Elite Star Trading Africa (EST Africa) is an independent buying group formed in 2007 through an amalgamation of the Devland Cash & Carry, Yarona Cash & Carry and Hikma trading operations, together with Managing Director, Louis Greeff. The Group Holding Company is known as Elite Star Trading (Pty) Ltd T/A EST Africa.
EST Africa is structured as two operating divisions - EST Africa (Pty) Ltd which represents the Group’s FMCG business and incorporates a total of 263 independently owned and managed wholesale, retail and distribution outlets. EST Building represents 812 hardware and building supply stores.
Both divisions have a prominent footprint in South Africa, neighbouring states and other sub-Saharan African countries.