Elso Holdings
Elso Holdings is one of the oldest, environmentally conscious cleaning product manufacturers in Namibia. The company was founded in 1956 by Mr Elmar under the name Elephant Soap Company. Some 42 years later, Elephant Soap Company became ELSO Holdings when Mr Rene Rusch and his wife Anke acquired it and to keep the strong heritage it still uses the image of an elephant in the logo. The company was …
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- Role
- Producer — “…Elso Holdings is a Namibian manufacturer of environmentally conscious, biodegradable, and toxic-free cleaning…”
- Parent / group
- Eos Capital
- Why it is bioeconomy
- Elso Holdings is a long-standing Namibian manufacturer of biodegradable and environmentally conscious cleaning products.
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- [Rubric] Namibia · biosurfactants
Bio-solutions it supplies 0
Not yet cited as a supplier in a graded solution.
What they offer
This company does not publish its products or services — we find out through an introduction.
News & status 6
- 2024-08 Latest status: The company has been reported to be in difficult circumstances as of August 2024. ↗ ↗ ↗
- Status review: winding down — Government Gazette of Namibia No. 8626, 17 Apr 2025 carries a winding-up notice, case W34/2024 Elso Holdings (Pty) Ltd, on the application of Epic Holdings (Pty) Ltd - consistent with the card's Aug-2024 financial-difficulty note. Caveat: the gazette text sat behind a bot-check and snippet column order garbles the rule-nisi vs final-order dates, so the exact stage is unconfirmed; the notice is dated 2025 and names the company.
- 2025-08-01 August 1, 2025 - Eos CapitalElso Holdings is positioned for a bright future through its partnership with Eos Capital. The focus is on leveraging Eos Capital’s support to drive growth and success for Elso Holdings.
- 2026-06-20 Maria HeitaElso Holdings is a Windhoek-based manufacturing company with a Creditors Controller role held by Maria Heita, handling invoicing accuracy, cost monitoring, cash/creditors payments, and petty cash reconciliation, suggesting a focus on cash flow management and …
- 2026-09-05 Elizabeth SimonElso Holdings is a Namibian manufacturing company, with a focus on cost accounting in its finance department, as evidenced by a professional who designed and implemented a comprehensive cost model for paper and soap products. The provided information also …
- 2026-08-29 Victoria LuwayaElso Holdings is a Namibia-based manufacturing company, with 1–10 employees and annual revenue in the $20M–$30M range, founded in 1956 and headquartered in Windhoek. The role shown for Victoria Luwaya at Elso Holdings (Apr–Sep 2020) involved quality …
- 2026-07-30 Eos exits Mushara investment - Windhoek ExpressThe article discusses Eos Capital’s Allegrow Fund exiting its investment in The Mushara Collection, highlighting a 4.4x ROI and 40% IRR as Namibia’s largest private equity exit in the unlisted market. It does not mention Elso Holdings at all. Summary: There’s …
- 2026-10-03 N$4.9bn invested into unlisted businesses - Business - Africa & EuropeThe article does not mention Elso Holdings at all. It focuses on overall growth in Namibia’s unlisted investment market, dominated by a few managers (Eos Capital, Ino Harith Capital, Namibian Old Mutual) and sectors like agriculture and electricity, with …
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Ownership & investors 1
| parent | Eos Capital |
Partners & deals 1
| counterparty | Eos Capital …The company has been reported to be in difficult circumstances as of August 2024.… |
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