Mansour Group

Founded in Egypt in 1977, Mantrac now operates in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Tanzania, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Iraq, and Russia. It also has offices in the UK and UAE following its merger with Unatrac in 2000. The merger enabled the company to expand into new regions.

The Mansour Group’s long-term, patient capital approach has helped Mantrac Group navigate economic cycles and other challenges such as falling commodity prices. Its experience of operating in Africa has also helped Mantrac overcome political instability and bureaucracy, as well as health and safety concerns in the regions it operates in.

Today, Al-Mansour Automotive is one of the largest GM dealers in the world, selling over 75,000 vehicles a year. In a joint venture with GM it also manufactures cars, trucks and pickups for the Egyptian and Middle Eastern markets. It also owns franchise dealerships for Opel, MG, Chevrolet, Isuzu and Peugeot vehicles.

Al-Mansour has expanded into new regions, including Ghana, Libya, Iraq, Uganda and sub-Saharan Africa, and provides refrigerated trucks to major companies including McDonald’s, Caterpillar and Kraft Foods.

In 1992, the Al Mansour Holding Company for Financial Investments was created to distribute renowned brands through the group’s outlets. The company now manufactures and distributes Imperial Tobacco products, alongside a variety of own-label consumer goods including Sunshine Tuna, Labanita & Belhana dairy products and Hayat natural drinking water. Its unit, the Al Mansour for Trading and Distribution Company, currently distributes products for Red Bull, L’Oréal and Ferrero Rocher.

The business also entered the food retail sector in 1998 by introducing a high-end supermarket chain called Metro to the Egyptian market, which has proved to be a huge success. In 2006, MHCFI created another success story with Kheir Zaman, a retail business that offers a variety of food products at affordable prices to satisfy lower-income consumers. Fresh Food Market, the upscale gourmet supermarket, which sources premium ingredients and products from all over the world – and also has gourmet eateries on site – is another success story.

The company, which trades under the name McDonald’s Egypt, employs more than 5,000 people and indirectly supports and provides employment opportunities for more than 11,000 families. Over 90% of McDonald’s Egypt’s products come directly from Egyptian suppliers that are required to adhere to strict food quality and safety standards.

Manfoods is continually innovating. Embracing Egyptian fondness for food deliveries, it introduced the McDelivery service in the country in 1995, a move that has increased revenues significantly. It also supplies food to other McDonald’s branches throughout the region and in Greece.

The company also offers numerous training programs for employees to provide the highest performance levels and customer service while providing a supportive work environment characterised by openness and cooperation. McDonald’s Egypt signed a joint venture with the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management at Helwan University in Cairo to offer employees the opportunity of a university education, as well as the necessary knowledge and skills to help them progress into management positions.

In 2005, MMID founded Palm Hills Developments (PHD), a leading real estate company in Egypt. PHD, which is listed on the Egyptian Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, develops residential, commercial and hospitality projects. It has a portfolio of 26 projects spanning different development stages nationwide, spread over 27 million square meters in Egypt. Its land bank includes 757,000 square meters of land earmarked for commercial/retail developments.

MMID is also a shareholder in Crédit Agricole Egypt, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, one of the world’s largest banks. Established in 2006, Crédit Agricole Egypt has become an active player in Egypt’s financial industry offering a wide range of products to corporate clients, small and medium-sized enterprises and individuals.

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