How Zimbabwean mogul Kevin James built Country Bird into one of Africa's biggest chicken producers
Billionaires Africa | 10.10.2026 07:16
Kevin James built Country Bird Holdings out of a small, struggling South African chicken business he bought in 2003. Two decades later it is one of the biggest poultry groups in Africa, operating in seven countries, with capacity to process about 1 million birds a week at its main South African plant and running more than two dozen KFC restaurants.
