Crystal Partners acquires a 49% stake in a leading logistics Software Solutions Company, Dovetail. Dovetail’s core focus is to develop specialised, best-of-breed software solutions for the logistics industry. Dovetail has more than 20 years of experience and is equipped to provide software solutions that are designed specifically for the client’s needs.
Crystal Partners compliments Dovetail’s operational and technical expertise by contributing additional strategic support to the business. Crystal Partners is providing access to more markets and business development for further expansion into the African continent.
This will allow Dovetail to capitalise on growth opportunities as the African software and logistics sector opens up for private sector investment. Dovetail is an innovative market leader with a proven track record in implementing its solutions smoothly. Their experience and expertise together with Crystal Partners makes them a formidable force.
As a premier partner of choice for global and local companies, Crystal Partners seeks to establish and expand its footprint on the African continent. This investment allows Dovetail to grow their footprint both geographically and into interesting new sectors.
Africa has the second-largest population in the world. Most of Africa is still remote and is challenging to access.
Dovetail’s newest cutting-edge technology Drop2GO, a last mile delivery solution, makes it possible for organisations to deliver to the previously unreached. Medical suppliers can now deliver to rural healthcare centres and patients; giving access to healthcare to millions.
With the opportunities in the continent, this partnership is sure to drive growth and development for the African people.
Dr. Keitumetse Tebogo Mothibeli is the Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Partners, a 100% black-owned investment company led by black female professionals. Crystal Partners aims to become the premier choice partner for global and local companies seeking to establish and expand their footprint on the African continent.
She has extensive experience in the field of Science and in the Medical distribution industry, with five years’ experience as a Field Applications and Product Specialist where her key deliverables were focused on maintaining and developing territorial sales functions, in accordance with agreed sales and marketing plans.
Her drive for entrepreneurship has seen her develop and successfully run Maidi Holding and was/is co-owner of Mr. Brick. Heading the Research and Development department she was passionate at using green technology together with Zetland technologies at CSIR to make bricks and other products in solving the fly ash challenge in Secunda. Together with utility companies such as Eskom and Sasol she formed mutual beneficial relationship with a vision and mission that propels infrastructure development and a favourable outcome to the environment.
She joined Zucchi Innovations and Mofaya Beverage Company as a Research and Development Director and shareholder with a specialized focus directed at governing processes controlling product development research, concept screening and testing.
Later becoming a consultant as the Head of Research and Development at BMGLOBAL were her primary role was to find sustainable solutions and technologies for the irradiation of waste that are beneficial and environmentally friendly and to find building solutions using waste from mining sectors.
Together with her vast experience in Health, Medical Distribution, Mining Infrastructure, and Maritime, Dr. Mothibeli became the first black woman to acquire Diving and Hull cleaning
licenses in Durban, Richard Bay, and Cape Town.
In 2020, she became a Chief Investment Officer for the Chairman’s Investment Panel where she focused on building and mentoring young and dynamic entrepreneurs into creating sustainable and meaningful business. She is a born leader and believes that sacrifice, commitment, consistency, and keeping a positive attitude are characters that all good leaders need. It is to develop an innate drive for excellence that transcend barriers of any prejudice or predisposition, with a moral obligation for success that should be in the pursuit of human dignity, social fulfilment and integrated success.