Clean Africa

What Clean Africa does

Clean Africa, Lda. is a privately held Mozambican facility-services company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Maputo, Mozambique. It provides professional cleaning (interior and exterior), laundry (classic wash, dry cleaning, special items, ironing), fumigation and pest control, gardening, and vehicle cleaning services to both institutional clients — including ministries, banks, airports, shopping centers, embassies, and mobile network operators — and to individual residential customers across four provinces of Mozambique.

The company delivers services through three public service counters in Maputo Polana, Costa do Sol (Marés Shopping), and Matola, plus a corporate service point in KaTembe, and dispatches mobile teams with supervisors to client premises. Service delivery relies on modern cleaning equipment (floor machines, cranes, polishers, industrial laundry, public-space vacuum cleaners), proprietary cleaning detergents, and certified personnel, including certifications required for restricted-access sites such as airports. Marketing is direct and relationship-driven through physical locations, with a WordPress-based website supporting top-of-funnel awareness.

Clean Africa operates as a professional-services business charging for delivered labor-hours and per-job engagements; no pricing tiers or price points are publicly disclosed. The company brands itself as "Orgulhosamente Moçambicano" (Proudly Mozambican), is privately held with no disclosed parent, institutional, or PE investors, and reports no app, no public API, and no disclosed revenue or headcount figures beyond "hundreds of employees." Strategic activity in recent years has focused on incremental service-line additions (express fumigation, gardening) and footprint extensions (KaTembe, Marés counter) rather than technology or capital raises.

Name

Clean Africa

Legal name

Clean Africa, Lda.

Website

https://cleanafrica.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clean Africa, Lda. is a Maputo-headquartered facility-services company founded in 2004 that delivers cleaning, laundry, fumigation, gardening, and vehicle-cleaning services to institutional clients (ministries, banks, airports, malls, embassies) and individual households across four provinces of Mozambique.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Cleaning Services

NAICS

Janitorial Services (561720), Drycleaning and Laundry Services (8123), Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services (56174)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial/Corporate Dry Cleaning (B2B Accounts) (HSAJADAC)

Keywords

• Professional cleaning services
• Laundry and dry cleaning
• Pest fumigation services
• Facility maintenance services
• Vehicle cleaning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Maputo

HQ country

Mozambique

HQ region

Africa

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Cleaning Services: Professional cleaning services for offices, institutions, companies, and homes including exterior and interior cleaning. Services delivered by on-site stationed teams or mobile teams with supervisors.
2. Laundry Services: Laundry services including classic washing, dry cleaning, and ironing for clothing, household textiles, carpets, and upholstery. Services available at service counters with next business day turnaround.
3. Vehicle Cleaning: Interior and exterior vehicle cleaning services delivered by mobile teams or at client facilities.
4. Fumigation Services: Express fumigation and pest control services for residential and commercial properties.
5. Gardening Services: Garden maintenance and exterior green space cleaning services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Clean Africa provides integrated cleaning, laundry, fumigation, gardening, and vehicle cleaning services across Mozambique. Services are delivered through three public service counters (Maputo Polana, Costa do Sol, Matola) and via mobile teams serving corporate, institutional, government, and individual clients in four provinces. Core offerings include interior and exterior facility cleaning, dry cleaning, wet washing, ironing, special fabric care, restricted-access area cleaning, pest fumigation, and garden maintenance.

Product overview

Clean Africa is a cleaning and laundry service provider operating across Mozambique since 2004. The company offers a unified portfolio of services organized into three main categories: Lavandaria (Laundry Services) including dry cleaning, wet cleaning, ironing, and specialty cleaning for carpets and delicate items; Serviços de Limpeza (Cleaning Services) covering interior and exterior cleaning for offices, institutions, homes, and vehicles; and Outros Serviços (Other Services) including fumigation, gardening, and vehicle cleaning. Services are delivered through multiple branch locations in Maputo, Matola, and KaTembe, with mobile teams providing on-site support to institutional clients. The company emphasizes the use of advanced equipment and technology as part of its service delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Compass Group plc: Compass Group is a global contract food services and support services provider with operations across multiple sectors and geographies. While primarily food-focused, its support services segment offers cleaning and facility services comparable to Clean Africa's offerings for institutional clients, though at significantly larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• ISS A/S: ISS A/S is a global facility services provider offering cleaning, workplace, and food services to enterprise clients worldwide. It is comparable to Clean Africa in its institutional cleaning and facility services offering for corporate clients, but operates as a global incumbent with broader service lines and multinational reach across dozens of countries.
• Aramark Corporation: Aramark is a global facility services, food services, and uniform/linen provider serving institutional clients in education, healthcare, and corporate settings. It is comparable to Clean Africa in offering cleaning and uniform/linen services to enterprise and institutional customers, though as a much larger diversified services provider listed on the NYSE.
• Sodexo SA: Sodexo is a global facility management and food services company with significant operations across Africa, including in Mozambique-adjacent markets. It is comparable to Clean Africa in providing institutional cleaning and laundry services to corporate and government clients, though at much larger scale and with broader offerings including food and voucher services.
• Spotless Group Holdings: Spotless Group is an Australian-based facility services provider offering cleaning, hospitality, and integrated facility services. Now part of ISS, it is comparable to Clean Africa in its cleaning services focus for institutional clients, though with broader geographic and service portfolio across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia-Pacific.

Direct peers

• Bidvest Services: Bidvest Services is a major South African facility services and cleaning provider serving institutional and commercial clients across Africa. It is comparable to Clean Africa in offering integrated cleaning, hygiene, and facility services to enterprise clients, though operating at significantly larger scale across multiple African geographies and corporate segments.
• Tsebo Solutions Group: Tsebo Solutions Group is a pan-African integrated facility services provider offering cleaning, catering, and related services to enterprise clients across multiple African countries. It is directly comparable to Clean Africa in its focus on institutional cleaning and laundry services for enterprise clients, though with broader geographic footprint and service portfolio including food services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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