Ad Outpost is one of the leading billboard companies in the outdoor advertising space. We have billboards in most of the provinces in South Africa.

The client, a multi-billion Rand conglomerate selling a wide variety of value-added products, has a corporate structure consisting of some 22 subsidiaries and over 40 major partners. The value chain is complex, with a variety of product providers with different business models, and widely differing sales channel models. Many of the products are provided on a consignment basis, with virtual stock issued to our client which is in turn issued to the sales channel. Accounting for the value chain was extremely difficult, with estimates driving the reporting to shareholders and the regulatory authorities such as the stock exchange. Full reconciliations were only possible once a year, with the associated risk of errors causing losses or significant effort to recover funds. The annual audit was unsustainably expensive, with a massive disruption to administrative staff and sampled results that might not stand up to examination. Hundreds of different reports were run, wasting time and causing confusion. The client asked Youngblood to assist with automating this reconciliation process.

Brelko designs and manufactures conveyor belt cleaning equipment for a trouble-free flow of materials at transfer and load points. This is backed up by an installation and maintenance package. We have over 30 years’ experience as a supplier and advisor on spillage control to the bulk materials handling industry and offer proactive and ongoing maintenance for preventative spillage control and optimum belt cleaning.

Safaricom Ethiopia is a subsidiary of Safaricom Limited, a leading mobile network operator in Kenya. Safaricom Ethiopia was awarded a license to operate a telecommunications network in Ethiopia, becoming the second telecom company in the country.

Established in 1991, CDT supplies digital discs to a wide range of customers ranging from large corporates, advertising and promotional agencies, and the music industry (including individual musicians) to government healthcare institutions and universities. CDT has a reputation backed up by its strict adherence to international quality regulations and security accreditation. It is the only company in South Africa with copyright and licensing verification accreditation from the Content Delivery and Storage Association (CDSA), the international content protection association that guarantees comprehensive security for intellectual property. In addition, CDT is part of the Times Media Group, which gives its customers access to an impressive distribution resource. CDT is the largest manufacturer of digital discs in Southern Africa.

The client, a major South African Pension Fund Administration with a member base totalling of over 60 000 current and pension members had a requirement to move all off their historical member information (including audit and workflow data), contributions, benefits and historical financial transaction information over to a new administration platform. The complexity of the migration lay in the fact that information was collected from multiple different technology sources as well as badly formatted report flat files. The client asked Youngblood to assist with automating this migration process.

Genesis Advisory Services provides profit-yielding financial solutions focused on wealth creation and wealth preservation. The company’s suite of services encompasses a three- pillared approach that includes risk options, a range of investment options and fiduciary services. The product offerings give clients rewards for keeping fit and healthy. Genesis Advisory Services is a juristic representative of Discovery Life Limited. Discovery Life Limited is an authorised financial services provider (FSP 18147). Financial planners specialize in providing advice on the Discovery Life, Discovery Insure, and Discovery Invest platforms. The company operates both in South Africa and in the United Kingdom.

Hatfield Christian Church (HCC) is a charismatic Christian church located in Waterkloof Glen, an eastern suburb of Pretoria. The church is affiliated with The Christian Network (TCN). Hatfield Christian Church is one of the largest churches in Pretoria, with an estimated attendance exceeding 5 000. The senior pastor is Francois van Niekerk, who has pastored the church since 1998, taking over from the late pastor Ed Roebert.

Adcomtec was formed in June 2012 and is a value-added solutions provider in the telecommunications infrastructure space. Their core expertise is in the design, deployment and support of optical transmission networks that support the core, metro and access space. Their customers include many of the new operators providing optical transport services to many hundreds of corporates, enterprises and residential customers in the SADC region.

A specially customised deployment of Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Dynamics NAV assisted Blue Label Telecoms to streamline business processes and customer management Blue Label Telecom’s core business is the virtual distribution of secure electronic tokens of value and transactional services across its global footprint of touch points. The group’s headquarters are in Johannesburg, South Africa and also has operations in India, Mexico and the UK. Its strategy is to extend these touch-point terminals both organically and acquisitively to fulfil the significant demand for the delivery of multiple prepaid products and services through a single distributor, across various delivery mechanisms and via numerous merchants or vendors. Within emerging and developing economies, the supply of products and services via prepaid channels is becoming an increasingly significant distribution model. This is because the distribution of physical product is often logistically difficult and a significant portion of the consumers in these markets are unbanked or badly banked and therefore, have to transact in cash as many do not qualify for credit. Core products are prepaid airtime and data for all mobile networks, prepaid electricity via online and offline vouchers, bill payments/financial services, including card acquiring and acceptance, utility bills and other accounts like DSTV and traffic fines, ticketing such as transport (bus, trains, aeroplanes), events and entertainment (festivals, exhibitions, concerts, sports, football, cricket) and vouchers such as shopping vouchers, prepaid pay TV, Lotto and gaming.