The Genesis of Pharmaceuticals

Since its establishment in April 2011, Genesis Pharmaceuticals has grown In leaps and bounds in its pursuit of the provision of affordable and accessible surgical, diagnostic, pharmaceuticals and personal care products across South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Eswatini.

Genesis Pharmaceuticals was the brainchild of a scientific couple, Ditaba and Masego Mohapi, a Chemist and a Medical Doctor with practice and business experience in South Africa, and global exposure in countries such as India, China and Brazil, where they acquired appreciation of international trade, industry standards and best practices. Pharmaceuticals Products, Medical and Laboratory Products, Personal Care Products, Mortuary Products, and Rapid Diagnostics Test.

The company is duly registered with the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) and the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC). All of Genesis’s products are FDA, CE and ISO certified, with some certified and carrying the SABS labelling. The company also has long standing and meaningful relationships with reputable international manufacturers, and other global suppliers who are GMP and WHO recognised and accredited.

Ditaba Mohapi is the Founding Member and CEO of Genesis Pharmaceuticals. Ditaba Mohapi holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (with specialisation in Chemistry) from North West University, and an Honours Degree in the same field, from the University of Witwatersrand. He also has a Marketing Diploma from the University of South Africa.

He was born and bred in the small and rural town of Schweizer-Reneke, which is situated in the North West Province. His dream is to build and run a well-resourced, world-class manufacturing plant for pharmaceutical products right here in South Africa. He says that it is about time that this country, which has the required infrastructure, skills and competencies, take its rightful place in the closely guarded, global pharmaceutical industry.

Genesis Pharmaceuticals supplies a wide range of quality and type approved Generics, Supplementary Medicines, Veterinary Medicines, Medical and Laboratory Equipment, Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits, Mortuary Products, Hygiene Products, Diapers and other Medical Disposables, to mention but a few of its affordable basket of products and services. In the upper league of research and mastery, the company has chosen to focus on the fight against the dreaded cancer pandemic, and thus its niche market in top end oncology products.

Genesis’s Head Office and Main Warehouse are strategically situated in Ditaba’s rural home town of Schweizer-Reneke, in the North West Province, thus bringing the company closer to Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, while keeping it fairly accessible to the other three District Municipalities in the Province (Ngaka Modiri Molema, Dr Kenneth Kaunda and Bojanala Platinum District Municipalities). The warehouse is also in close proximity with the Northern Cape Province, where its products and services have already proven to be of significant value and help.

Genesis has a comprehensive logistics and distribution network to make its products seamlessly accessible to almost all of the Medical Practitioners, Healthcare Providers and Research Institutions across the country and neighbouring countries. With the objective to spread the continent and even further.

In addition to the pharmaceutical operations, and in response to the need to cascade desirable skills and competencies in this highly specialised industry, Genesis Pharmaceuticals established a sister company, Genesis Pharmaceuticals Academy, and this well-received initiative focuses on providing basic to advanced training for Pharmacist Assistants, Healthcare Workers, Morticians, Domestic Medical Waste Management as well as Dispensing Courses for Doctors and Nurses.

For more details on their services and products visit their website www.genesispharma.co.za.