Institutional discipline.
Entrepreneurial mindset.
Lonrho is a diversified investment company with deep operational roots across Sub-Saharan Africa — investing in businesses that serve and shape the continent's growing economy.
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Institutional discipline.
Entrepreneurial mindset.
Lonrho operates with a long-term ownership philosophy, partnering with experienced management teams to build disciplined, scalable businesses capable of compounding value over time. Our portfolio includes interests across distribution, services, manufacturing, and select growth sectors.
Learn More About Us→Distribution & Services
Working with brand owners and suppliers to build access to Southern African markets
Food & Beverage
Processing, manufacturing and distribution operations across beverage bottling and food value chains.
Market Expansion
Enabling global and regional brand principals to enter, establish and scale across African markets.
Businesses Across the Continent
Big Bottling Company
An authorised franchise bottling operation for AJE Group — one of the world's largest beverage multinationals — producing BIG Cola and associated brands in Nigeria.
Brands Consumer Group
Lonrho's FMCG holding company, headquartered in Mauritius, operating consumer goods distribution across Southern Africa through Safari Distributors, Brands Africa, and BCG Supply Chain.
BCG Supply Chain
A specialist 3PL logistics and consolidation business based in Johannesburg, serving both the BCG group companies as well as external principals.
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