Astro Holdings

Astro Holdings Ltd is one of Zambia's oldest and largest privately held companies. It is the holding company of a large and diversified leading group of companies in Zambia with a wide and varied operational base. The inception of the Group goes back to 1977 when the first company in the Group, Astro Works Ltd., a building and civil engineering contracting company commenced operations. Since then the Group has ventured into various sectors namely furniture, motor, steel, construction and hardware, pharmaceuticals amongst others and very recently into mining and quarrying. There are many companies which operate in each sector and each run by professional managers. For over thirty years the Group has grown in strength and in size. It has developed a reputation of integrity and customer focussed service. The Group employs over 500 permanent employees. Additional employees are brought on an as-need basis for projects.