Unifreight Africa Limited
Unifreight traces its roots to 1946 when it was formed in the UK as the United Transport Company, later sold to British Electric Traction in 1971, which was bought out by Rentokil (UK) in 1996.
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Unifreight Africa Limited
Unifreight traces its roots to 1946 when it was formed in the UK as the United Transport Company, later sold to British Electric Traction in 1971, which was bought out by Rentokil (UK) in 1996.
- Founded
- 1994
- Listed
- 2003
- Financial year end
- December
- ISIN
- ZW 000 901 222 1
- Exchange
- ZSE
Unifreight traces its roots to 1946 when it was formed in the UK as the United Transport Company, later sold to British Electric Traction in 1971, which was bought out by Rentokil (UK) in 1996. Locally owned Pioneer Corporation Africa acquired the business in 2011 via a reverse listing, forming Unifreight Africa Limited, listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange under ticker UNIF. Richard Clarke has led the company since taking over as CEO in 2021, overseeing significant investment, operational expansion and strategic repositioning.
Corporate structure
Unifreight Africa operates as an umbrella organisation bringing together Zimbabwean transport and logistics brands with roughly 70 years of combined industry experience, spanning Swift Transport (road freight distribution), Bulwark Transport (fleet management and logistics), and Skynet Worldwide Express (courier and e-commerce delivery). The company operates a network of 35 depots and six engineering workshops across Zimbabwe, headquartered at the corner of Orme/Willow Road, Ardbennie, Harare, offering courier, e-commerce delivery, dedicated contracts, full truckloads, cross-border freight, warehousing and fourth-party logistics (4PL) management.
No dated corporate timeline for UNIF yet. The company history above is drawn from the issuer’s own filings and published record.
Stewardship.
Composition of the board of directors and executive management team.
Announcements & cautionaries.
Regulatory filings, dividend declarations and trading updates.
No recent filings for UNIF.
Financial performance.
Source: company filings via the Stock Exchange News Service.
No annual financials on file for UNIF. Key statistics — P/E, EPS and dividend yield — are on the overview above where a quote is available.
Calendar & register.
Forward-looking corporate calendar and the latest disclosed shareholder structure.
No scheduled events or published shareholder register for UNIF.