About Us
The Aura Group of Companies consists of 17 dynamic companies based in Zimbabwe and operating across various business segments. We are actively pursuing new opportunities together with our investors and business partners in Capital Markets, Financial & Investment Services, ICT, Mining & Commodities, Manufacturing, Farming & Agro-processing, Logistics & Distribution as well as Real Estate & Consultancy. In addition to this we offer an extensive range of consultancy and advisory services to provide business solutions to our clients and partners. Leveraging on our strong network of financial partners both locally and internationally, we are also able to raise equity and capital in supporting innovative and exciting projects and business ventures.
Our management team collectively holds a wealth of experience behind them and are an impressive driving force. This enables us to provide an extensive list of services and to offer our clients integrated solutions. At the heart of the group is the belief that every challenge can be overcome. We are therefore always looking to the future, and continue to grow year on year, diversifying our business portfolio along the way.
Our aim is to be the preferred business solutions provider to local as well as foreign companies operating in Zimbabwe and the wider region. In the context of Zimbabwe's risky operating environment and the challenges faced in recent years, we take pride as a Group in the success we have achieved with our business partners and clients over a relatively short space of time.
We would like to take the opportunity in thanking you for considering Aura Group to be your preferred business solutions provider. We are always looking to new opportunities and are fully committed to supporting the vision of our customers as they strive towards their individual or corporate greatness.
At Aura, we have built a Group of Companies through innovation, strategic partnering and a first class team of highly qualified personnel. As we grow our Group and enter new business segments in Zimbabwe and beyond, we invite you to be a part of our inspirational story.
Core Values
Group Subsidiaries
Mission Statement
We strive to be a dynamic and innovative group that is committed to the pursuit of excellence in enriching our stakeholders. Across all our business interests, we provide exceptional products and services that create tremendous value. We are relentless in our pursuit of improvement, never slowing in our search for better ways to serve you.
Vision Statement
To be a hub that facilitates growth, increases capacity and extends the reach of our principals and stakeholders by being the seed that fosters entrepreneurship and innovation.
AURA INVESTMENTS
Strategic Investment
Opportunities
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INVICTUS CAPITAL
Financial Advisory &
Corporate Broking
Financial &
Investment Services
Executive Management
SAMUELLE DIMAIRHO
CO-FOUNDER & GROUP CEO
Samuelle Dimairho started his formal career at the age of 15, by trading financial securities on the local stock exchange in Zimbabwe. He dropped out of high school at the age of 17 years old to pursue an idea of automating the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange whilst pursuing a chartered accountancy professional qualification on a self-teaching and part time basis. His vision was to improve the transparency, accessibility and convenience of trading on the stock exchange through electronic technologies and innovations. This led him to co-founding Chengetedzai Depository Company, Zimbabwe’s first Central Securities Depository.
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Samuelle co-founded the Aura Group and is the driving force behind the growth and diversification of the Group. His knowledge and expertise in the areas of ICT, Software development, management consulting, property investments, energy solutions and strategic investments across industry verticals are key strengths.
Under Samuelle's leadership and management, the Aura Group currently employ over 100 people in Southern Africa. His entrepreneurial skills have also won him numerous accolades - most notably in 2018 when he featured in the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 List. He was also identified by Africa Youth Awards as one of the Most Influential Young Africans of 2018, awarded a World Economic Forum Global Shapers Youth Award 2018, Junior Chamber International Creative Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2014 and also won the Entrepreneurs Organisation Global Student Entrepreneur Award 2014. He has featured in international media programs from various organisations all over the world for his achievements and inspiration to young people in Africa.
In addition to the above, Samuelle is a member of Rotary International and voluntarily serves as an advisor to the Graduate Development Agency and Young Entrepreneurs Sanctuary Africa, which is an organisation focused on building the skills of graduates and mentoring young entrepreneurs. Samuelle self-taught himself for all his academic qualifications and never entered a single classroom nor had any private tutor as he furthered his education after high school. He currently holds an ACCA Chartered Certified Accountant qualification, ACCA Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business, and holds a Bsc (Hons) Applied Accounting with Oxford Brookes University.
NIKHIL BHULABHAI
CO-FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Nikhil Bhulabhai is an accomplished, diverse entrepreneur and business professional with over 25 years of international exposure and rich experience in developing start-ups as well as creating value in business marketing, distribution, operations, management and leadership. Having started his entrepreneurial journey in 1992 with the establishment of an IT distribution company in Zimbabwe, Nikhil has since gone on to achieve considerable success in different countries and industries - most notably in energy, infrastructure, finance, manufacturing, mining, agriculture, telecommunications, marketing and E-commerce.
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Nikhil co-founded the Aura Group and has been instrumental in the growth and diversification of the Group over time. Specialising in investments and strategically growing businesses, his main interests lie in infrastructure developments within Africa, global ICT solutions, mining and manufacturing. Nikhil's well rounded business acumen combined with global experience have seen him lead the Aura Group from it's humble beginnings to where it is today.
Nikhil also holds specific qualifications in business, operations and project management, with further qualifications in telecommunications and ICT. In recent years he has spearheaded significant local projects including a solar tower project in Zimbabwe (which he co-founded); whereas he also promoted the National Depository, the Zimbabwean Commodities Exchange, as well as a National Digitization and Archiving project. More recently he was enlisted onto the Board of CBZ Bank Zimbabwe - the largest financial service provide in the country.
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At the forefront of the Aura Group and working closely with Samuelle and Nikhil are the following team members:
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Tanaka Muza - Business Development Director, General Manager Naka Naka
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Nyasha Mashinya - Chief Technology Officer, Aura Group
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Nikita Kennedy - Group Marketing and Sales Manager, General Manager FRS
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Monalisa Nheta - Group Finance Manager, Aura Group
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Campbell Musiwa - Chief Executive Officer, Chengetedzai Depository
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Maureen Mandizha - General Manager, Aura Agriculture & Aura Medical
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Shamiso Chikarate - Executive Assistant, General Manager Aura CSX
Business Relations
Major Clients
Stakeholders
Pioneer Transport
Dairiboard Holdings
Onara Transport
ZB Holdings
People's Own Saving Bank (POSB)
Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ)
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe
TM Supermarkets
Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB)
Edgar’s Stores Zimbabwe
Foodlovers Market
Spar Zimbabwe
Slice Distributors
Foodworld
Consolidated Farming Investments
Palm Tree Place
Associated Tyres
African Sun
DHL Zimbabwe
Zimoco
Growth Point Solutions
Wealth Talk Media
Technoplanet
Simpli Simbi
MBM Accountants
Fifty City Group
Premier Travel and Tours
Commercial Bankers
CBZ Bank Zimbabwe
ZB Bank Zimbabwe
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Legal Advisors
Chikuni Associates Legal Practitioners​
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Company Secretaries
MH Ballims & Associates​
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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe
Investor Protection Fund
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
Insurance and Pensions Commission
Africa and Middle East Depositories
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