
The Improving Lives initiative, D&S's Corporate Social Responsibility programme, has recently published its Annual Report for 2024. In the period, the programme positively impacted the lives of over 280,000 individuals, including 83,000 children in schools and children's homes.

Davis & Shirtliff Engineering has expanded local assembly of smart inverter booster sets, enhancing water supply solutions for residential and commercial applications. Among these, the Dayliff SDBE booster sets stand out for their versatility, being optimally suited for the most common water demand scenarios.
Eshisiru Primary School faced a significant challenge with its handpump, which required students and community members to wait for hours to access water, impacting their studies. Thanks to a partnership between D&S and Britam Foundation, the old hand-pump has been replaced with a solar-powered borehole pumping system.

Another year ends which has had its challenges due to the difficult general economic environment and like many businesses for D&S it has been flat, though in the circumstances not unacceptable. As usual there has been good qualitative progress in a number of areas, of particular note being the opening of D&S Tanzania's new distribution centre and offices, the ongoing construction of the game changing Tatu Engineering Centre and continued expansion of the branch network with 6 established bringing the total in Kenya to 65, over 100 in the region.

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.