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Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2026 - Issue 1 JSE - CEL
Cell C Holdings Ltd.
ISIN: ZAE000354007 SHORT: CELL C CODE: CCD
REG NO: 2025/688465/06 FOUNDED: 2025 LISTED: 2025
NATURE OF BUSINESS: Cell C is a telecommunications and
technology company within the South African market with a
recognisable brand and strong market presence. Cell C has a
diversified business model across its retail and wholesale businesses
and is the leading enabler of MVNEs and MVNOs in South Africa.
SECTOR: Telecoms--Telecoms--TelecomServiceProvider--TelecomServices
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 883
DIRECTORS: Makanjee M (ind ne), Motsa G (ind ne), Vilakazi J S (ne),
Zilwa S V (ind ne), Mthimunye J (Chair, ind ne), Mendez J J (CEO),
Kope T (CFO)
MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 28 Nov 2025
Allan Gray (Pty) Ltd. 15.54%
POSTAL ADDRESS: Waterfall Campus, Corner Pretoria Main Road
and Maxwell Drive, Buccleuch, Midrand, 2090
MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/CCD
COMPANY SECRETARY: Michelle Robinson
TRANSFER SECRETARY: JSE Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
AUDITORS: SNG Grant Thornton Inc.
CAPITAL STRUCTURE Authorised Issued
CCD Ords no par val 500 000 000 000 340 000 000
LIQUIDITY: Jan26 Avg 352 153 shares p.w., R10.1m(5.4% p.a.)
Channel VAS Investments Ltd.
ISIN: VGG2072E1016 SHORT: OPTASIA CODE: OPA
REG NO: 1750790 FOUNDED: 2012 LISTED: 2025
NATURE OF BUSINESS: Optasia is an AI-enabled fintech platform
that provides Micro Financing Solutions (“MFS”) and Airtime Credit
Solutions (“ACS”). Its AI powered Financial Services platform and
credit decisioning algorithms process and analyse multiple customer
data points generating credit scoring and a credit decision.
SECTOR: Fins--FinServcs--Finance&CreditServcs--Consumer Lending
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 356
DIRECTORS: Dunne R J (ind ne, Ireland), Farroukh A (ind ne, Canada),
Grobler R (ne), Haidar B S (ne, Ireland), Human L (ind ne),
Jensen M (ne), Johnson L (ne), Ogunsanya O (ind ne, Nigeria),
Jordaan Dr M (Chair, ind ne, German), Anglada S (CEO, Spain),
Dabrowski M (CFO, Polish)
MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 4 Nov 2025
Chronos Capital Ltd. 29.10%
TRG Africa Optasia Consortium SPV(Pty) Ltd. 10.10%
POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 146, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands, VG1110
MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/OPA
COMPANY SECRETARY: Margarita Evangelou
TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
SPONSOR: Standard Bank of SA Ltd.
AUDITORS: Ernst & Young Inc.
CAPITAL STRUCTURE Authorised Issued
OPA Ords USD0.00004 ea 3 000 000 000 1 235 061 843
LIQUIDITY: Jan26 Avg 11m shares p.w., R224.3m(48.2% p.a.)
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