Naspers

Naspers, established in 1915, is a South Africa-based global internet group operating in over 120 countries. It invests in and builds companies that empower people and enrich communities, focusing on markets with long-term growth potential. Naspers' portfolio spans various sectors such as online classifieds, food delivery, payments, travel, education, health, and social and internet platforms. It has invested in, acquired, or built companies like Azos, PharmEasy, ElasticRun, Alwans, and Vegrow, among others, which provide products and services used by people worldwide.

Koos Bekker

Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Phuti Mahanyele

CEO, South Africa

Lydia Ventura Paterson

CFO, OLX Group

Antonie Roux

CEO

Ervin Tu

Interim CEO

Fabian Whate

Head, Naspers Foundry

Past deals in South Africa

Takealot.com

Acquisition in 2018
Takealot.com is one of South Africa's largest online retailers, founded in 2011. The platform offers over nine million products across 17 categories, including games, music, books, and various lifestyle items such as home and kitchen goods, baby products, health and beauty items, and sports equipment. Committed to enhancing customer experience, Takealot.com focuses on a customer-centric approach, ensuring that users have a seamless shopping journey from browsing to delivery. The company also provides its own logistics services, enabling secure home delivery of purchased items. Through its dedication to customer satisfaction, Takealot.com aims to establish itself as the leading online shopping destination in Africa.

Takealot.com

Venture Round in 2017
Takealot.com is one of South Africa's largest online retailers, founded in 2011. The platform offers over nine million products across 17 categories, including games, music, books, and various lifestyle items such as home and kitchen goods, baby products, health and beauty items, and sports equipment. Committed to enhancing customer experience, Takealot.com focuses on a customer-centric approach, ensuring that users have a seamless shopping journey from browsing to delivery. The company also provides its own logistics services, enabling secure home delivery of purchased items. Through its dedication to customer satisfaction, Takealot.com aims to establish itself as the leading online shopping destination in Africa.

Picup Technologies

Series A in 2016
Picup Technologies is a prominent on-demand logistics provider based in South Africa, catering to the burgeoning e-commerce and retail sectors. The company operates a delivery platform designed to transport documents, packages, and other items efficiently. With a network of over 5,000 active delivery agents, Picup focuses on enhancing last-mile delivery efficiencies. Its platform offers features such as load allocation, real-time tracking, and proof of delivery, alongside automated payment processing. This technology enables businesses and transporters to optimize their planning and operations without the need to account for fluctuations in demand.

M4Jam

Private Equity Round in 2015
M4Jam is a micro jobbing platform based in Johannesburg, South Africa, that facilitates connections between businesses and local communities. By leveraging gig technology, M4Jam enables brands, start-ups, small and medium enterprises, large corporations, non-governmental organizations, and government entities to engage with a diverse workforce on demand. The platform empowers users to complete various tasks and, in return, receive rewards, thereby creating a mutually beneficial relationship. With a focus on uplifting communities and providing businesses with access to informal markets, M4Jam plays a pivotal role in helping organizations remain agile and relevant in a rapidly changing environment.

Takealot.com

Venture Round in 2015
Takealot.com is one of South Africa's largest online retailers, founded in 2011. The platform offers over nine million products across 17 categories, including games, music, books, and various lifestyle items such as home and kitchen goods, baby products, health and beauty items, and sports equipment. Committed to enhancing customer experience, Takealot.com focuses on a customer-centric approach, ensuring that users have a seamless shopping journey from browsing to delivery. The company also provides its own logistics services, enabling secure home delivery of purchased items. Through its dedication to customer satisfaction, Takealot.com aims to establish itself as the leading online shopping destination in Africa.

PayProp

Private Equity Round in 2013
PayProp is a cloud-based payment platform for the property management industry. It automates tenant payments, reconciliations, and beneficiary payments, reducing administrative costs and enhancing operational efficiency.

SuperSport

Private Equity Round in 2007
SuperSport funds, produces, and and broadcasts sporting content across the African continent on the DStv platform. It produces ten channels for the DStv platform as well as a number of channels for reception on handheld services. The SuperSport website streams highlights. SuperSport’s array of live coverage includes the major World Cup tournaments, the Olympic Games, the golf majors, the tennis Grand Slam events, F1, and various other major and local leagues of sports such as rugby, cricket, golf, tennis, motorsport, cycling, aquatics, athletics, and boxing. SuperSport is based in Randburg, Johannesburg. Its holding company is MultiChoice and its ultimate parent company is Naspers, a broad-based multi-national media group.
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