Established as Rhodesia Sugar Refineries in 1935, subsequently listing on the then Rhodesia Stock Exchange in 1947, the Company changed its name to Zimbabwe Sugar Refineries (ZSR) in the early 1980s owing to the birth of the new nation of Zimbabwe. A rebranding exercise that followed refreshed the corporate vision in 2006 and resulted in the group’s current name Starafricacorporation Limited.
The Zimbabwe stock exchange listed Starafrica Corporation Limited’s business as the production, purification, marketing, and distribution of sugar products as well as the manufacturing of sugar specialty products, grocery, and snack products. The group currently comprises, a sugar production business Goldstar Sugars Harare (GSSH), a sugar specialty products business Country Choice Foods (CCF), a property division as well as an associate distribution business, Tongaat Hullet Botswana.

DIVISIONS
Goldstar Sugars Harare (GSSH) produces, markets, and distributes sugar products to industrial and consumer retail markets under a well-established brand, Goldstar, in various pack sizes. Country Choice Foods (CCF) is a leading manufacturer and distributor of sugar speciality products such as castor sugar, icing sugar, syrups, sweeteners, pure honey, and snacks. The Group’s property division leases out and manages commercial, industrial, and residential Company properties within Zimbabwe. The Group’s associate distribution business unit Tongaat Hulett Botswana markets and distributes Goldstar and Country Choice Foods products in Botswana.
MARKETS
Goldstar Sugars markets and distributes sugar products throughout Zimbabwe and regional markets in Southern Africa. The Company’s industrial sugar, marketed in 1-tonne bags is a much sought-after ingredient in the production of carbonated drinks, cordials, and pharmaceuticals which use sugar in the manufacturing of their products while table sugar products are marketed in smaller pack sizes to retail and hospitality sectors. Country Choice Foods’ (CCF) products are marketed to the baking and retail sectors.