Energy - Oil and Gas
Energy resources are critical to the development and well being of our communities. JLK Investments shall safely contribute to the provision of energy to communities where we operate. Our objective is to promote and retail petroleum products i.e. fuels and lubricants across the board. We continuously seek to develop and nurture long term safe, profitable and sustainable partnerships in order to optimize shareholder value.
Lubricants products continue to present the most lucrative opportunity which JLK investments is poised to harness. The company’s medium to long term goal is to explore and harness the oil and gas (petroleum) products opportunities across the sub Saharan and Southern Africa region. JLK Investments resources in research and consultancy will continue to shape the dynamic knowledge base which promotes sustainable energy usage and diversification into the clean renewable energy sources.
Environmental preservation and safety in the ever evolving petroleum products demand and supply arena, are some of the fundamental values that the company will continue to enshrine in its operations.
We have an obligation to bequeath the world to the future generations in a better state than it was handed over to us. JLK Energy team prides itself in its more than 15 years of hydrocarbons (Oil and Gas) operations experience and infrastructure knowledge base. The team is proud of its multinational and multifunctional corporate work experience in the Africa oil and gas industry.
Agriculture Production, Marketing and Research
Africa is predominantly engaged in subsistence agriculture. In order to feed Africa’s fast growing population, commercial farming is gradually taking root. The sector employs a significant part of Africa’s population. The agricultural way of farming is intertwined with Africa’s warm culture and traditions hence our “JLK Ubuntu” Philosophy. Food and agriculture in Africa has social connotations, which are vivid in our “Ubuntu Philosophy”.
The company intends to be an integral part of employing and feeding its own people as a priority. It also aims at contributing to the income generating activities of the African continent. The intent is to engage in commercial farming, which involves crops and animals.
JLK investments intend to encourage the “out grower” practice, which enables farmers to grow commodities that augment the company’s production. Local communities will benefit from the assured market (JLK) hence increase their incomes. The company intends to employ local communities to provide services which will generate direct income to those involved in form of wages.
As part of its social corporate responsibility, JLK Investments intends to avail some of its modern commercial farming activities to the local communities as “demonstration farms”. That way, the company will contribute to the farmers’ knowledge base hence transition from subsistence to commercial farming. This will result in improved incomes to the farmers generally.
Property Services
JLK Property Investments Services seeks to explore the opportunity which exists in the housing sector within Southern and sub-Saharan Africa region. Although the property market is volatile, the company shall continue to optimize its volatile cycles to enhance shareholders’ value. A sizeable part of the Southern and Sub Saharan African economies experience inadequate housing for its fast growing (increasing) population. Governments’ initiatives to provide housing to the low-income communities may be underway. However, such initiatives are traditionally slower than the demand for housing facilities.
The increasing young (after college/university) population wishes to live in better housing facilities than their parents hence yearn for better housing options. The emergence of housing complexes and freestanding properties is an attempt to address such shortages (imbalances). JLK property investments intends to buy and renovate housing facilities in up market areas and resell them. The company will further participate in profitable green field developments.
JLK Property Investments will focus its resources on market studies or information that helps it to better understand the economic trends of the property market in Southern Africa and the Sub Sahara Africa region. Based on the market trends and economic viability, the company shall make investment decisions that optimize value.
Hospitality – Food, Leisure and Entertainment
JLK Investments has identified the hospitality sector as one of the growth opportunities in Africa. Currently, resources are earmarked to explore this sector to evaluate its full potential. JLK leadership team has made a conscious decision to try out parts of this seemingly lucrative sector. Trials in catering services under our Olivetree brand are underway. We will carefully study its dynamics in terms of cost/benefit analysis. Strategically, one of the company’s objectives is ensuring every division/product line contributes to the overall company bottom line hence trials in this sector will have to pass this litmus test. This two-pronged approach (i.e. conducting market research and trials) will enable the company to compare where the market actually is vis. -a- vis. where it is perceived to be. This kind of approach, i.e. acquire a good grasp of the sector before committing significant resources to the sector, is preferred by JLK Investments shareholders.
The company intends to reach out to established local, regional and international hospitality companies in search of win – win partnerships with famous brands in the industry.
Consultancy Services
JLK Investments offers consultancy in all its four divisions namely: Energy - Oil and Gas, Agriculture, Property, and Hospitality (food, leisure and entertainment). The company is focused on leveraging the existing knowledge and information about these sectors as a platform for further review and discussion. As a company, we are mindful that whatever block of knowledge, information and or experience of the JLK resources is merely a guide and not the absolute accurate position which may inform any investment decisions.