Our Vision
Empowering Local Communities
Founded in 2019 by Marius Marais and Jacques Pretorius, Yo’Loco is an app available on Google Play Store. This community-driven platform is compatible for both mobile and internet use on all devices, helping businesses find customers, and consumers find providers – all while keeping the money local.
Purpose built to promote the use of local SMMEs, informal traders, professionals, work from home executives, and businesses of all shapes and sizes, Yo’Loco effortlessly connects consumers to businesses in a powerfully positive way.
Discover the Local Advantage
Why Yo’Loco?
We know there are value-adding businesses in every local community. While they may be lacking visibility, this does not mean their services or products are anything but stellar. Why drive to a supplier 30 minutes away when your perfect provider may be just around the corner.
This is Yo’Loco’ s vision – operating with a strong focus on the immediate community, giving local businesses a platform for growth, while giving consumers valuable access to a wide range of better products closer to home.
Download the Yo’Loco app, find a trusted supplier near you, get what you need. It’s as easy as that.
The Minds Fueling Local Connections
Meet the Team
Marius Marais
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board
Offering more than three decades’ technology development experience in the Insurance and Financial sectors.
Jacques Pretorius
Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Operating in Senior Management with more than 30 years’ experience Insurance, Customer Relations, Sales, and Support (Technical and Client Services).
Ebrahim Petersen
Chief Marketing Officer
Ebrahim has more than two decades’ experience working on projects at government level, in project, precinct, and risk management, report writing, research and development, surveys, and community development. His holistic approach comprises establishment, implementation, management, and technology mapping.
Tony Sousa
Chief Revenue Officer
Tony is a Chartered Marketer S.A. and holds strong experience in the innovation, digital, and data domain space. He has worked with blue-chip organisations in the conceptualisation and launch of landmark projects within telecommunications, financial services, medical insurance, manufacturing and engineering, digital agency, and technology.
Zolani Mpungutye
Chief Commercial Officer
Zolani is a skilled Sales and Distribution Expert with more than 16 years’ experience in financial services. With a dedication to innovation, he has played pivotal roles in building virtual and financial advisory platforms with major African insurance businesses.