Afnet

Name

Afnet

Legal name

Afnet CC

Website

https://afnet.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Forwarding and Logistics Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Marine Cargo Handling (48832)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Trucking (No Local) (4213)

akta.pro primary industry

Ocean Export Forwarding (Booking/VGM/SI/BL) (TLACABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Ocean Forwarding (TLACABAJ), Empty Container Depots (ECD) & Container Yards (CY) (TLAHAAAF)

Keywords

• Cross-border road freight
• Freight forwarding services
• Abnormal cargo transport
• Container logistics solutions
• Hazardous materials transport

Headquarters

HQ city

Boksburg

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Freight and Logistics Services: Afnet generates revenue through comprehensive logistics and transport services including cross-border road freight, sea freight, air freight, abnormal cargo handling, container solutions, and radioactive/hazardous materials transport. Services are provided to clients importing or exporting via sea, road, or airfreight with tailored end-to-end solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Afnet (Afnet CC) is a South African freight forwarding and logistics company that provides cross-border road freight transport services across Sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Africa. The company offers sea and air freight forwarding, abnormal/out-of-gauge cargo handling, container cabotage, rental and sales, certified radioactive and hazardous materials transport, explosives carriage, warehousing, and customs bonded carrier operations.

Product overview

Afnet is a South African logistics company offering a unified platform of integrated logistics services centered on cross-border road freight transport across Sub-Saharan and Eastern Africa. The core product portfolio consists of Cross Border Logistics (consolidation/LTL and dedicated trucking), the Abnormal/Projects Division (oversized cargo handling up to 200 tons), Container Solutions (cabotage, rentals, and sales), and Radioactive & Explosives Transport (nuclear regulator-certified hazardous cargo). These are supported by Facilities Management (warehousing, weigh bridges, container handling) and Freight Forwarding (sea, air, and road freight). The services operate through three national branches in Johannesburg, Durban, and Port Elizabeth.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cross Border Logistics (Road Freight) Cross-border road freight forwarding services across Sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Africa, using a fleet that ranges from small utilities to abnormal-load heavy haulage configurations. Designed for mining, engineering, oil and gas, and freight forwarding agent customers.
• Abnormal / Projects Division Specialized handling of out-of-gauge, heavy, and abnormal cargo for mining, engineering, and construction projects using a dedicated abnormal-load road fleet.
• Container Solutions Container cabotage (inland repositioning), container rentals, and container sales offered alongside Afnet's road freight services.
• Radioactive and Explosives Transport Certified and licensed transport of radioactive sources, explosives, and other dangerous goods, serving hospitals, nuclear, radiopharma, and industrial customers under regulatory compliance.
• Freight Forwarding (Sea and Air) Sea freight and air freight forwarding services offered alongside road transport to provide a multi-modal African logistics solution.
• Warehousing and Facilities Management Warehousing and facilities management at Afnet's Boksburg base, operating under customs bonded carrier status to support cross-border shipments.

Quantifiable outcome

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Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Mammoet: Global heavy-haul and abnormal-cargo specialist; directly comparable to Afnet's Abnormal/Projects division handling oversized mining and engineering cargo up to 200 tons.

Direct peers

• Barloworld Logistics: South African logistics operator with cross-border road freight, customs, and project cargo capability serving mining and industrial clients across Africa, closely comparable to Afnet's service mix.
• Grindrod Logistics: South African freight and logistics group with port, road, and intermodal operations including cross-border corridors, comparable to Afnet's container cabotage and cross-border road offering.
• Bidvest Logistics: South African freight forwarding, clearing, and logistics provider with pan-African operations, addressing similar enterprise clients in mining, industrial, and FMCG verticals as Afnet.
• Imperial Logistics: Major South African freight and contract logistics group with extensive cross-border road freight across Sub-Saharan Africa, overlapping directly with Afnet on consolidated trucking, customs, and corridor services.

Broad incumbents

• DHL Global Forwarding: Global freight forwarder with a major South African hub offering road, sea, air, and customs brokerage across Africa; competes with Afnet for enterprise and freight-forwarding-agent customers.
• DSV: Global freight forwarder with a substantial South African footprint (including the former DB Schenker SA acquisition), offering road, sea, air, and project cargo across Africa — a broader-scale competitor to Afnet.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Global freight forwarder with established South African and East African operations covering road, sea, air, and customs — overlapping with Afnet's cross-border forwarding on enterprise accounts.
• Expeditors International: Global freight forwarder with African operations covering air, ocean, and road freight, addressing similar mining and industrial clients to Afnet at a larger scale.

Regional players

• Turners Shipping: South African freight forwarder and customs broker with cross-border capability, comparable to Afnet on regional forwarding and customs services for B2B clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/afnet-cc
• Facebookfacebook.com/AfnetSouthAfrica

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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