About us

African Warehousing and Logistic (AWL) commenced operations in 2013 due to a demand for dedicated storage facilities for Class 5.1 Ammonium Nitrate  (Dangerous Goods) by Mining Services companies operating in the Copperbelt region, Zambia.

Of concern at the time was the erratic transport turnaround time as a result of the number of truckloads of ordered product (dangerous goods) arriving from South Africa, convoy style, directly at customer sites.

The sheer volumes having to be offloaded not only resulted in late and unpredictable vehicle departure and consequential demurrage charges being incurred by customers but also had a negative impact on planned product re-loading schedules at manufacturing sites in South Africa.

With the establishment of the AWL storage facilities, customers product was offloaded from vehicles timeously, securely warehoused and required quantities delivered to customer sites when the need arose.

AWL now receives a range of product and other goods from South Africa and sea ports in neighbouring countries for storage and distribution on behalf of its customers.

During the latter half of 2020, the company acquired five Explosives Magazines in close proximity to the Warehouses in Kitwe, enabling it to offer storage facilities for Class 1 Packaged Explosives and Initiating Systems.

Trained Security personnel provide a 24/7 security service at each of our securely fenced facilities and security is enhanced by the use of high grade locking devices, security lighting and CCTV.  Entrance to our Warehousing and Explosives Magazine sites is strictly controlled.

Our Warehouses and Explosive Magazine facilities are licenced and approved by the relevant Zambian authorities.

Being situated in Kitwe we are ideally positioned to provide secure storage facilities and transport services for clients engaged in mining services and activities in the Copperbelt region and the southern area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Our facilities are located less than 100 kilometres from Kasumbalesa, the southern border entry point into the DRC.

AWL was established by Ms Tammy Bruno, an entrepreneur born in Zambia and a hands-on seasoned Logistics Management professional.

Since establishment, our Warehousing operations has grown significantly and now offers a suite of storage facilities and logistics services for dangerous, hazardous and other goods, designed specifically to meet the needs and requirements of our customers.

In line with the AWL Growth Strategy the company acquired Explosives Magazines in close proximity to the Warehouse Site enabling us to provide storage facilities for both Packaged Explosives and Initiating Systems to clients licenced to possess Commercial Explosives.

Tammy succumbed to Covid 19 in early 2021.

During her time at the helm, Tammy led by example and established a dynamic and customer focussed work team, who, under the leadership of her daughter, Mekela Bastos, the AWL Managing Director, continues to provide a professional service to AWL customers.

We are totally committed to ensuring our clients’ storage, product management and logistics needs are met at all times and that the services provided by us comply with, or exceed expectations.

SHE is of paramount importance to us and all employees are trained, and undertake refresher training on a regular basis, to ensure operations are carried out with due regard to statutory and customer requirements and our SHE protocols.  Our robust safety regime has the buy-in of all our employees.  Regular communication is maintained with our customers to identify topics of interest which are incorporated into our frequently held tool box talks.

Planned Job Observations are regularly conducted to verify competency and understanding of our procedures and work processes and Risk Assessments are undertaken prior to any changes taking place at the work place or in operations.

There is NO compromise on SHE at AWL.

Our SHE system is modelled on applicable Zambian Legislation and International SHE Standards and audits are carried out on a regular basis by internal, external and customer auditors.