Cecil Ashkettle

KAL Group Limited

With a founding story that stretches back more than 100 years KAL Group is a diversified trader and retailer in the agricultural, manufacturing, retail and fuel and convenience markets. Our customers range from home gardeners to large-scale commercial farming operations; from DIY enthusiasts to professional building contractors; from daily commuters to suburban families. As a Group, we believe our employees, customers and stakeholders should be better off because of our existence and the work we do.. We sow back into local communities through corporate social investments with a special focus on sustainability and education. With over 270 operating points across South Africa and Namibia, our expansive footprint reaches a diverse customer base that reflects the mutual love of the land, sense of community, and can-do attitude that we share with our stakeholders. We believe in sowing seeds that will reap impactful and transformative change. Our customers' needs thus facilitate our growth and ambition as a diversified company, dedicated to providing value-adding products and services that look to the future. We understand the ever-changing nature of the land and its people and use this knowledge to inform our robust multi-sector and multi-regional operations. Altogether, our supply network, infrastructure, and facilities provide our customers with a comprehensive product offering inclusive of trade, retail and fuel products, as well as manufacturing and financial services.