term progression.

Berfin : Quality Foods from South Africa

Berfin is hoping to increase its production capacities and export reach even further with the help of its aptitude for continuous improvement and innovation.

Melissa’s The Food Shop : South Africa’s Trendsetters

Working tirelessly to bring a vision for a quality South African food store to life after founding Melissa's 20 years ago, Mark and Melissa van Hoogstraten are an entrepreneurial duo to watch.

Butler Foods : Convenience Foods with a Premium Taste

Having shifted its focus to the convenience food market in response to the growing trend for quick and easy mealtimes, Butler Foods has witnessed exponential growth over the past five years of operation.

VENCO Food Processors : Reaping the Fruits of Labour

With a production volume of 85,000 tonnes of citrus fruit per annum, VENCO Food Processors can proclaim itself as one of the leading market operators in South Africa.

Greenway Farms (Pty) Ltd : Fruitful Entrepreneurship

Rugani Carrots represents a move into 21st century food often neglected in South Africa, and the Company behind the product – Greenway Farms – is now honing in on a strategy to ensure even more concerted growth.

Maluti-A-Phofung Municipality : Unlocking Sustainable Growth

Maluti-A-Phofung (MAP) Local Municipality – situated in the Free State Province of South Africa – is targeting a more equitable, sustainable, healthy and crime-free societal future.

Dodhia Packaging Limited : Keeping a Close Eye on Quality

Driven by the increasing demand for a high quality finished product Nairobi-based packaging manufacturer, Dodhia Packaging Ltd (DPL) continues to explore ways to differentiate itself from the ever-competitive Kenyan market. 

Golden Coach | Golden Fleet Ltd : The Gold Standard in Tanzania

Golden Coach | Golden Fleet Ltd has proudly built a high-profile brand known in Tanzania and the surrounding countries for exceptional customer service and industry expertise.

Joburg Market : Keeping Joburg Fresh

Joburg Market (JM) – formerly known as Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market –  has long played a critical role in setting the price barometer for the fresh produce industry in South Africa.

Excellerate Property Services : Boosting Businesses

As the continent’s oldest multidisciplinary property services Group, Excellerate has remained optimistic in spite of slowing headwinds in many African economies.

Betts Townsend : Strengthening its East African Foothold

Building strategic business partners with high-profile international clients has resulted in a number of lucrative growth opportunities for Betts Townsend.

UMSO Construction : Uncompromising Quality

 “In our 20th year, I am pleased to say that we have exceeded our growth strategy, ensuring that our historically consistent growth continues into the future,” says Tollo Nkosi, COO at UMSO Construction.