Welcome to Octopoda
A Dynamic
Energy-Mix
Service Provider
Octopoda (Pty) Ltd is a 100% black woman owned company founded and established in 2017 by Tintswalo Cinderella Mhlongo,
affectionately known as Cindy.
The name of the company is derived from zoological definition of cephalopod molluscs comprising the octopus that has eight arms.
An octopus symbolizes complexity, creativity, diversity, intelligence, illusion, insight, mystery, purity, variability and vision, which are some of the inspiring values and
founding characteristics that underpin the company.
The current company focus is to maintain vegetation that is growing along Eskom electricity lines, Power stations, substations and
the electricity lines of Municipalities.
As the sole owner and director of the company, Cindy has a big vision to build a dynamic
Energy-mix service provider - company that will meet the energy needs of various customers in both South Africa and the rest of
the African continent.
According to Africa Energy Outlook special report (2019) “chief among the challenges in Africa is providing
universal access to reliable, modern, affordable and sustainable energy to a young, fast growing and increasingly urban and rural populations”.
This is at the heart of what drives the company.
Cindy is a consummate professional and business woman who cut her career teeth in the financial services sector upon completing her Bachelor of Arts degree and Post-Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of the North (now University of Limpopo) in the mid-nineties. She has more than 20 years of cumulative experience in both public and private sectors. She gained a valuable experience working for corporate companies like ABSA Pty Limited; Greater Tzaneen Municipality; Bevcan (a division of Nampak) and Siemens from junior position to management position. These were the training fields where she honed her skills in finance, customer interface relations, product sales & marketing, negotiations, persuasion, strategy development, supply and demand forecasting, project and operations management which she would subsequently deploy in her entrepreneurial journey.
To be Africa’s preferred affordable, reliable and accessible energy-mix service provider with special bias towards isolated rural and township communities.
To improve the quality of life by ensuring that our customers are able to focus on their core business practices or day to day activities with peace of mind while we solve their energy gap and power management challenges.
Driven by our desire to improve the quality of life for people and our customers, our culture and values emphasise the following:
We are innovative, adaptable, flexible and think out of the box when providing solutions to our clients.
We conduct ourselves with utmost integrity and honesty when delivering solutions to our clients.
We embrace diversity as a business and are adaptable to different environments we operate in.
Our in-depth understanding and exposure to the market is second to none.
We pride ourselves in providing superior products and services to our clients.
