A Decade of NEPAD - Economic Commission for Africa - uneca
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116 A <strong>Decade</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>NEPAD</strong>: Deepening <strong>Africa</strong>n Private Sector and Civil Society Ownership and Partnership<br />
The <strong>Africa</strong> Report Magazine – Bi-monthly No. 15 February – March 2009<br />
<strong>Africa</strong>’s Top 500 Companies – 2008<br />
NET PROFIT<br />
DIFF. COMPANY NAME COUNTRY SECTOR TURNOVER TURNOVER<br />
CHANGE<br />
RANK<br />
’07<br />
RANK<br />
‘08<br />
1 1 SONATRACH ALGERIA HYDROCARBONS 67 632 022 10.30% 10 002<br />
2 94 92 SONANGOL ANGOLA HYDROCARBONS 17 000 000 ND<br />
3 5 2 SASOL SOUTH AFRICA CHEMICALS 14 527 702 58.31% 2 598 278<br />
4 3 -1 THE BIDVEST GROUP SOUTH AFRICA RETAIL 14 191 666 27.53% 412 638<br />
5 8 3 MTN GROUP SOUTH AFRICA TELECOMS 10 829 117 46.00% 1 764 164<br />
6 6 IMPERIAL HOLDINGS SOUTH AFRICA DIVERSIFIED 9 802 983 26.07% 466 950<br />
7 7 TELKOM SOUTH AFRICA TELECOMS 8 332 994 12.32% 1 209 865<br />
8 4 -4 SANLAM SOUTH AFRICA INSURANCE 7 773 217 -22.69% 944 411<br />
9 11 2 VODACOM GROUP SOUTH AFRICA RETAIL 7 132 723 20.62% 1 178 123<br />
10 12 2 PICK & PAY STORES HOLDINGS SOUTH AFRICA MINES 7 027 475 18.89% 138 738<br />
11 14 3 ANGLO PLATINUM CORP SOUTH AFRICA MINES 6 952 576 23.55% 1 875 349<br />
12 9 -3 DE BEERS CONSOLIDATE MINES SOUTH AFRICA ELECTRICITY 683 600 11.15% -521 000<br />
13 13 ESKOM SOUTH AFRICA DIVERSIFIED 6 580 526 14.27% 144 201<br />
14 10 -4 BARLOWORLD SOUTH AFRICA TELECOMS 6 401 386 4.33% 224 296<br />
15 VODACOM SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA 6 392 843 1 172 008<br />
16 21 5 SHOPRITE HOLDINGS SOUTH AFRICA RETAIL 5 766 525 35.08% 160 712<br />
17 16 -1 SAPPI SOUTH AFRICA PAPER 5 304 000 7.35% 202 000<br />
18 15 -3 MASSMART HOLDINGS SOUTH AFRICA RETAIL 5 176 524 3.02% 159 021<br />
19 17 -2 STEINHOFF INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS SOUTH AFRICA FUNITURE 5 067 540 9.37% 440 366<br />
20 18 -2 ORASCOM TELECOM EGYPT TELECOMS 4 905 049 9.80% 2 175 528<br />
21 36 15 IMPALA PLATINUM HOLDINGS SOUTH AFRICA MINES 4 660 836 85.31% 1 084 511<br />
22 22 TRANSNET SOUTH AFRICA TRANSPORT 4 454 973 9.87% 638 244<br />
23 23 MITTAL STEEL SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA STEEL 4 342 751 19.14% 846 254