Technology · Historical online retail business
Take2
Historical e-commerce business acquired by Kim Reid and Tiger Global in 2010, before the formal Takealot.com launch in 2011.
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11 published organisations
Technology · E-commerce
Takealot
South African e-commerce business launched in 2011 after the Take2 acquisition, later combined with Kalahari and brought under Naspers control.
Telecommunications · Fixed and mobile telecommunications
Telkom
South African telecommunications company that held half of Vodacom before the 2009 listing transactions.
Technology · Internet products, games and business technology
Tencent
Chinese technology business established in 1998, connected to South African business history through the Naspers group’s investment and the later Prosus structure.
Consumer services · Fashion and lifestyle retail
TFG
JSE-listed retailer built from the Foschini business founded by George Rosenthal in 1924 and diversified under Stanley Lewis.
Consumer goods · Grocery wholesale and retail services
The SPAR Group
South African wholesale and retail services group unbundled from Tiger Brands and listed in 2004.
Trading and engineering
Thomas Barlow & Sons
Durban trading agency formed by Ernest Barlow in 1902 and predecessor of Barloworld.
Consumer goods · Food and household products
Tiger Brands
JSE-listed South African food group that developed from Jacob Frankel’s Newtown oats business.
Financial Services · Investment management
Tiger Global Management
New York investment firm and historical financial backer of Takealot, involved in the Take2 acquisition and subsequent funding.
Consumer goods · Food manufacturing
Tiger Oats
Historical South African oats and milling company that became Tiger Brands in 2000.
Transport and energy infrastructure · Pipeline transport
Transnet Pipelines
Transnet Pipelines operates South Africa’s state-owned pipeline network and is a partner in the proposed Zululand Energy Terminal and the planned Lilly pipeline gas-repurposing work.