Distell

Few beverages players in Sub-Saharan Africa match the executional depth of Distell. From Stellenbosch, the group manages a workforce of approximately 6k and generates close to $2B in revenue, while steadily widening the gap with regional peers.

Digital reinvention is no longer a marketing line: it is reshaping unit economics across customer acquisition, supply chain and after-sales.

“Distell is, in its category, exactly the kind of compounding regional champion the next decade of capital allocation will reward.”

Governance upgrades and a more transparent disclosure cadence are gradually narrowing the historical valuation gap with global peers.