
Before he goes away on a one-month cruise with his wife to start his retirement, Enterprise caught up with him for business advice. “I have said it’s a timeout to being involved in executive management. I’ve been there, done that. I bought the T shirt ... and took the selfie,” he chuckles.

While I am proud that D&S is a progressive company, this being demonstrated by the consistency of our growth and development, we have continuously evolved rather than dramatically changed, though an unusually significant change will occur at the end of May with the imminent retirement of long serving executive and current CEO David Gatende

Headquartered in China's digital tech capital Shenzhen, Huawei is a global telcom and technology mega corporate with sales of $100 Billion and over 200,000 employees . Although principally known as the world's largest producer of smart phones, the company has a diversified portfolio of digital and electronic products including the recently introduced range of smart grid solar PV inverters which the D&S group now offers in all its markets.

The initial D&S branch at Malindi opened in 2007, a decision recently being taken by GM Coast Mohamed Farook and Branch Executive Margaret Kuchio to relocate and upgrade the premises in order to provide a better experience for all stakeholders.

Under Managing Director Jonathan Mainga, D&S Zambia continues to prioritize bringing the D&S range of products and solutions closer to those who will benefit from them with its latest initiative being a new D&S branch, D&S Zambia's eighth, at Mkushi.

KAJIADO…Davis & Shirtliff, through its #improvinglives initiative, has partnered with a regional tour operator, Gamewatchers Safaris, to convert a generator-powered borehole to solar, in efforts to help tackle drought-induced human-wildlife conflict at a local conservancy.
The partnership saw a 3Kw generator-powered borehole in Selenkay conservancy, Kajiado County, replaced with a silent and emission-free Dayliff Sunverter 3 solar-powered water pumping system.

The Davis & Shirtliff Group is East Africa’s leading supplier of water and energy related equipment, first established by Eddie Davis and his partner, Dick Shirtliff in 1946. Dick sold his shares to Devji Shingadia in 1970 and after Eddie passed on in 1982, the firm was run by Shingadia and Eddie’s son, Alec Davis, who had joined in 1976.