DEVXLABS specialises in product development in the digital space, focusing on enterprise software, greenfield products and custom turnkey solutions.

Rode is a researcher and valuer of real estate in South Africa.

The South African manufacturing sector is in a de-industrialisation phase with the sector's contribution to gross domestic product dropping from 24% in the early 1980s to 13. 7% in 2015. The number of people employed in the sector has dropped by more than 25% over the same period.