
D&S Tanzania, founded in 1999, has just had a double celebration- its Silver Jubilee as well as the opening of a state of the art new Head Office and Distribution Centre in Mwenge, Dar es Salaam. Under Managing Director Ben Munyao, the business has grown impressively over the years and now comprises 11 branches including D&S Zanzibar and has become market leader in the water and energy sectors.

D&S Group associate company D&S Ethiopia recently celebrated its 15-year Anniversary and the opening of new premises in Megenagna, Bole Ring Road, the event being hosted by D&S Ethiopia Directors Dejene Woldemariam and Hailu Ephraim and attended by Group Chairman Alec Davis and International Business Executive Anthony Wangondu.

D&S HO have supplied and installed equipment for a half Olympic heated pool project for a leading school in Kenya. The installation features Dayliff high flow filters and industrial pool pumps coupled to a large inverter-driven heat pump system to keep the pool water warm and to competition standard of 25° -28° C.

As part of its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals, Davis & Shirtliff in 2024 set a target to plant 10,000 trees, a mission that united staff across the Group. This milestone was recently celebrated with the planting of the 10,000th tree at St. Catherine's Primary School in South B, Nairobi, marking a significant achievement in the company's sustainability efforts.

September is always a busy time for the D&S Group as we settle after the holiday period and prepare for the year-end and new year. The key event is the annual Company Conference, a tradition that was established over 30 years ago and is now largely a virtual event to include the widely dispersed managers. The key speaker was Carol Kariuki, the KEPSA CEO who was very inspiring talking about the regional business opportunities.
The 2025 Product Manual has been launched at the recently concluded Management Conference. Now in its 15th edition, the manual includes a new Controllers and Digital Solutions section as well as 31 new and 54 updated data sheets, reflecting the D&S Group's unique and comprehensive product offering.

The D&S Group has recently launch edits inaugural ESG (Environmental Social Governance) Report for the year 2023. The initiative of Internal Audit Executive Benard Karimi and his team, the report brings together the various elements of D&S's impact in the wider social ecosystem including its CSR activities, environmental and climate change initiatives and adherence to standards under the Integrated Management System including ISO9001, ISO14001and ISO45001 accreditations.