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Choppies Enterprises

Pan-African discount retail champion

Botswana , Lobatse Founded 1986 5000+ Website

Operating Since1986 (40y)

About Choppies Enterprises

Choppies Enterprises Limited is Botswana's largest indigenous retail chain, founded in 1986 by Farouk Ismail and Ramachandran Ottapathu in Lobatse. Listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange, Choppies operates hundreds of discount supermarkets across Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Mozambique and Namibia, representing one of Africa's most successful indigenous retail success stories.

Leadership & Team

Founder(s)Farouk Ismail, Ramachandran Ottapathu

CEORamachandran Ottapathu

Contact

choppies.co.bw

Quick Facts

CountryBotswana

Founded1986

TypeCorporate

ModelB2C

Team Size5000+

Operating In

BotswanaSouth AfricaZimbabweZambiaKenyaMozambiqueNamibia

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