Adequate Infrastructure is lacking in most African nations today. This reality has spurred on a crop of home grown companies that are gearing for mega growth and developments over the coming years. Here are the top ones you need to know about today:
Bell Equipment
On a continent on which most construction equipment is imported, bell equipment stands tall as an African manufacturer, exporting to the rest of Africa and greater world. Founded in 1954 , some of the construction equipment that Bell produces includes Articulated Dump Trucks, Dozers, Dumper Trailers, and Excavators. With Africa’s quest for full industrialisation in motion, Bell is a shining example of an African manufacturing success. In the years to come, it’s ultimate success or failure is built on it’s ability to market itself across Africa, where growth beckons and competitors from the Far East are moving aggressively.
Bell Equipment’s principal manufacturing plant is located in Richards Bay, South Africa. With a capacity of 5000 machines a year the South African plant supplies Africa and Asia a full range of Trucks, Haulers, Loaders, Tractors, Backhoes and Custom Equipment.
Dangote Cement
Part of an empire that created Africa’s wealthiest man, Dangote Cement is an enigma. The company emerged from a nation known for having a serious power deficit, to become the 5th largest cement producer in the world by output. Dangote cement’s pan African drive is fueling it’s momentum as it now has cement production plants in Zambia, Ethiopia, Senegal, Cameroon, Tanzania, South Africa and the Congo.
The Obajana Cement Plant (OCP) located in Kogi State (Nigeria) is the single largest cement plant in Africa with a capacity of 5.2 million MTpa. Africa needs a lot more houses, schools, malls and bridges among others. Dangote Cement will play a vital rolling in “cementing” the continent’s future.
Crown Paints
Crown Paints is East & Central Africa’s biggest paint manufacturer. The company began in Kenya and has production plants in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and South Sudan. With a Nairobi Stock Exchange presence and a heritage stretching back to 1958, Crown Paints has what it takes to spread it’s tentacles across the rest of Africa. In Kenya alone, Crown Paints employs 500 people.
Group Five
Group Five is Africa’s biggest construction company. It is building a lot of the hard infrastructure that is laying the foundation for an African future. The titan employs over 10 000 people with 74% of its revenue South African based and 21% generated from the rest of Africa. This is changing as it takes part in large infrastructure development projects stretching from Algeria to Zimbabwe.