HOSTNET AFRICA is a 100% Black-owned Retail and Mining Supplies Firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa
Our founding principles of trust, reliability, and performance make us an invaluable partner for all our customers. We believe our strength lies in our people and our inborn spirit of Innovation.

Chief Executive Officer
Tumi is the Chief Executive Officer of Hostnet Africa.
Itumeleng Mafoko is an entrepreneur, a seasoned strategic marketer and business leader with a career that spans over 15 years in marketing, electronics manufacturing, mining and industrial supply chain, trade marketing, and distribution.
He is the visionary and founder of Matte BLK Group- a company founded in 2007 with divisions in Marketing and Advertising , Printing, Electronics manufacturing, Mining supply chain, Fuel distribution, Paint Manufacturing, and distribution.
Itumeleng is currently a director of MatteBLK Group, Hostnetafrica Mining, SAPaints distributors , Digi trucks, MatteBLK printing and LTM electronics manufacturing.
Itumeleng is the CEO of Hostnetafrica a Mining and Industrial supply chain company that distributes products such as Fuel, Chemicals, and Tools. His education background includes Financial information systems and Marketing , and Supply chain management.
Itumeleng is also a Chairman of The MatteBLK Foundation a growing foundation that feeds more 200 families per month in Soweto, South Africa
Business Development Manager
Casey is a Business Development Manager at Hostnet Africa as well as a Trade Marketing Consultant at Matte Blk.
He has several years of experience in Marketing, Product Development and Supply Chain at Executive level in various multinational companies, with a specific focus on Africa/ Emerging Markets.
In 1988 he co-founded Principal Products Company, which was later sold to Marksman International. He then earned more of his experience by working at BAT (the world’s leading tobacco company in South Africa) as the Main Market Manager and Supply Chain Executive.
He also worked at Novartis Pharmaceutical as Business Unit Manager for Southern Africa; and Coca-Cola (Strategic Innovation) as a Central Africa Region Manager.