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Carrefour expands in East Africa, while Naivas gobbles up what’s left of Nakumatt in Kenya
Carrefour franchisee Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) opened its first supermarket in Uganda during December and is due to enter the Tanzanian market in the very near future. The Ugandan store is located in Kampala’s Oasis Mall and has a sales area of 2,800m2. This mall formerly hosted Kenyan chain Nakumatt. Its first Tanzanian outlet will
30th December 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Supermarkets - Carrefour - Kenya - Tanzania - Uganda
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Fighting for survival, Choppies prepares to exit South Africa
Botswana-based Choppies, which at its peak operated more than 240 supermarkets in eight countries across Southern and Eastern Africa, has agreed the sale of its South African operations to Kind Investments Proprietary Limited for ZAR1 (USD0.07), including the assumption of all of the subsidiary’s debts. The deal is expected to close by February 2020. As
5th December 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Supermarkets - Africa - Botswana - Kenya - Tanzania - Zambia - Zimbabwe - South Africa
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New investment for Kenyan catalogue retailer
Nairobi-based Copia has raised USD26 million in a Series-B equity round led by UK-based impact investment fund LGT Lightstone. Impact investing refers to investments that are made with the aim of generating a measurable social, or environmental benefit, in addition to a financial return. According to Copia, it intends to use this investment to expand
2nd December 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Kenya
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Artcaffé the latest edition to Nairobi CBD’s burgeoning restaurant scene
Restaurant chain Artcaffé recently opened its 34th and 35th locations in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) and is planning two more. One of its recent openings is a “flagship” location in Westminster House, overlooking Kenyatta Avenue. As well as providing “a full-service casual dining experience,” this outlet includes a bakery, coffee shop and cocktail bar.
20th November 2019
Categories: Foodservice - SagaRetail News - Kenya
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Under-pressure Tuskys seeks to avoid the fate of Nakumatt
Quoting unnamed industry sources, Kenyan website Standard Media reports that local supermarket chain Tuskys is seeking to raise KES1 billion (USD9.7 million) before the end of the year “to boost its working capital.” It added that Tuskys was doing this in order to be able to pay its suppliers more promptly and thus secure more
5th November 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Supermarkets - Tuskys - Carrefour - Retail & Shopping Malls
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Kenyan market leader Naivas sets its sights on smaller cities
Naivas has revealed plans to open four new stores during the coming months. Two of these will be in Nairobi (near the Yaya Centre shopping mall and on the Eastern Bypass), with the other two set for Mombaba and Embu, which is located 120km north of Nairobi. Naivas already has six outlets in Mombasa and one
21st October 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Supermarkets - Naivas - Kenya
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Blog: African retail has a governance problem
Corporate governance remains the Achilles heel of many African retail chains, threatening their long-term growth prospects While corporate governance failings are obviously not confined to Africa, recent years have seen a plethora of scandals and mis-steps that have destabilised some of the retail industry’s most prominent names and threatened to undermine the brand equity
23rd September 2019
Categories: Blog - Retail - Supermarkets - Africa - Nakumatt - Shoprite - Naivas - Tuskys - Sagaci Insights - Kenya - South Africa
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Kenyan middleweights join forces to take on the big boys
Having acquired a majority stake in Tumaini Self Service Ltd. earlier this year, Sokoni Retail Kenya, which is controlled by private equity firm Adenia Partners, has now finalised a deal to take a majority stake in rival supermarket chain Quickmart from its founding family. The new entity will be called Quickmart, and all Tumaini stores
13th September 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Kenya
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Choppies on the chopping block
Troubled Botswanan retailer Choppies has indicated that it intends to dispose of its supermarkets in Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa. Choppies currently operates more than 200 outlets in eight countries in Southern and Eastern Africa, with Botswana and South Africa accounting for the bulk of these – 85 and 88 outlets, respectively, according to the
10th September 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Consumer - Botswana - Kenya - Tanzania - South Africa
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Tuskys talks up its growth prospects, but can it deliver?
Kenyan supermarket chain Tuskys plans to grow its store network by franchising its banner to independent retailers and opening more outlets in Shell service stations. Already the largest grocery retailer in East Africa (at least in terms of store numbers) since the precipitous decline of Nakumatt, Tuskys currently operates more than 70 outlets in Kenya
14th August 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Kenya - Uganda