About Us

The Ohlthaver & List Group is a proud, world-class African company, born in Namibia and employing over 6,200 people across various sectors. We are deeply rooted in Africa and committed to uplifting and supporting its people. Since its beginnings in 1919, with the innovative Ohlthaver & List Bank Kommission partnership and the establishment of Ohlthaver & List Finance and Trading Corporation Limited (Olfitra) on 13 May 1923, O&L has evolved into a confident and inspiring force within Namibia’s business landscape. With headquarters in Windhoek, Namibia, the Group continues to honour its unique heritage.

Today, O&L is Namibia’s largest privately held group of companies, with revenues contributing roughly 4% to GDP. It has business interests in food production, fishing, farming, retail trade, information technology, property leasing and development, renewable power generation, marine engineering, steel retailing, advertising and the handpicked leisure and hospitality industry. We are proud of our impact, driving positive change and owning the whole process in every venture we undertake.

The parent companies of Olfitra are O&L Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and List Trust Company (Proprietary) Limited, with the controlling shareholder of the O&L Group being the Werner List Trust.

With annual revenues surpassing N$5 billion, O&L is a significant contributor to state coffers and the GDP in Namibia. Wherever it operates, this diverse group is actively engaged in uplifting the lives of its employees, its consumers and society. We, at O&L, are relentless in our pursuit of a sustainable future for all and therefore passionately embrace our Purpose -  ‘Creating a future, Enhancing life’ in everything we do, while actively pursuing the vision of being a catalyst for positive change, creating new realities and fulfilling dreams’.

O&L Purpose

O&L’s Vision 2029 is our new aspiration to realising our Purpose - Creating a future, Enhancing life. It brings to life the vision of what we want to create for O&L and beyond and it describes our journey as we again prove that nothing is impossible.