Since 1999
A diversified group operating across Africa and the Gulf.
S&R Sundeep Group has grown from FMCG trading into retail and wholesale, food and beverage manufacturing, salt refining, automotive distribution, oil and gas, and industrial services. Operations run on company-owned logistics, coordinated financially from Dubai.
At a glance
Scale, reach and operational footprint.
S&R Sundeep Group is a diversified group with its financial headquarters in Dubai and operations across nine countries. Local offices and distribution centres support the Group throughout its operating network.
The Group began in 1999 when Sunder Gurbani started trading FMCG in Africa. Raju Gurbani joined him in Congo around 2002, and the partnership between the two brothers has been the constant through every stage of the Group's expansion since.
What followed was not diversification for its own sake. Each new business was built where the Group already had distribution, customers or physical presence. Retail came from trading. Manufacturing came from retail. Industrial services came from being established in an oil town with warehousing and vehicles already in place.
Business portfolio
What the Group does
Eight business lines spanning trading, retail, manufacturing, automotive and industrial services. Each was built on the trading foundation the Group started with in 1999, and most operate alongside company-owned logistics rather than third-party distribution.
Trading and Distribution
FMCG, beverages and other traded products across established African markets, supported by export activity from India.
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Retail and Wholesale
A network of more than 40 retail and wholesale outlets serving businesses and direct consumers.
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Manufacturing
Salt refining, food production and packaging operations, concentrated in Angola.
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Beverages and Alcohol
Alcohol manufacturing and bottling in Ghana, with trading and distribution across the Group's West and Central African markets.
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Industrial Services
Oil and gas maintenance and industrial services, delivered from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo.
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Automotive
Exclusive Eicher Trucks agency in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.
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Nine countries, one operating network.
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All markets
Eight markets across Africa and the GulfS&R Sundeep Group runs trading, retail, manufacturing and industrial operations across West and Central Africa, coordinated financially from Dubai. Local offices and distribution centres sit in the cities where the Group trades, rather than being managed at a distance.
The network
United Arab Emirates
Financial headquartersDubai is the Group's financial headquarters and the point from which funding, treasury and international coordination are managed across the operating markets.
Activities
- Group financial coordination
- Treasury and banking relationships
- International sourcing and trade administration
Angola
Principal commercial and manufacturing hubAngola is the Group's largest operating market. Luanda carries the principal commercial and manufacturing base, while Cabinda, Huambo and Lobito concentrate on supermarket and wholesale activity.
Activities
- Supermarket and wholesale network
- Salt refining and manufacturing
- Ketchup and mayonnaise manufacturing
- Multi-product packaging units
- Exclusive agent for Eicher Trucks
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Republic of the Congo
Wholesale and industrial servicesThe Group operates wholesale businesses across all three cities. Pointe-Noire additionally carries the Group's oil and gas industrial services division and a poultry and meat distribution centre.
Activities
- Wholesale operations across three cities
- Valve and pipe maintenance and repair
- Onshore and offshore maintenance
- Sandblasting and industrial painting
- Poultry and meat distribution centre
- Exclusive agent for Eicher Trucks
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Gabon
Automotive and tradingGabon holds the Group's exclusive Eicher Trucks agency alongside an established alcohol trading and distribution business. Frozen food trading is the next planned area of expansion in this market.
Activities
- Exclusive agent for Eicher Trucks in Gabon
- Alcohol trading and distribution
- Frozen food trading, planned
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Ghana
Manufacturing and bottlingThe Group operates alcohol manufacturing and bottling facilities at Tokor, which supply the beverage business across its West African markets.
Activities
- Alcohol manufacturing
- Bottling facilities
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Togo
TradingOperations are concentrated in Lomé and focus on alcohol and frozen meat trading.
Activities
- Alcohol trading
- Frozen meat trading
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Benin
TradingOperations are concentrated in Cotonou and focus on alcohol and FMCG.
Activities
- Alcohol trading
- FMCG distribution
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Democratic Republic of the CongoIn development
Established, in developmentThe Group's company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is established and the market is being prepared for trading and distribution. Activity is planned around alcoholic beverages, meat and poultry distribution.
Activities
- Alcoholic beverage distribution, planned
- Meat and poultry distribution, planned
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What runs where.
| Market | Trading | Retail | Manufacturing | Beverages | Industrial | Automotive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | ||||||
| Congo | ||||||
| Gabon | ||||||
| Ghana | ||||||
| Togo | ||||||
| Benin | ||||||
| DR Congo |
The United Arab Emirates is the Group's financial headquarters rather than an operating market, and is not shown above.
Our story
Twenty-seven years, one partnership.
Each business was built where the Group already had distribution, customers or physical presence. Nothing here was acquired ready-made.
The business begins
Sunder Gurbani begins the business in Africa, initially trading FMCG products.
The partnership forms
Raju Gurbani joins his brother in Congo around 2002. Their partnership becomes the foundation for the Group's expansion.
Across Central and West Africa
Operations expand across Central and West Africa, with trading and distribution remaining at the core of the business.
Into manufacturing and services
The Group diversifies into supermarkets, wholesale, salt and food manufacturing, beverages, automotive, oil and gas, and industrial services.
A nine-country group
The Group operates across nine countries, supported by its UAE financial hub, company-owned infrastructure and a local distribution network.
Operating model
Owned. Operated. Controlled.
The Group runs its core logistics in-house rather than outsourcing it. Transport, warehousing, land and supply chain coordination are company-owned and company-managed across the operating network.
How the Group operatesLeadership
Owned and directed by its founders.
The Group has had the same leadership since 1999. Both founders remain owners and directors, and both remain directly involved in how it is run.
Sunder Gurbani
Founder · Owner · Director
Sunder began the business in Africa in 1999 and established the trading foundation from which S&R Sundeep Group grew.
Raju Gurbani
Founder · Owner · Director
Raju joined his brother in Congo around 2002 and became a central partner in the Group's expansion and diversification.
Continuing the journey
Building for the long term.
Since 1999, S&R Sundeep Group has grown through the strength of its partnership, operating experience and owned infrastructure. The Group remains focused on entering new markets, developing new businesses and building for the long term.
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