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We’re takealot.com, and we’ve built our business on the simple principle that our customers come first.

Our business is retail and we strive to have the widest range of products and the best possible customer service on the African continent. We’re doing it by employing great people and developing innovative, cutting-edge tech.

But that’s what we do. It’s not who we are. We are all about our customers. We want to be the most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa – to make online shopping so easy and seamless that everyone will feel comfortable doing it.

We want to know our customers. We want to be a part of their lives. We want each experience they have with us to leave them with a smile, whether it’s a confirmation email, an added detail on the packaging or even the return of an unwanted or damaged order.

Sure, we’re only human and we make mistakes, but when we do, we confront them honestly, openly and immediately, doing everything we can to make things right.

We’re takealot.com

Takealot.com’s mission is to be the most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa, and has built a foundation on the simple concept that the customer comes first.

The success of the business is based on its ability to delight customers with amazing customer service. Takealot.com is dedicated to improving the customer experience, from the moment you arrive on the website or app and place an order to when it arrives at your door.

Our roots

Takealot.com was officially launched in June 2011, following the successful acquisition of an existing ecommerce business called Take2 by the US-based investment firm, Tiger Global Management and Kim Reid in October 2010. Today, takealot.com is the leading ecommerce retailer in South Africa and one of the largest, most innovative ecommerce retailers on the African continent.

The business was initiated with a simple vision in mind: To be the largest, simplest, most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa. It has rapidly evolved since inception, opening and expanding warehouses in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, while expanding department selection to over 21 departments across Electronics, Lifestyle, Media & Gaming and Fashion.

For takealot.com, 2014 was a truly pivotal year with the announcement of a $100m investment from Tiger Global. This was quickly followed by the purchase of Mr Delivery – which gave the business ownership over its own logistics network through the Takealot Delivery Team division (formerly Mr D Courier) and its own app-based on-demand food delivery service through the MR D Food division.

The same year saw the successful acquisition of Superbalist.com, a curated design and fashion website, and culminated in the announcement that Naspers-owned Kalahari.com would be merging businesses with takealot.com – building the premier online shopping destination in Africa. The merge was successfully completed on 1 May 2015 when all Kalahari customer accounts were successfully transferred to takealot.com.

Beginning in early 2018, Naspers increased its investment in takealot.com to 96%. In October 2018, Superbalist.com and Spree (also part of the Naspers family) merged to provide customers with the latest on-trend local and international fashion.

Now, takealot.com is South Africa’s largest, most innovative ecommerce retailer, with over 2000 employees. At the core of everything we do is our customer. We are passionate about providing great customer experiences, beginning with the moment you land on our site or app, until the product you order is delivered safely into your hands.

Snapplify is at the forefront of edtech solutions in Africa, and specialises in enabling digital learning for individuals and institutions by establishing a marketplace for digital education content, related educational services, and devices. As a pan-African edtech company, Snapplify strives for radical inclusion to level the playing field and equip individuals across emerging markets with the world-class tools they need to collaborate, innovate and thrive.

Snapplify for Education’s award-winning platform is already a top choice for institutions integrating digital education into their classrooms. From software to support, Snapplify provides institutions with everything they need to create a secure, collaborative e-learning environment for students. Snapplify’s robust 24-hour-access digital-library solution offers thousands of free ebooks and widely applicable, curriculum-approved educational content supplied by partner publishers from across the globe. The Snappbox, Snapplify’s hardware distribution solution for ebooks, allows schools with limited or no connectivity to access learning materials, saving data and download time. Snapplify’s diversity of device integration allows schools to use its products on the devices that they already have access to, without having to invest in costly digital infrastructure upgrades. Snapplify’s solutions are industry celebrated and globally recognised for their innovation in technology. To give schools the opportunity to explore digital learning at no cost, Snapplify has also released a free version of their Engage e-learning platform – known as Engage Basic.

In order to achieve its educational goals, Snapplify has built strong relationships with diverse partners around the growth of its ebook, e-textbook, and device catalogue, and partnered with international publishers and other key stakeholders to meet the demand for widely relevant, curriculum-compliant digital educational content. In addition to establishing a marketplace for digital education content, related educational services, and devices, Snapplify has also established exclusive relationships with telecommunications companies to zero-rate data, thereby making digital educational content even more accessible. 

Snapplify originated in South Africa, focusing initially on the South African education and digital content industries. Since its establishment in 2012, the company has grown and expanded into new markets in Africa and the United States, with offices across South Africa, as well as in Nairobi, Amsterdam and New Jersey. Snapplify is backed by AngelHub Ventures, a venture capital company backed by former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan and the Harris family, as well as international investors.

Snapplify Accolades
Snapplify’s Snappbox has won multiple awards for revolutionising ebook distribution in schools. In 2018, Snapplify won the Overall EdTech Award at the Reimagine Education Conference in San Francisco and a Reimagine Education Award in the E-Learning category. Snapplify also took first place at the Global Education StartUps Awards South Africa semi-finals – securing a spot in the global finals in London in January 2019. In 2017, Snapplify was selected to participate in the World Bank’s XL Africa accelerator programme and won the Education Award at the 2017 AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards. Snapplify was recognised by the London Stock Exchange as one of their Companies to Inspire Africa in 2017 and again in 2019. These nominations are testaments to the work that Snapplify does, and bolsters the company’s commitment to keep taking transformational education solutions to the market. 

In support of national-level goals for the South African education sector, Snapplify is working on a project that is set to bring technology and e-learning to all public schools across Gauteng province. This is the largest national-level intervention in digital education in South Africa at this time. 

We are the leading supplier of Laundry, Catering and Dry Cleaning equipment with globally recognised clients in almost every country throughout Southern and Central Africa, including Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Tanzania, Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zambia and Malawi

Lead Laundry and Catering (Pty) Ltd has it’s origins operating out of a small Durban office in 1986. The name ‘Lead’ was derived from the initial letters of the words in the original company name – Laundry Equipment Associated Distributors cc, and from very early on the word ‘Lead’ was considered central to the company’s vision and how it wished to be perceived in the industry – as the leader.

The company has over the years expanded to offices in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Nelspruit with its Head Office relocated to Johannesburg in the mid 90’s, where it remains today.

Lead is particularly proud of the longstanding relationships it has developed with its suppliers – these are relationships which in most cases have been built up over the greater part of 25 years, and the friendships developed as a result add significantly to the depth and strength of the business relationships they support.

Lead’s suppliers are world leaders at the forefront of technological innovation, and so the company is always confident of being able to offer its customers contemporary and relevant product innovations which are underpinned by quality manufacturing processes and approvals.

Lead’s businesses continue to be run today with the same values, principles and ethics as the business that was founded some 28 years ago; where value, personal customer service, continuous improvement, honesty, accountability, humility, social responsibility and the environment, remain the cornerstones of everything that we do.

Moving your way

Europcar has established itself as one of South Africa’s leading global car rental companies; one which prides itself on delivering locally relevant, world-class service excellence with a dynamic and fresh attitude. Its payoff line of ‘Moving Your Way’ encompasses the company’s global strategy to be a key player in shaping the future of mobility, together with its commitment to exceptional customer service.

The company, owned and managed by the Imperial Group*, has operated exclusively as Europcar since 2009 having a rich 35-year history with its roots as Imperial Car Rental.

Voted Africa’s Leading Car Hire Company at the 2015 World Travel Awards – for the eleventh consecutive year – the organisation is just as conscientious when it comes to social responsibility, and supports a number of programmes focusing on children, education, HIV/ Aids and poverty alleviation. Sustainability is also a business imperative and the company focuses heavily on the promotion of environmental responsibility, awareness and behaviour throughout its operations, with the primary goal of reducing its outputs.

Europcar offers a fleet peaking at 20,000 vehicles at over 85 locations throughout Southern Africa - and through the global Europcar network, offers car rental access to around 220,000 across 150 countries.

Holding ISO9001 2008 accreditation, Europcar holds a Level 2 BBBEE rating.  It is a member of the South African Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (SAVRALA), and has partnerships with several important service providers in the travel industry.

*IMPERIAL is a diversified industrial services and retail group with activities spanning logistics; car rental; tourism; financial services; vehicle distribution and retail. It operates in South Africa, Africa, Europe and Australia, is listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange and employs over 40,000 people

Find the perfect way to stay

Through the vision of founder, Swiss-born Hans Enderle, and the financial backing of the Mine Pension Funds, the opening of City Lodge Randburg (now called City Lodge Hotel Bryanston) on 1 August 1985, became the catalyst for what today is South Africa's leading selected services hotel chain.

From the start, emphasis was placed on quality accommodation, homely ambience and friendly service - and these are still hallmarks of the group today. After pioneering the quality, selected services hotel concept in South Africa, the group was incorporated in July 1986 and has since substantially grown and diversified its product offering to meet different travellers' needs.

In 1990, the second-tier Town Lodge concept was started and has proved highly popular. On 18 November 1992, the group successfully listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Then in 1995, the group acquired a 50% interest in the companies associated with the upmarket Courtyard Suite Hotel chain and also opened its first Road Lodge, a concept aimed mainly at budget conscious travellers. In 2015, the outstanding 50% in the Courtyard Joint Venture was acquired from HPF Properties Pty Ltd.

On the occasion of the group's 10th anniversary on 1 August 1995, the City Lodge 10th Anniversary Employees Share Trust was launched which enabled all employees to become shareholders.

In 2013, the group acquired a 50% interest in two hotels in Nairobi, Kenya, and it has since taken full ownership of the Fairview Hotel and Town Lodge, Upper Hill, Nairobi. Town Lodge Gaborone in Botswana became the first new hotel developed by the group outside of South Africa. This development was followed by the Town Lodge Windhoek, Namibia, in 2017, the City Lodge Hotel at Two Rivers Mall, in Nairobi Kenya, in early 2018 and the City Lodge Hotel Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania, in late 2018.

With 5 Courtyard Hotels (381 suites), 19 City Lodge Hotels (3 382 rooms), 13 Town Lodges (1 650 rooms) 22 Road Lodges (2 059 rooms), and the Fairview Hotel (120 rooms), the City Lodge Hotel Group has over 7500 rooms and suites and ranks amongst the 250 largest hotel chains in the world.

Commitment to service excellence from a highly motivated and dedicated staff is a common thread throughout the group's hotels which have developed a loyal clientèle of both business and leisure travellers over more than three decades.

Chakela Hotels and Resorts is a consortium of independently owned hotels and resorts located throughout Africa.

Our mission is to provide global and national sales, marketing and reservations systems, to independent hotels and groups throughout Africa, thereby creating a strategic network of affiliated hotels, which will compete nationally and internationally.

Our members benefit from our global presence as a result of our partnership with leading travel technology provider in the hotel reservation arena.

Whilst maintaining our member's unique identity, our experienced sales team is focused on bringing a comprehensive marketing, distribution, and reservations service, via retail, online travel agents and central reservations.

All-in-One eProcurement Solution

We live in an age where our daily activities are integrated with technology, from managing the people we choose to connect with to how we chose to connect with them; so why shouldn’t our business activities be the same?

mymarket.com is a proven eProcurement solution provider assisting our clients and their suppliers to deliver savings and business efficiency through online procurement tools. The mymarket.com eProcurement solution allows you to effortlessly and effectively manage your suppliers, buyers and all procurement-related spend.

With a two decade track record we have assisted our clients to deliver more than twenty million purchase orders through the mymarket.com platform.

We are passionate about foodservice

Bidfood is a leading foodservice distributor and supply partner to thousands of customers across Southern Africa.

We're passionate about foodservice and believe that we add value to your campuses by offering a wide range of products, as well as simplified order and delivery solutions.

We can help you to make money, save time and enhance your efficiencies. Our attention to food safety standards help to protect and enhance your reputation.

FOODSERVICE MADE EASY! We're all about offering products and solutions that make doing business with us, easier for you!

Excellerate Services exists to add real, measurable value to our clients by creating environments within which people and business can thrive. We do this by going beyond minimum standards to ensure our Client's properties are secure, that tenants and visitors are safe, that the buildings are clean, gardens well maintained and that paid parking is efficiently managed.

We believe that by leveraging joint operational resources, minimising redundancy and waste and through the implementation of state of the art technology and best practice business processes we can deliver an innovative integrated, professional property service.