ABOUT US

OUR STORY

Following success in Australia (see calibagroup.com), Caliba Group South Africa was founded in 2013 as a procurement consultancy firm with our office located in Cape Town, South Africa.

Over the years we have refined our services, assisting multiple organisations to reduce costs through better procurement. We have highly skilled resources with deep content knowledge in the procurement process. This enables us to speak our client’s language, quickly build rapport with key stakeholders, and identify immediate cost reduction opportunities.

We differentiate ourselves from other procurement advisory firms in that we provide practical cost reduction solutions, and then help organisations to implement the solutions – ‘we roll our sleeves up’. We work closely with our clients every step of the way to ensure the cost reductions hit their bottom line.

We also work with companies that are under financial stress to accelerate profit improvement by reducing operating costs quickly.

We believe we are the best procurement advisory and cost reduction firm in South Africa.

B-BBEE

As of the 1st December 2018, Caliba has completed a B-BBEE transaction for its South African operations. As a result, Caliba is now a >51% Black Owned and >30% Black Woman Owned QSE in South Africa and a Level Two B-BBEE contributor.

Caliba’s new majority shareholders are Ditikeni Investment Company Limited (www.ditikeni.co.za), who is 98% Black Owned and 62% Black Women Owned. Ditikeni is a Black Economic Empowerment investment holding company that was formed in 1999 and which retains 18 investments currently. Ditikeni’s shareholders are today all Public Benefit Organisations registered with SARS who work in over 200 poor, black communities nationwide with over 2 million beneficiaries, located in every province of South Africa. Caliba also has a new minority shareholder in Adept Group (Pty) Ltd, who are 13.4% Black Owned and a Level Two B-BBBEE contributor.

Looking forward, Caliba is extremely optimistic about the recent BBBEE transaction and its new ownership. Caliba believes that this empowered ownership will not only have positive social impacts on communities across South Africa but will also boost the strategic direction and decision making of the business, as a major part of Caliba’s pragmatic growth and sustainability strategy.

We look forward to strengthening our existing relationships with clients in South Africa, and to developing new relationships to grow our business as a black-owned supplier.

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