Tiger Brands Limited

Tiger Brands Limited is one of South Africa’s largest food and consumer goods companies, headquartered in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Tiger Brands makes brands found in most South African kitchens, including Koo, Tastic, Albany, Jungle Oats, All Gold and Oros, and its mission is to bring affordable, quality foods and essentials to everyone.

Registered name

Tiger Brands Limited

Type

Listed company (food and consumer goods)

Fields funded

Engineering, food science, supply chain, finance and accounting, data science and IT

Website

tigerbrands.com

Email

graduatebursaries@tigerbrands.com

Phone

011 840 4000

More than a century of brands

Tiger Brands says it has been a staple in South African homes for over a century. Some of its brands are older than the company in its current form: All Gold tomato sauce launched in 1908, and Fatti’s & Moni’s pasta, with its Italian heritage, was established in 1915.

A refreshed strategy

In 2024 Tiger Brands implemented a refreshed strategy aimed at sustainable revenue growth, margin expansion, optimised operations and disciplined capital allocation. A federated operating model now organises the business into five business units. Tiger Brands has sold or classified as discontinued non-core businesses such as Langeberg & Ashton Foods, its Randfontein milling operations and Chococam, and reduced its dividend cover, which lifted its final dividend.

Tiger Brands’ Albany Bread-On-The-Streets initiative aims to create 3 000 entrepreneurial opportunities for bread sellers, and three Tiger Brands sites have achieved zero waste to landfill.

Young talent programmes

Tiger Brands’ graduate bursary funds students only from second year onwards, after at least six months at university, so it can see university results. The bursary covers all prescribed tuition, registration and examination fees, a textbook allowance and a monthly stipend, with mentorship, vacation work and consideration for the 24-month Future Leaders Development Programme. Fields include mechanical, electrical, industrial, chemical and electronic engineering, food science, supply chain, finance and accounting on the CA(SA) route, and data science and IT.

Applicants need at least 65% in Matric and in their first semester, with strong Mathematics, Accounting or Science results and financial need. Tiger Brands also offers learnerships and workplace experience for diploma students, and recently congratulated graduates who moved into permanent roles.

Timing

Tiger Brands runs one window a year, from 22 September to 22 October, so the 2027 window runs from 22 September to 22 October 2026.

How to research Tiger Brands

Read Tiger Brands’ latest results and pick one brand to discuss. First-year students should plan to apply once first-semester results are available.

Engineering students can compare funders on our mechanical engineering bursaries page.