Who Are We?

We are Africa’s most trusted B2B multi-vendor marketplace dedicated to PPE, workwear and workplace protection, helping organisations source trusted products, branded solutions and specialist support through a single platform.

Founded in 2022 and 100% black women-owned, RealPPE supports organisations across South Africa with a practical, responsive and increasingly technology-enabled approach to workplace protection.

We supply certified PPE, safety footwear, protective clothing, high-visibility workwear, healthcare PPE, safety signage, branded uniforms and corporate clothing. Through our HerPPE category, we provide better-fitting workwear and PPE options designed with women in mind. Through Intelligent Protection, we also connect organisations to wearable technologies and software solutions that support worker safety, monitoring and protection.
We serve high-risk and operational industries where worker protection, compliance and reliable supply are critical, including mining, construction, manufacturing, waste management and recycling, logistics, healthcare, food processing, energy and industrial services.

Where standard products do not meet the requirements of the job, we source to order and support specialised product adjustments, branding and customisation.

Our approach is simple: the right product, for the right worker, in the right environment.

As RealPPE evolves, we are expanding beyond procurement to help organisations manage workplace protection more intelligently across the PPE lifecycle, including compliance, traceability, lifecycle visibility, Intelligent Protection and ESG-ready reporting.

Why We Exist?

Buying PPE shouldn’t be this hard. Managing it shouldn’t be either.
PPE procurement is often fragmented across multiple suppliers, product lists, emails and spreadsheets. Buyers need more than products. They need confidence that they are sourcing the right protection, from trusted suppliers, with clear information and accountable service.

RealPPE was created to simplify that process.
But we are not stopping at supply. We are building the next phase of RealPPE to give businesses better visibility and control across the PPE lifecycle, from procurement and issuance to compliance, tracking and end-of-life accountability.

This includes digital issuance records, storeroom intelligence, compliance visibility and ESG-ready reporting.

So when someone asks what was issued, to whom, when, whether it remained compliant, and what happened to it at the end of its useful life, the answer can be found in one place.

Vision

To transform how Africa procures, manages and governs workplace protection.

Mission

We make workplace protection easier to procure today, while building the intelligent infrastructure businesses need to manage PPE compliance, lifecycle and sustainability tomorrow.

Our SDG Goals

To us, sustainability is not a casual pursuit but a core pillar of our business. We actively source and create market access for small suppliers who would otherwise never reach a corporate buyer. We also source PPE that actually fits and put it in the hands of women working in trades, not only for their protection but also to preserve their dignity. We do this, because we love it!