AFGRI Equipment are delighted to announce the acquisition of Ratten & Slater. The acquisition took effect on the 4th April 2017 with AFGRI having acquired all three locations at Gnowangerup, Albany and Esperance. Ratten & Slater commenced operations in Esperance in 1964 and have since grown to service a large area in the south east […]
Centurion, 4 April 2017. – The agricultural sector in Africa has the potential to lift the continent and its people out of poverty. Tinus Prinsloo, CEO of Agri Services at AFGRI, says Africa can take its rightful place as a major food producer if farmers in Africa can be uplifted from subsistence farmers to commercial farmers. […]
Bank of Athens’ parent, the National Bank of Greece, was compelled to sell its 99.81% interest in the bank as part of an agreement with the European Stability Mechanism The South African Bank of Athens’ parent company was forced to offload its South African subsidiary, which had R1.5bn in deposits and R2.3bn in assets at […]
Agricultural services and food processing group Afgri Holdings announced on Tuesday that it had bought National Bank of Greece Group’s (NBG’s) 99.81 percent stake in the South African Bank of Athens (Saba) for an undisclosed amount. NGB, the second largest Greek bank by total assets, said in a statement that the deal was part of […]
Afgri CEO Chris Venter says the 94-year-old business was constantly evolving and looking at ways to better service its customers Afgri is seeking to acquire the South African portion of Bank of Athens. The deal would give Afgri, which has long been a financier of farmers in partnership with the Land Bank, a banking licence. […]
Afgri says the deal is not expected to change the group’s partnership with the Land Bank, called Unigro, which offers loans and crop insurance to farmers Former farmers co-op Afgri is seeking to acquire the South African portion of Bank of Athens for an undisclosed amount. The deal would give Afgri, which has long been […]
AFGRI Holdings Proprietary Limited (“AFGRI”), the leading agricultural services and food processing company is pleased to announce the potential acquisition of the National Bank of Greece Group’s stake in the South African Bank of Athens Limited (“SABA”), corresponding to 99.81% of the issued share capital (the ‘’Transaction”) of SABA . The Transaction is subject to […]
Chisamba, Zambia, March 05, 2017 – “Zambia is an exciting market to explore, not just for South African suppliers to the agriculture sector, but also for South African farmers,” says Liam Beckett, commercial director for the upcoming Agritech Expo Zambia. The award-winning event is owned by the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) and returns to […]
Vodacom Bulls coach Nollis Marais drafted in Jason Jenkins to replace injured Lood de Jager and swopped around Lizo Gqoboka and Pierre Schoeman in the Vodacom Bulls team that will take on theToyota Cheetahs in the second round of the 2017 Vodacom Super Rugby competition. These are the only two changes to the starting side […]
The Vodacom Bulls are pleased to announce their exciting partnership with the Childhood Cancer Foundation SA (CHOC) a day after International Childhood Cancer Day which was on 15 February. The Vodacom Bulls and CHOC have worked together in the past but have solidified their relationship as the two organizations look to create awareness about childhood […]