Eleven operating companies. One execution platform.
BGC Holding builds and operates businesses across aviation, automotive, contracting, energy, trade, commodities, healthcare, security, drones, data and artificial intelligence, linking African markets with capital, technology and partners worldwide.
A holding company built to originate, structure and deliver.
BGC HOLDING is a diversified holding group, headquartered in Sandton, South Africa. The group holds and directs eleven operating companies, each focused on a defined sector, and provides the shared capital, governance, partnerships and project capability they draw on.
Our activities bring together established technologies, specialist expertise and access to capital, with a particular focus on opportunities linking Africa, the GCC and international markets.
Our approach is practical and execution-focused. We work alongside governments, state enterprises, corporate partners, technology providers, resource operators and investors to turn opportunities into operating businesses and sustainable ventures.
Disciplined ownership. Accountable delivery.
The holding company sets strategy, allocates capital and holds each operating company to a clear mandate. Projects are structured to be bankable and legally executable before capital is committed, and are managed through a defined lifecycle with qualified advisers in every jurisdiction.
Six sector groups, connected through one platform.
We build and operate businesses that connect Africa, the GCC and international markets.
One holding company. Eleven sector-focused operating companies.
Each operating company carries a clear sector mandate and draws on the group for capital, governance, partnerships and execution support.
Aviation & Mobility
Moving people, fleets and assets: aircraft, vehicles, financing and the services that keep them operating.
Aircraft sourcing, leasing structures, flight training and simulation, and aviation services for airlines, operators and government customers in growth markets.
Vehicle supply, fleet solutions, parts and aftersales support, connecting manufacturers and distributors with operators across Africa and international markets.
Infrastructure & Energy
Building and powering: EPC delivery, power and renewables, petroleum storage and oil and gas services.
Engineering, procurement and construction delivery, project management and site execution for infrastructure, industrial and technology deployments.
Power generation and transmission, renewable projects, petroleum storage and oil and gas services, structured through PPP, concession and build-operate models.
Trade & Commodities
Origination, structuring and delivery of physical goods and commodities into African destination markets.
Sourcing, import and export, and supply agreements for industrial, commercial and institutional buyers across Africa, the GCC and Asia.
Origination and structuring of bitumen, petroleum products, coal, sulphur and mineral transactions for destination markets across the continent.
Healthcare
Pharmaceutical supply chains with public and private partners, from import and packaging to local production.
Pharmaceutical import, packaging and distribution programmes with public and private health partners, with a path to local production.
Security & Defence
Surveillance, command and control, unmanned systems and sovereign technology for governments and critical infrastructure.
Integrated security, surveillance, command and control, drone and sovereign technology solutions for government, infrastructure and corporate clients.
Unmanned aerial systems for surveillance, inspection, mapping, emergency response and drone-as-a-service programmes, with command and control integration and local pilot training.
Data & Artificial Intelligence
Institutional data, analytics and applied AI, delivered under models where the state keeps ownership of its data and infrastructure.
Data governance, analytics platforms and state data mandates: cleaning, valuing and monetising institutional data under models where the state keeps ownership.
Applied AI research, product development, talent and partnerships, building sovereign AI capability for African institutions and group companies.
Operating companies are shown by sector; legal entity structure is available on request.
From opportunity to operation.
Our expertise spans the full lifecycle of a project, transaction, joint venture or company — from concept through to maturity.
Strategy & Origination
Identifying opportunities, assessing commercial potential and defining the path to market.
Structure, expertise and execution.
“Opportunities create value only when they are properly executed.”
Beyond our own ventures, we advise international companies on market entry, local content and on-the-ground partnerships in Africa.
International relationships, local execution.
A network spanning Africa, the GCC, Europe and Asia.
Africa
Head office in Johannesburg; active across Southern, Central, East and West Africa.
Head office — Johannesburg, South AfricaGCC
Origination, trade flows and capital partners.
Europe
European base in Madeira, Portugal; technology, OEM and capital partners.
European office — Madeira, PortugalAsia
Shanghai office covering China and wider Asia; OEM, EPC and capital partners.
Asia office — Shanghai, ChinaWho we work with
Built to deliver.
Whether the requirement is a transaction, a technology partnership, an infrastructure project, a new company or an operational assignment, BGC HOLDING provides the structure, expertise and execution required to move forward.