Africum
Africum is the umbrella company under which Africum Commodities, Agrinet, NviroTek, NWET, Raddix, Suidwes Brokerage and Protek operates.
Africum Commodities focuses on the acquisition and trading of corn, wheat, sunflower, soybean and sorghum. It trades in a dynamic, challenging and highly competitive environment in the domestic and international grain markets.
Suidwes Grain Marketing aims to offer customers marketing alternatives and peace of mind in this highly competitive environment.
Through constant contact with national and international markets the Grain Marketing Team remains abreast of grain marketing and price trends and the latest trading technology to ensure that customers benefit from the technology and trading options. Technology enables Suidwes Grain to sign contracts and make the trading process as effortless as possible. Suidwes Grain Marketing is aware of the risks posed by the grain markets, as well as the challenges and opportunities it offers.
We offer customers a wide range of marketing services such as:
• Contracting of physical grain
– Daily cash market-related prices for grain.
– Pre-season contracts
– Forward contracts
• Marketing of physical grain
• Transportation of commodities
• Structured marketing plans for grain
• Financing of grain
The above services are focused on the customer’s specific grain marketing needs. Informed procurement officers are ready to facilitate transactions to provide our customers expert service and access to the grain markets. Suidwes Grain has several grain delivery contracts available on an ongoing basis. Suidwes’s grain marketing team is supported by professional and effective administration and logistics divisions. Dedicated, experienced silo managers complete the support network and provide a convenient one-stop-service to customers. Suidwes Grain Marketing also has access to extensive market information that can help clients to make informed marketing decisions.
Agrinet provides and distributes hardware products, general merchandise and irrigation products to the retail as well as the agricultural retail, hardware retail and industrial markets in sub-Saharan Africa. Agrinet creates value through economies of scale and the continuous optimisation of the value chain between the manufacturer and the retailer.
Agrinet distributes over 18 000 SKU’s in South Africa and Africa and is one of the leading provider of irrigation products on a wholesale level in the markets we serve.
Yollande Brits
CEO: Agrinet
T: (012) 657 2000
Contact us at www.agrinet.co.za
NviroTek Labs, an independent agricultural laboratory, was established in August 2008 in the North West Province. Although initially an initiative of Suidwes (via Terratek) and another precision farming group, the laboratory operates currently as an independent company. All analytical services (analysis of soil, water, fertilizer, lime, animal feed, compost, including growing medium and plants) are offered to the farming sector in Southern Africa. Samples are transported to the laboratory via a courier.
NviroTek remains in line with international standards and technology development through affiliations with laboratories in the US and Australia. Every year over 150 000 samples are handled and NviroTek, according to international norms, is classified as a Mega Laboratory.
The company comprises a team of highly experienced staff members who have proven experience in agricultural laboratory techniques and understand the requirements of the different sectors of the industry. The set of analysis done is regularly expanded to meet the changing needs of customers. NviroTek also acquired the exclusive license from Agvita Australia to offer specialist analysis on a wide variety of crops.
Farmers, agents, advisors and agricultural companies use laboratory results in their decision-making on:
- how to fertilize soil for optimum crop yields
- the quality of water for irrigation and fitness for human / animal consumption
- the combination composition of animal feed, fertilizer and lime sources
- what foliar feeding should be applied during the growing season.
The laboratory is a member of AgriLASA (Agri-Laboratory Association of Southern Africa) and adhere to participate in all inter-laboratory control schemes for all the analysing disciplineswhich are monitored according to quality of results. NviroTek also participated in the International CTS- scheme for analysis of soils by the Mehlich extract; to monitor quality of results. Reliable results with short turnaround times form the basis of our relationship with customers.
NWET (Embedded Network Technologies) is an information technology company that provides and manages a wide area network for data communication. NWET also supplies hardware and software to customers. This service includes installation and maintenance.
NWET offers, inter alia, servers, central processors, e-mail systems and data communication systems. NWET’s business solutions and wireless communication systems are supplied to the Suidwes Group and other clients such as businesses and farming operations. NWET’s helpline is operational for 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Suidwesfin Insurance is integrated in the Raddix-group, ensuring excellent service to our clients.
Suidwes Brokerage focuses on price risk management and trading on the JSE Futures Exchange for customers.
The services include:
• Online trading system
• Price risk management models
• A complete price hedging service by using futures and option contracts.
• A brokerage service for speculative transactions in options and futures markets
• Continuous market information through various media, as well as personal contact
The above services are focused on the customer’s specific price risk management and trading needs. Informed SAFEX brokers are ready to facilitate transactions so as to offer our customers expert service and access to the systems, models and markets.
PROTEK’S professional and dedicated team offer clients a complete range of products and services to combat pests in and around the home and garden as well as value for money plant nutrition.
Protek strives to be the supplier of:
• Quality products
• Excellent service
• Effective solutions
• Value adds
• General support
Protek keeps abreast of the latest market trends and update their product range on an ongoing basis to ensure that the Protek brand always offer the best and most effective solutions to clients.
Contact PROTEK for their complete range of products and services:
T: (011) 812-9800 of 0861 PROTEK (0861 77 68 35)
F: (011) 812-9823
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www.proteksa.co.za